DEMS 2700 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Rational R1000, Soil Structure, Weather Derivative

• School: York University
• Department: Disaster and Emergency Management
• Course: DEMS 2700
• Professor: Jack L. Rozdilsky

Document Summary

Pre-disaster recovery actions: performed within a time-constrained setting where victims" lives directly depend, pre-disaster planning sometimes referred to as "pre-event planning for post-event. Recovery" (pepper) can reduce the risk of disorganized rebuilding. Although nobody can predict exactly how a disaster will affect a community, many processes are common to all disaster types (e. g. , cyclones), and they may be identified and studied in advance. Planners may find that many of the measures deemed unfundable or impossible before the disaster are now perfectly acceptable. Short-and long-term recovery: the timing of disaster recovery activities is critically important. Short-term recovery activities seek to stabilize the lives of the affected people in order to prepare them for the long road toward rebuilding their lives. These actions, which are often considered response actions and termed relief, include the provision of temporary housing, distribution of emergency food and water, restoration of critical infrastructure, and clearance (but not removal or disposal) of debris.