Long-Term Recovery: A Neglected Component of Emergency Management?

Saturday, 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., Interlocken A

As disasters affect larger populations, post-disaster recovery is gaining in importance. Yet the long-term recovery process remains the least examined and most troublesome component of emergency management. Recovery is a complex process, involving finance, institutional issues, and social processes. Appropriate management of the process can reduce long-term negative effects, but responsibility for recovery planning and oversight remains uncertain.

Emergency Support Function 14 (ESF-14) in the National Response Framework, which deals with long-term community recovery, is also problematic. This session will discuss possible solutions to the challenges seen in long-term community recovery and in ESF-14.

Claire Rubin Claire Rubin, Moderator
Claire B. Rubin and Associates

 

Jennifer Dunn Jennifer Dunn, Panelist
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Institute for Water Resources

 

Jon WallaceJon Wallace, Panelist
FEMA

 

Rob OlshanskyGavin Smith, Panelist
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

 

Ken ToppingKen Topping, Panelist
Topping Associates International

 

Robert OlshanskyRobert Olshansky, Panelist
 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

 

 

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