An Overview of Disaster Management (Department of Humanitarian Affairs/United Nations Disaster Relief Office - United Nations Development Programme , 1992, 136 p.): PART THREE: DISASTER RESPONSE: Chapter 9. Disaster response: Aims of emergency and post-disaster assistance: Post-disaster assessment

An Overview of Disaster Management (Department of Humanitarian Affairs/United Nations Disaster Relief Office - United Nations Development Programme , 1992, 136 p.)

PART THREE: DISASTER RESPONSE

Chapter 9. Disaster response

Aims of emergency and post-disaster assistance

		(introduction...)
		Warning
		Evacuation/migration
		Search and rescue
		Post-disaster assessment
		Emergency relief
		Logistics and supply
		Communication and information management
		Survivor response and coping
		Security
		Emergency operations management
		Rehabilitation and reconstruction

Post-disaster assessment

SUDDEN AND SLOW ONSET The primary objective of assessment is to provide a clear, concise picture of the post-disaster situation, to identify relief needs and to develop strategies for recovery. It determines options for humanitarian assistance, how best to utilize existing resources, or to develop requests for further assistance. The post-disaster assessment must distinguish among pre-disaster chronic conditions, the needs of disaster survivors and their resources.

This activity is so vital that we will devote the next chapter exclusively to disaster assessment.