CONTENTS The Process of Response and Reconstructionviii A Note to the Policy Maker ix A Note to the Project Manager xiii Acknowledgments xxi About the Authors xxiii Abbreviation xxvii Guiding Principles 1 PART 1 Reconstruction Tasks and How to Undertake Them 3 Section 1 Assessing Damage and Defining Reconstruction Policy 5 1. Early Recovery : The Context for Housing and Community Reconstruction 7 2. Assessing Damage and Setting Reconstruction Policy 23 Annex 1 How to Do It : Conducting a Post-Disaster Housing Sector Assessment 38 Annex 2 How to Do It : Assessing Post-Disaster Housing Damage42 3. Communication in Post-Disaster Reconstruction45 Annex 1 How to Do It : Conducting a Communication-Based Assessment55 Annex 2 Culture and Other Contextual Factors in Communication 57 4. Who Gets a House? The Social Dimension of Housing Reconstruction 59 Annex 1 How to Do It : Considerations in Designing a Social Protection System for Natural Disasters 70 Annex 2 How to Do It : Conducting a Post-Disaster Social Assessment74 5. To Relocate or Not to Relocate77 Annex How to Do It : Developing a Post-Disaster Resettlement Plan87 6. Reconstruction Approaches 93 Section 2 Planning Reconstruction 107 7 Land Use and Physical Planning 109 Annex 1 How to Do It : Undertaking a Comprehensive Planning Process 125 Annex 2 How to Do It : Post-Disaster Planning Where Planning Law and Institutional Capacity Are Weak128 8. Infrastructure and Services Delivery 131 9. Environmental Planning 143 Annex 1 How to Do It : Developing a Disaster Debris Management Plan 153 Annex 2 How to Do It : Carrying Out Environmental Impact Assessment and Environmental Monitoring of Reconstruction Projects 157 10. Housing Design and Construction Technology161 Annex Adapting Vernacular Building Technologies: Some Good Practices 172 11. Cultural Heritage Conservation173 Section 3 Project Implementation 181 12 Community Organizing and Participation 183 Annex 1 How to Do It : Establishing a Community Facilitation System for Post-Disaster Housing and Community Reconstruction193 Annex 2 How to Do It: Developing a Community Participation Profile 195 13. Institutional Options for Reconstruction Management197 14. International, National, and Local Partnerships in Reconstruction 207 15. Mobilizing Financial Resources and Other Reconstruction Assistance 221 Annex 1 How to Do It : Deciding Whether to Procure and Distribute Reconstruction Materials 236 Annex 2 How to Do It : Establishing a Grievance Redressal System 238 16. Training Requirements in Reconstruction 239 PART 2 Monitoring and Information Management 251 17. Information and Communications Technology in Reconstruction 253 Annex 1 How to Do It: A Primer on Acquiring Satellite Images 264 Annex 2 A Primer on GIS and CIS Data Sources 267 18. Monitoring and Evaluation269 Annex 1 How to Do It : Conducting an Impact Evaluation of a Reconstruction Project 278 Annex 2 How to Do It : Conducting a Social Audit of a Reconstruction Project 282 19. Mitigating the Risk of Corruption 285 Annex 1 How to Do It: Developing a Project Governance and Accountability Action Plan 295 Annex 2 How to Do It: Conducting a Corruption Risk Assessment 297 Annex 3 How to Do It: Conducting a Construction Audit 300 PART 3 Information on World Bank Projects and Policies 303 20. World Bank Response to Crises and Emergencies 305 Annex Processing Steps for Emergency Operations 309 21. Safeguard Policies for World Bank Reconstruction Projects 313 Annex Selected Safeguard Policy Summaries 321 22. Financial Management in World Bank Reconstruction Projects 323 23. Procurement in World Bank Reconstruction Projects329 PART 4 Technical References337 Disaster Types and Impacts339 Disaster Risk Management in Reconstruction 345 Sources of Disaster Data 354 Matrix of Disaster Project Features357 Glossary 361 Index 367