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Building Capacity for Disaster Resiliency in Six Disadvantaged Communities

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dc.contributor.author Berke, Philip
dc.contributor.author Cooper, John
dc.contributor.author Salvesen, David
dc.contributor.author Spurlock, Danielle
dc.contributor.author Rausch, Christina
dc.date.accessioned 2011-01-10T19:26:29Z
dc.date.available 2011-01-10T19:26:29Z
dc.date.issued 2010 en_US
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/10535/6694
dc.description.abstract "Disaster plans almost always do not benefit from the knowledge and values of disadvantaged people who are frequently underrepresented in disaster planning processes. Consequently, the plans are inconsistent with the conditions, concerns, and capabilities of disadvantaged people. We present an approach to community-based participatory planning aimed at engaging marginalized and distrustful communities to build their capacity to be more disaster resilient. We review the experiences of six disadvantaged communities under the Emergency Preparedness Demonstration (EPD) project. The EPD effort revealed several critical implications: recruit a diverse set of participants for inclusive collaboration; provide analytical tools to co-develop information and empower people; employ coaches to organize and facilitate sustainable community change; design a bottom-up review process for selection of strategies that holds communities accountable; and build capacity for implementation of strategies." en_US
dc.language English en_US
dc.subject natural disasters en_US
dc.subject resilience en_US
dc.subject poverty en_US
dc.subject social behavior en_US
dc.subject vulnerability en_US
dc.title Building Capacity for Disaster Resiliency in Six Disadvantaged Communities en_US
dc.type Journal Article en_US
dc.type.published published en_US
dc.type.methodology Case Study en_US
dc.subject.sector Social Organization en_US
dc.identifier.citationjournal Sustainability en_US
dc.identifier.citationvolume 3 en_US
dc.identifier.citationpages 1-20 en_US


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