Long Term Community Recovery: A community-wide planning process where communities organize and take action to address the significant long-term implications of a major disaster on all of their residents. It is a long-term, multi-year, forward-looking effort to address disaster recovery in a holistic fashion, that moves beyond repair of damaged elements of a community, toward improvment upon the pre-disaster conditions. The LTCR process aids communities in reinventing themselves as healthier, more sustainable and disaster resilient.
LTCR relies on a sound planning process that builds community capacity and leadership. It involves all members of the community to make these challenging decisions in the post-disaster period. The planning process works to address all sectors of a community, from housing, economics, infrastructure, social/health services, community services, natural and cultural resources, and governmental, non-governmental, and private sectors.
The LTCR planning process is different than traditional community, urban, economic development or comprehensive planning. It takes place in a fast-paced environment, must be very inclusive, builds community capacity and momentum, and is action oriented to aid in launching an organized, planned and holistic recovery.
