ABSTRACT
The introduction of the dynamics of recovery includes the need to adapt to climate change and associated meteorological extremes, and then considers differing points of view on the recovery process. Positive evidence of this is provided by the Indian case study from Malkondji, with which this chapter opens. The Belice Valley earthquakes were followed by more than a decade and a half of stagnation in recovery. This was the result of several factors, principally laissez faire attitudes in central government, bureaucracy and corruption with links to organised crime. In relation to model 1, the recovery at Malkondji followed a holistic approach that integrated the five sectors: physical, environmental, institutional and governmental, economic and livelihoods, and psychosocial recovery. This leads to a discussion about the language of recovery followed by a discussion concerning the likelihood of being able to define a 'vision for recovery'.
