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Disaster Recovery
Brenda D. Phillips
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Disaster Recovery
Brenda D. Phillips
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Since the publication of the first edition of Disaster Recovery, a number of important new studies and guides have become available. Now revised, updated, and expanded, this second edition meets the high standards for providing evidence-based best practices in a user-friendly textbook set by its predecessor. It is also more international in scope,
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1
Chapter
1
Introduction
1.1
Learning
Objectives
As
a
result
of
this
chapter,
you
should
be
able
to:
•
Distinguish
differences
among
terms
used
to
describe
recovery,
includ-
ing
restoration,
reconstruction,
rehabilitation,
and
more
•
Understand
the
phase
of
recovery
in
the
life
cycle
of
comprehensive
emergency
management
•
Describe
how
emergencies
differ
from
disasters
and
why
those
defini-
tions
are
relevant
for
a
recovery
context
•
Explain
why
recovery
is
best
viewed
as
a
process
•
Define
short-
and
long-term
recovery
and
the
typical
actions
taken
during
each
phase
•
Identify
the
effects
of
various
hazards
and
what
they
produce
for
disaster
recovery
work
•
Describe
the
types
of
challenges
likely
to
be
faced
during
the
disaster
recovery
process
•
Explain
why
terminology
matters
in
defining
recovery