on relief and reconstruction (RAI, 2013 p. 21). Policy and funding frameworks need to be rethought with a much longer-term focus. “Building a resilient community requires thoughtful and strategic long-term investments in multiple aspects of the physical and social fabric of communities that contribute to resilience. … disaster recovery is an integral part of that process because the ability of communities to recover after a disaster, and the way that they recover, is closely tied to becoming more resilient to subsequent trauma.” (National Academy of Sciences, 2012. p 191). Despite good intentions and because of the focus on relief and reconstruction activities, positive outcomes from the recovery experience are often not realised. Recovery needs to be an adaptive process between the experiences of the community, their evolving vision for their future and their ability to translate this vision into reality. Authorities have often ignored the importance of planning the community renewal processes and of the need to adapt to the “new normal”. The diagram below illustrates the concept of the different stages, timings and relationships in the recovery process. Source: RAI, 2013. p 9 The theme of the “From Disaster to Renewal” report is that business recovery is central to community recovery and that the overarching objective of recovery should be to assist communities to adapt to their new social and economic environments post-disaster. (RAI, 2013. pp 4-7)
on relief and reconstruction (RAI, 2013 p. 21). Policy and funding frameworks need to be rethought with a much longer-term focus. “Building a resilient community requires thoughtful and strategic long-term investments in multiple aspects of the physical and social fabric of communities that contribute to resilience. … disaster recovery is an integral part of that process because the ability of communities to recover after a disaster, and the way that they recover, is closely tied to becoming more resilient to subsequent trauma.” (National Academy of Sciences, 2012. p 191). Despite good intentions and because of the focus on relief and reconstruction activities, positive outcomes from the recovery experience are often not realised. Recovery needs to be an adaptive process between the experiences of the community, their evolving vision for their future and their ability to translate this vision into reality. Authorities have often ignored the importance of planning the community renewal processes and of the need to adapt to the “new normal”. The diagram below illustrates the concept of the different stages, timings and relationships in the recovery process. Source: RAI, 2013. p 9 The theme of the “From Disaster to Renewal” report is that business recovery is central to community recovery and that the overarching objective of recovery should be to assist communities to adapt to their new social and economic environments post-disaster. (RAI, 2013. pp 4-7)
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