Environment why Consider Environment in Recovery

Sub Issue 3: Alternative building materials and technologies

• Sub Issue 3: Alternative building materials and technologies

• 1. The use of recycled materials or non-traditional, yet abundant natural resources (e.g. bamboo)
• 2. The development of environmentally-friendly methods to produce building materials (e.g. improved brick kiln designs)
• 3. The adaptation of designs that minimize environmental damage (e.g. solar-generated electricity, communal sanitation systems)

Sub Issue 4: Strategic environmental and social framework

• Sub Issue 4: Strategic environmental and social framework

• Following the 2004 tsunami, the Indonesian government developed the Strategic Environmental Framework (SEF) whose objectives included supporting environmentally sound investments; ensuring that environmental aspects, are considered at an early stage in the reconstruction planning process. The SEF is designed to assist decision-making in the project cycle’s early stages and to provide a practical tool for mitigating project impacts.
• Similar frameworks have been created in India following the 2004 tsunami, in China following the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake and in Haiti after the 2010 earthquake: