Regional Long-Term Disaster Recovery Planning

What is Long-Term Disaster Recovery?

Long-term recovery is defined as the actions taken to return the community to a new sense of normal following a disaster. Repairing, replacing, or rebuilding property are examples of recovery. ABAG’s Regional Planning Committee has developed issue papers on eight of the nine issues identified by ABAG as critical to long-term recovery. The final issue is regional recovery coordination and governance. This issue will be addressed by ABAG’s Regional Disaster Resilience Initiative.

Making the Money Flow More Effectively

Issue Paper: Financing Disaster Recovery
Presentation: Public Assistance Issues
Model Repair and Reconstruction Ordinance – CALBO
Repair Provisions in California State Law and Regulations

Long-Term Recovery of Government Facilities and Services

Issue Paper: Recovery of Government Services
Presentation: San Francisco Controller’s Office Plan

Long-Term Housing Recovery

Issue Paper: Long-Term Housing Recovery
Presentation: Long-Term Housing Recovery
Long-Term Housing Recovery, OES Earthquake Program (1998)
Housing Displaced Persons & Families, OES BAREPP Program (1991)

Long-Term Recovery of Business

Issue Paper: Recovery of Business and the Economy
Presentation: Long-Term Economic Impacts
Earthquake Recovery and Reconstruction Planning Guidelines – Local Business Recovery, OES BAREPP/SCEPP Program (1991)

Long-Term Infrastructure Systems Recovery

Issue Paper: Long-Term Infrastructure Systems Recovery
Presentation: EBMUD Seismic Mitigation Planning
Presentation: PG&E Earthquake Recovery Opportunities
Presentation: BART Earthquake Safety Program
Presentation: Regional Transportation Emergency Plan

Education and School System Recovery

Issue Paper: School System Mitigation and Recovery
Presentation: School System Mitigation and Recovery
Presentation: K-12 Schools
Presentation: UC Berkeley

Healthcare System Mitigation and Recovery

Issue Paper: Health Care System Recovery
Presentation: Health Care Recovery Overview
Presentation: Office of Statewide Health Planning & Development
Presentation: Alameda County Medical Center

Recovery and Land Use Change

Issue Paper: Long-Term Recovery and Land Use Change
Presentation: Land Use Change Overview

Local Government Recovery Planning Efforts

City of Oakland: Phase One Model Recovery Plan
Long-Term Disaster Recovery Survey: Executive Summary | Full Report | Presentation
Presentation: Top 10 Local Action Items for Regional Recovery Planning | Expanded Action Items

Lessons from Past Disasters

Issue Paper: Recovery After Katrina – Tales of Four Cities
Issue Paper: Recovery After the 2008 Pisco, Peru Earthquake
Presentation: Oakland & New Orleans: Contrasts in Response & Recovery
Last modified: June 7, 2011