While knowledge on effective recovery has changed significantly in the past two decades, and continues to develop through research and practice, recovery is an area that has traditionally been poorly understood and applied by response agencies. This Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC research has produced a disaster recovery guide for people, organisations and governments managing emergency recovery, which aims to support wellbeing after disasters by providing evidence-based guidance to aid decision making. This video follows Rowena Frost, Municipal Recovery Manager for the Surf Coast Shire Council in Victoria, as she explores the research findings and recovery guide with Prof Lisa Gibbs from the University of Melbourne, learning how to use the research to improve relief and recovery with her local community.

This research developed the Guide to Post-disaster Recovery Capitals, which can be accessed at https://recoverycapitals.org.au/