TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2007//
TI  - Capacity building approaches to emergency management in rural communities: recommendations from survivors of the British Columbia Wildfires, 2003
JO  - International journal of emergency management
A1  - Cox, Robin S.
SP  - 250
EP  - 268
VL  - 4
IS  - 2
N2  - This paper responds to the ongoing calls within emergency management for more community-driven and capacity building approaches to the response to and recovery from natural disasters. Moving from the rhetoric of community-driven approaches to the practice, this paper highlights and draws on specific practice recommendations made by residents in two rural Canadian communities affected by a devastating forest fire. The recommendations made by the survivors of the McLure Fire, in British Columbia, Canada, provide a concrete framework for engaging with rural communities in developing emergency management practices that are more relevant to and congruent with the unique challenges and strengths of their communities.<p />
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SN  - 1471-4825
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJEM.2007.013993
ID  - ref1
ER  -