Holistic Disaster Recovery
Ideas for Building Local Sustainability
After a Natural Disaster (2001)

Produced by the Natural Hazards Center with funding from the Public Entity Risk Institute (PERI).
A printed version of the full handbook may be ordered from PERI's online bookstore at www.riskinstitute.org.
The 2001 Holistic Disaster Recovery handbook is summarized in the Natural Hazards Informer, Issue 3:
Building Back Better: Creating a Sustainable Community After Disaster.
Table of Contents
Cover, Preface, Acknowledgments, Table of Contents
Ch. 1: Introduction to Sustainability
Ch. 2: The Disaster Recovery Process
Ch. 3: Participatory Processes in Disaster Recovery
Ch. 4: Using Disaster Recovery to Maintain and Enhance Quality of Life
Ch. 5: Building Economic Vitality into Recovery
Ch. 6: Promoting Social and Intergenerational Equity During Disaster Recovery
Ch. 7: Protecting Environmental Quality During Disaster Recovery
Ch. 8: Incorporating Disaster Resilience into Disaster Recovery
BIBLIOGRAPHY: This annotated bibliography contains all the information sources from each chapter.
- HTML format by chapter with links to online references: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8
- PDF format with all chapters assembled together in one document.