Resources for post-disaster reconstruction

The issue of resource requirements in post-disaster situations is highlighted in the new National Civil Defence Emergency Management Plan (July, 2006) which states that: ‘effective response and recovery may necessitate mobilisation of all (New Zealand’s) available resources’ Resources will need to be paid for, which can see costs increase at a time when resources are urgently needed

In order to understand the effects on resourcing post-disaster, the research project has identified as crucial:

1. cataloguing requirements and current availability of the full range of resource for reconstruction,
2. reflecting on sequencing/critical path/bottlenecks for resources  mobilisation
3. New Zealand is resource constrained generally, but lack of resources could arise in the event of a major disaster.
4. The ability New Zealand has to get offshore/national resources into a disaster zone is in question and needs to be better understood.

In order to reach these goals the following issues have been identified and ranked as high priority for the research:  

            C1. Cataloguing requirements and current availability of the full range of resource for reconstruction
            C2. Reflecting on sequencing/critical path/bottlenecks for their mobilisation
            C2. Analysis of the gap between logistics planning and mobilisation for reconstruction
            C3. Ability to get offshore / national resources into a disaster zone
            C4. Identifying barriers to getting suppliers to do pre-event planning and engaging industry in a shared awareness
            C5. Prior commitment of resources and impact of regulators
            C6. Assessing the practicalities and worth of a continuously updated national database of available resources

 Research objectives, outputs and estimates of the timescales