promotingdialogueamongHabitatforHumanity’sworldwidepartners2012:Volume19Number1DisasterriskreductionandresponseAframeworkfordisastermanagementcontentsDisastermanagementshouldneverbeginwiththedisaster,norshoulditendwhenrescueoperationsarecomplete.Rather,disastermanagementshouldbeunderstoodtobeanongoingprocess,frompreparationsthatwillreducerisks,toresponse,tomitigationbasedonlessonslearned.ThiseditionofTheForumexamineshowHabitatforHumanityanditspartnershaveapproachedeachphaseofthedisastermanage-mentcycle.Theillustrationofthedisastermanagementcycleatrightshowsthedifferentphasesintheprocessofreducingtheriskofdisastersandrespondingtothemwhentheyoccur.Althoughthisframeworkshowseachphasestartingandfinishingindependently,inrealityseveralphasestakeplaceconcurrently.Forexample,therecoveryphase,whichincludesreconstruction,startsonDayOneafteradisaster,asfamiliesstarttosalvagematerialstobeusedintheconstructionofshelters.Itisimportanttostartreadingthisframeworkfromthepredisasterrisk-reductionstage,becausemanyinterventionscanbedonebeforeadisastertoreducethevulnerabilityofnations,communitiesandfamilies.ServingfamiliesandcommunitiesinthiswayallowsHabitattohavemeaningfulshelterprogramsthataimtobuildmoreresiliencetothehazardsMitigationReliefRecoveryPreparednessRescueTheDisasterPredisasterRisk-ReductionStageResponseStagefamiliesface.Theseinterventionscaninvolvebothphysicalshelter(suchasstructuralretrofitting)andcapacitybuilding(suchascommunity-basedtrainingindisasterriskContinuedonpage2Aframeworkfordisastermanagement...................1Focusingonthelongtermafteradisaster................3Habitat’sstructuralandnonstructuralmitigationprojectsinCentralAmerica.................................5DisastermitigationbloomsonmulberrytreesinTajikistan.......................................6Disasterscanhaveanimpactwithinyourorganization.....8ShelterReport2012:‘BuildHope:HousingCitiesafteraDisaster’........................................9PathwaystoPermanence.............................10Community-basedenumerationlessonslearnedinSimon-Pelé....................................13Definingemergencyshelterkits,akanonfooditems.......15Mainstreamingdisasterriskmanagement...............17Effectivelyusingthosewhojustwanttohelp............18Skilledvolunteerism:DisasterCorps—AcasestudyfromtheU.S..........................................19Habitatnationalorganizationsandaffiliateshelponeanotherafterdisasters.............................20SheltersectortrendsandHabitatforHumanitydisasterresponseguidelines...............................21WorkshopsprovidetechnicaltrainingfordisasterresponseinAsia/Pacific............................22RebuildingJapan....................................28next22012:Volume19Number1DisasterriskreductionandresponseAframeworkfordisastermanagementContinuedfrompage1management).Arangeofstatisticsshowsthatinvestmentsmadewithintherisk-reductionphaseofthecyclearesignificantlymoreefficientandsavemorelivesthanthosemadeintheresponsephases.ThiseditionofTheForumhighlightspredisasterrisk-reductionprojectsinCentralAmericaandgivesanupdateontheaward-winningmulberrytwigtechnologyusedinTajikistanforretrofittingadobeblockhomes.AnarticleonbusinesscontinuityplanningalsoasksHabitatentitiestolookattheirownpreparedness.Movingaroundthecycletoreliefandrecoveryinterventions,aworkingdefinitionandprinciplesarepresent...
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