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Natural disaster, in the sociological and geographical perspectives, can be thought of as a failure of the social systems constituting a community to adapt to an environment event. Sustainable development, meaning that a community or other spatial levels can tolerate or overcome damage, diminished productivity, and reduced quality of life from a natural hazard event without significant outside assistance can be integrated into disaster resilience. Disaster resilient communities will be more sustainable than those that do not develop a comprehensive strategy that incorporates hazard mitigation into their current and ongoing construction, design, and planning activities. Integrating sustainable development into disaster recovery requires some shifts in current thinking, land use, and policies. In terms of future directions for sustainable disaster recovery, disasters should be viewed as providing unique opportunities for change for long term sustainable development.