Focus on the big issues: water and earthquake resistance. Regarding water, the big issue is flooding, so elevation and storm water runoff must be at the top of your list. Regarding earthquake resistance, you will want to learn from traditional, local methods as well as from structural engineers. There may be a big gap between knowing what to do and actually doing it.
The following chapter gives some information in regard to this question:
Petal, M., R. Green, I. Kelman, R. Shaw, and A. Dixit. 2008. "Community-based construction for disaster risk reduction". Chapter 10, pp. 191-217 in L.L. Bosher (ed.), Hazards and the Built Environment, Taylor and Francis, London, U.K.
I have a PDF, so feel free to request it if you cannot other access it.
Property rights and institutional arrangements are also important to post-disaster reconstruction. I discussed this topic in the following article against the background of Wenchuan Earthquake in China. It might be useful to you.
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