By Claire B. Rubin Claire B. Rubin & Associates Arlington, VA .

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Claire B. Rubin & AssociatesArlington, VA

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Long-Term Recovery Neglected Element Long-Term Recovery Neglected Element of Emergency Management of Emergency Management

ObservationsObservations

The amount and quality of research on recovery is not adequate for our The amount and quality of research on recovery is not adequate for our present needs present needs

There are very serious deficiencies in basic and applied research on thThere are very serious deficiencies in basic and applied research on thee topictopic

The progression of research and knowledge about long-term recovery has The progression of research and knowledge about long-term recovery has moved in fits and startsmoved in fits and starts

Lack of consistent progress in improving the knowledge base contributes Lack of consistent progress in improving the knowledge base contributes directly to the very serious lack of knowledge acquisition, utilization, and directly to the very serious lack of knowledge acquisition, utilization, and institutionalization in professional practiceinstitutionalization in professional practice 2

LTR was the New Frontier in the 1980sLTR was the New Frontier in the 1980s

Friesma, H. Paul et al. (1979). Friesma, H. Paul et al. (1979). Aftermath; Communities after Aftermath; Communities after Natural Disaster.Natural Disaster. Sage Publications Ltd. Sage Publications Ltd.

Rossi, Peter et al. (1979). Rossi, Peter et al. (1979). After the Clean-Up: Long-Range After the Clean-Up: Long-Range Effects of Natural Disasters. Effects of Natural Disasters. Sage Publications. Sage Publications.

Haas, J. Eugene et al.(1977). Haas, J. Eugene et al.(1977). Reconstruction Following Reconstruction Following Disaster.Disaster. MIT Press MIT Press

Three Main BooksBooks on LTR

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LTR was the New Frontier in the 1980sLTR was the New Frontier in the 1980s

Claire B. Rubin, Martin D. Saperstein, and Daniel G. Barbee Claire B. Rubin, Martin D. Saperstein, and Daniel G. Barbee (1985) (1985) Community Recovery from a Major Natural DisasterCommunity Recovery from a Major Natural Disaster. . Monograph # 41. Boulder, CO: University of Monograph # 41. Boulder, CO: University of Colorado/NHRAIC.Colorado/NHRAIC.

Rubin, Claire B. (1985). Rubin, Claire B. (1985). The Community Recovery Process in The Community Recovery Process in the United States after a Major Natural Disaster in the United States after a Major Natural Disaster in International Journal of Mass Emergencies and DisastersInternational Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters

Published Field Studies

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Personal LeadershipPersonal Leadership

AbilityAbility to Actto Act

Knowledge of What to DoKnowledge of What to Do

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Yezer, Anthony M. and Rubin, Claire B. The Local Economic Effects of Natural Disasters. Working Paper #61. NHRAIC. (75 pp.)

Rubin, Claire B. and Roy Popkin (1991). Disaster Recovery from Hurricane Hugo in South Carolina. NHRAIC Univ. of Colorado. Working Paper # 69. 

Disaster Recovery Matrix (1993). [The graphic was revised, scanned, and posted online by some Minnesota State officials in 1997.]

Rubin, Claire B. ( 1996) Recovery: It’s Not Getting Any Easier. NHRAIC Quick Response Report #89

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MotivatorMotivator

By Gavin P. Smith and Dennis By Gavin P. Smith and Dennis Wenger (2006), Wenger (2006), Chapter 14: Chapter 14: ““Sustainable Disaster Recovery: Sustainable Disaster Recovery: Operationalizing an Existing Operationalizing an Existing Agenda” Agenda” edited by Havidan edited by Havidan Rodriguez et al. Springer Rodriguez et al. Springer PublisherPublisher

Response

http://www.DisasterRecoveryResources.net

Author: Claire B. RubinSponsor: The Public Entity Risk Institute

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Knowledge BaseKnowledge Base

State of the Practice of Long TermState of the Practice of Long Term Recovery Recovery

Problems with How we Fund (or Fail to Problems with How we Fund (or Fail to Fund) Fund) LTR research

Final ThoughtsFinal Thoughts

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Chris Bellavita on “Tame Problems” vs. “Wicked Problems,” essentially a discussion of linear decision makings vs. more complex forms of decision making.See: http://www.hlswatch.com/index.php?s=%22wicked+problems%22

Edward Weber and Anne Khademian. Wicked Problems, Knowledge Challenges, and Collaborative Capacity Builders in Network Settings in PAR, March/April 2008.

Robert Ward and Gary Wamsley (2007), Chapter 8: From a Painful Paste to an Uncertain Future in Claire B. Rubin (Ed.) Emergency Management, the American Experience, 1900-2005. PERI.

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Think Big, but support small projects and Think Big, but support small projects and maverick project leaders because they may maverick project leaders because they may just have a lot to offerjust have a lot to offer

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Claire B. Rubin and Daniel G. Barbee. Disaster Recovery and Hazard Mitigation, Bridging the Intergovernmental Gap. (1985) Public Administration Review. Vol. 45, Special Issue, January 1985. (pp. 57-63)Figure 2, which was part of the article noted above, actually preceded the final development of Figure 1 one shown above, and is important because it notes the tradeoffs necessary between mitigation actions and efficient recovery

Figure: STRATEGIC CHOICES FOR GUIDING LOCAL RECOVERY

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