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I. Introduction.- 1. Topics of Long-Term Studies in Hazard Research.- 2. Open Questions in Hazard Research.- 3. Specific and Broadly Representative Elements in the Reconstruction of Friuli.- 4. Literature on Friuli and the Earthquakes in Friuli.- II. Overview of the Initial Conditions for Reconstruction.- 1. Indemnification versus Insurance: Two Models of Settling Damages after Natural Disasters.- 2. The Region and the Events of 1976.- 3. Decisions on the Method and the Course of Reconstruction.- III. Effects of Provisional Housing in Prefabs: Slums of Hope or Despair.- 1. Expenditures.- 2. Demolition.- 3. The Problem of the Squatters.- 4. The Composition of the Population in the Prefab Towns.- 5. The Social Selection Process in the Prefab Towns.- 6. Prefab Settlements as Indicators of the Phases of Reconstruction.- IV. The Single Stages of Reconstruction.- 1. Reconstruction Stages and Expenditure of Funds.- 2. Critical Moments During Reconstruction.- 3. Regional Differentiation of Reconstruction.- 4. Socioeconomic Development.- 5. Differentiation of the Stages and Influential Factors.- 6. Costs of Reconstruction.- 7. Regional Differentiation of Reconstruction Costs.- 8. Change Following Disaster: A Review.- V. Reconstruction in Four Communities: A Case Study.- 1. The Situation Before the Disaster.- 2. Reconstruction Policies.- 3. Changes in Residential Structures and Settlement Patterns.- 4. The Improvement of Housing Stock.- 5. Changes in the Structure of Accommodations.- 6. Changes in the Location of Residences.- 7. Changes in Property Titles.- 8. Contentedness of the Population with Reconstruction.- 9. Change in Social Life.- VI. Changes in the Regional Structure During Reconstruction.- 1. Development of Demographic Relations.- 2. The SocioeconomicDevelopment.- 3. Cluster Analysis of Socioeconomic and Demographic Variables.- 4. Small-Scale Changes in the Regional Structure.- 5. Earthquakes, Reconstruction, and Industrial Development.- VII. Conclusions.- 1. Reconstruction AlternativesThree Scenarios.- 2. Learning From Reconstruction: The Do's and Don'ts of Friuli.- 3. Final Remarks.