Guidelines on cultural diversity and disaster management : final report.

"Produced within the Canadian framework for the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction"

This discussion paper was developed to provide emergency planners and responders with assistance regarding multi-cultural issues in disaster management. It provides draft guidelines, which may not necessarily be agreed upon by all agencies concerned with the topic. They are intended, however, to advance interagency dialogue applicable to a wide variation of needs and causative factors. The guidelines presume application in a developed country such as Canada. While some of the principles may be applied, the focus of this document is not the type of emergency planning or response involving thousands of people in times of drought, famine, or conflict as may be found in some developing countries, where demands overwhelm available, and even external, resources