1	Group 4: Co-Chairs: K. Topping, & H.Koura M. Comerio H.Ikeda L.Johnson Y. Murosaki K.Ohnishi K.Shigekawa K.Tamura
2	Recovery Policy Research 1 Opportunities for private business to assist employees with life recovery, home mitigation, and post-event housing; need case studies focused on facilitating and deterring factors for business
3	Recovery Policy Research 2 Need better definition of policies for public acquisition of hazardous lands with varying (known) hazard return frequencies. Better connection between science and policy is needed regarding justification for acquisition/relocation.
4	Recovery Policy Research 3 Need better understanding of the divergence between post-disaster assistance expectations and reality, and how to reconcile these differences in our recovery policies. Need to reconcile the differences between post-disaster response capacities and the latent demand for housing/services.
5	Recovery Policy Research 4 How to utilize social responses research such as the Kobe/LA comparative study for post-disaster loss estimation and planning (challenges loss modeling physical paradigm).
6	Recovery Policy Research 5 Linking mitigation to recovery strategy – need more comprehensive loss/risk assessments (not just structural, but also non-structural, social, operational, functional, etc.) as well as when to begin mitigation and how to prioritize.
7	Recovery Policy Research 6 In addition, need other methods for quantifying the values of (non-structural) mitigation actions such as continuance of operations, institutional integrity/reputation, performance-based approach for operations.
8	Recovery Policy Research 7 Assess recent disaster recovery financing approaches, including subsidies, loans and insurance. Recommend systematic policies for future responses in both countries. Need to evaluate differential impacts of varying mechanisms on different socio-economic groups.