"A 38-year-old American interior designer based in London and her independent-minded 74-year-old architect mother; a British investment banker in New York to see his ex-wife and young children; a resident ER doctor who experienced Hurricane Sandy when she was a medical student; two young men, 21-year-old NYU students; their friends; and others are thrust together when a major hurricane descends upon New York City and wreaks unimaginable chaos and...

This working paper reviews both the academic and more informal literature on community recovery from disasters, draws lessons from it, and summarizes the programs that are already in place for providing technical assistance in the post disaster setting.

Disaster recovery is often defined as the reestablishing of patterns of everyday life for disaster-affected households, and potentially improving their resiliency to future disaster events. Yet our knowledge of household-level recovery decision-making and its implications for disaster management is sorely limited This deficit is reflected in the continued failure of disaster policy and planning to provide equitable and timely aid to affected households...

This updated Framework is based on successes and lessons from the last five years, plus new ideas to address a broader range of potential risks and vulnerabilities. Emerging challenges and the realities of interrelated and cascading impacts underscore the need for collective and coordinated action.

Colorado Resiliency Framework summarizes the disaster recovery plan, intended to help Colorado communities recovery quickly in the event of a disaster. This Framework was driven as a result of challenges encountered following the Flood of 2013.