disaster recovery

Regional Resilience

The Rural Policy Research Institute (RUPRI) Rural Futures Lab™ and the National Association of Development Organizations (NADO) Research Foundation Release New Report on Assessing Current Policy and Practice Relating to Regional Resilience
The NADO Research Foundation is pleased to announce

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Building Disaster Resilient Economies Webinar

On January 26, NADO joined the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA), the International Economic Development Council (IEDC) and the U.S. Chamber’s Business Civic Leadership Council (BCLC) in hosting a webinar on post-disaster, long-term economic recovery.  The event provided preliminary guidance…

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An Improved Federal Response to Post-Disaster Economic Recovery

Developed by a working group of representatives convened by the International Economic Development Council, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Business Civic Leadership Center and the National Association of Development Organizations, this report identifies capacity, resource and regulatory constraints imposed on…

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A Peer Learning Forum of the NADO Research Foundation: Innovative Approaches to Disaster Recovery and Economic Resilience

This report… (PDF), released in July 2011, covers the discussions during a two-day forum held in June 2011 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.  Participants from Mississippi,  North Carolina, Iowa, Texas, South Dakota, Florida, and Wisconsin shared their situations and offered examples

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Resilient Regions: Integrating Economic Development Strategies, Sustainability Principles and Hazard Mitigation Planning

This new report released in July 2011 provides an in-depth look at the roles that regional planning and development organizations are taking to help local and regional economies re-build after natural disasters.  The Resilient Regions… (PDF) report focuses on efforts

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Restoring Regional Economies in the Wake of Disaster

This report focuses on the role of regional development organizations in the post-disaster economic recovery process, using information gleaned from NADO peer learning sessions and two case studies where regions suffered from hurricane and flood effects in 2008. Regional councils

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