This resource guide seeks to assist practitioners, local governments and community organisations to meet the challenges of post disaster reconstruction with the best possible understanding of the different issues in post-disaster planning, and of the methods for developing evaluation tools. This guide will help local practitioners incorporate evaluation strategies into programme design and carry out successful evaluations.

Part of the goal of this resource guide is to demonstrate that postdisaster projects have far-reaching effects on the sustainable development of societies. In preparing post-disaster programmes, it is crucial to keep in mind that disasters create opportunities as well as costs.