Abstract:

This paper takes the perspective that recoverv.from distister is not merely concerned with the reestatblishment on the physical or built environment; that is, coinmtinitv recovery should not be conceptitalised as an outcome, but raither as a social process that begins before a disaster occurs and encompasses decision-making concerning emergency response, restoration and reconstruction activities jbllowing the disaster.  Pitt another way, reconstruction is less a technical problem than it is a social one.  In orderfor successful post-disaster decisions to be made, however, there must be an awareness of the pre-disaster conditions that create situations of social and structural vulnerability, putting some segments of the society at greater risk in the event of an earthquake than others.  From this perspective, what becomes important is how those decisions are made, who is involved in the decisionmaking, what consequences those decisions have on the social groups within the disaster-stricken communities, and who benefitsfrom these decisions and who does not.

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