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What do you understand from the term Recovery stage of Disaster Risk Reduction?


If the disaster has occurred, the recovery mission should be ensured by the disaster risk reduction management. The decision taken after the disaster should be to restore the lost lives by the people due to disaster. This recovery should be such that is should help them to cope up in the future more efficiently. The rehabilitation and reconstruction are the tasks in this stage and afford a valuable opportunity to develop and implement the measures of disaster risk reduction.


The recovery stage of the disaster risk reduction can be classified into two phases. The short term phase which typically lasts for 6 months to one year and this phase involve delivering immediate services. The long term phase, which can range up to decades, and it requires thoughtful planning and action for the recovery.


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