Best practices in risk and crisis communication: Implications for natural hazards management

Natural Hazards

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 683-705

  Steelman, Toddi A ^a   McCaffrey, Sarah ^b  

^a University of Saskatchewan   (Canada)

^b NORTH CENTRAL RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Crisis communication; Disaster; Emergency management; Risk communication; Wildfire; Wildfire policy

Indexed keywords

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; FIRE MANAGEMENT; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; THEORETICAL STUDY; WILDFIRE;

CALIFORNIA; MONTANA; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EID: 84870809827     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-012-0386-z     Document Type: Article

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