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Opportunity from Catastrophe : A Strategic Approach to Sustainability through Pre-Disaster Recovery Planning (Pre-DRP)

The aim of this research was to understand what elements should be considered in the construction of a pre-disaster recovery plan in order to move society towards sustainability during post-disaster recovery after a natural hazard event. A conceptual framework for Pre-disaster recovery planning (Pre-DRP) based on the Framework for Strategic Sustainable Development (FSSD) was developed and critiqued by professionals in disaster management, resilience thinking, and sustainability in order to collect qualitative data to make the tool more rigorous and applicable to its intended audience. The revised framework, called the Pre-Disaster Recovery Planning Framework for Strategic Sustainable Development (Pre-DRP FSSD), includes a broad set of principles, planning strategies and guidelines, specifically designed to help communities become more resilient to disasters and move towards sustainability through Pre-DRP. As such, the Pre-DRP FSSD may help emergency planners at various levels of government to implement some of the strategic guidelines set out in the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:bth-3509
Date January 2011
CreatorsLivitt, Alicia, Hiscock, Danielle, Piirtoniemi, Kirstin
PublisherBlekinge Tekniska Högskola, Sektionen för ingenjörsvetenskap, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Sektionen för ingenjörsvetenskap, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Sektionen för ingenjörsvetenskap
Source SetsDiVA Archive at Upsalla University
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeStudent thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text
Formatapplication/pdf
Rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

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