The Natural Hazards Center has revised the 2001 handbook Holistic Disaster Recovery: Ideas for Building Local Sustainability after a Natural Disaster. The new version contains updated resources, including a more specific focus on the Hurricane Katrina recovery, and new examples of recovery success stories.

With funding from the Public Entity Risk Institute (PERI), the Center originally created the handbook as a vital resource for local government officials and staff, state planners, activists, emergency management professionals, disaster recovery experts, mitigation specialists, and others who help communities recover from disaster.

The 2006 version of Holistic Disaster Recovery is currently available from PERI's Web site at http://www.riskinstitute.org/.