TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2007//
TI  - Disaster mitigation and communications research in Canada: towards a responsive innovation agenda
JO  - International journal of emergency management
A1  - Gow, Gordon A.
SP  - 122
EP  - 140
VL  - 4
IS  - 2
N2  - The aim of this paper is to introduce a new conceptual framework for communications policy research pertaining to disaster mitigation in Canada. It claims that mitigation-oriented policy research must expand its agenda to focus on the deep social roots of risk and vulnerability in Canadian society and that such a re-orientation in theory can provide the foundation for the reform of public policy and practical action suited to the National Disaster Mitigation Strategy (NDMS). Key findings from a recent study of Canada's communications infrastructure are cited to introduce three research themes – learning, innovation, and enabling – that can serve as the foundation for a 'responsive innovation agenda'. The paper introduces this agenda, specifies its core normative principle, and then provides a number of real-world cases that can inform ongoing research efforts towards its realisation.<p />
LA  - 
SN  - 1471-4825
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJEM.2007.013986
ID  - ref1
ER  -