Disaster Recovery Toolkit for Local Government 01 - Understanding disaster recovery

An introduction to the context and complexity of recovery from a disaster.

Details

Resource details
Title Disaster Recovery Toolkit for Local Government 01 - Understanding disaster recovery
Owner Emergency Management Victoria
Date last updated December 2014
Resource type Handbook

What is this about?

This toolkit is one of eight designed to support Local Government to understand, prepare for and actively support the recovery of their communities following a disaster.

Toolkit 01, Understanding disaster recovery, provides a broad context and understanding of recovery from disaster and has been designed as a companion document to be read before the specialist information detailed in each of the other toolkits.

The Local Government Recovery Toolkit is currently being updated. The toolkit will become part of a Local Government Emergency Management Toolkit.

Who is this resource for?

  • Local Government

Table of contents

  • What is recovery?
  • What is a local council's usual role in community wellbeing?
  • How do communities usually interact with local councils?
  • How are communities affected by a disaster?
  • What is a local council's role in recovery?
  • What can local councils do to improve disaster recovery?
  • Next steps

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