Planning for disaster resilience in rural, remote, and coastal communities: Moving from thought to action

Journal of Emergency Management

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 105-120

  Murphy, Brenda L ^a   Anderson, Gregory S ^b   Bowles, Ron ^b   Cox, Robin S ^c  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Justice Institute of British Columbia   (Canada)

^c ROYAL ROADS UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community based; Disaster planning; Emergency management

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CAPACITY BUILDING; CIVIL DEFENSE; DISASTER PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION;

CAPACITY BUILDING; CIVIL DEFENSE; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; DISASTER PLANNING; HUMANS; NOVA SCOTIA; ONTARIO; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84901621021     PISSN: 15435865     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5055/jem.2014.0165     Document Type: Article

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