Enhancing emergency management capabilities at the local government level.
Material type: TextPublication details: [S.l. : s.n.], 1996Description: 8 pDDC classification:- 363.348 21
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"Invited paper prepared for presentation in the Management and Planning Section, for the Second International Conference on Local Authorities Confronting Disasters and Emergencies. RAI Congress Centre. Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 21-24 April, 1996"
References: p. 8
Through its ethical and legal obligations and by its direct association with formulating and implementing emergency management policy, local government is in a priveleged position to promote necessary change in emergency management. Moreover, because of its high reliance on a diverse range of knowledge-based expertise, all of which are pertinent to emergency management, local government has the necessary human resources to achieve the multi-disciplinary approach that underpins effective understanding and planning
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