Recovery And Recovery Strategies

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thing for sure, there has to be a consideration for all laws and policies when constructing a comprehensive plan for each community.
When planners are discussing recovery and mitigation strategies, they have to consider both as the same. They do go hand in hand together. Schwab notes that when proper mitigation efforts have been defined in a plan that the recovery strategies will benefit the recovery efforts (p.24). Of course, when discussing the two areas during the planning process, they are independent of each other, but they work together to prevent and ensure a quicker response in the recovery process. Each course of planning requires an aggressive approach for them to be successful, as noted they work side by side in any comprehensive

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