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Emergency preparedness Canada: national symposium '89: selected proceedings.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: ENG Publication details: 1989Description: 109p., Text in English and French
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Books Books Australian Emergency Management Library BOOK 363.34525 EME (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 005279022

Compte rendu du colloque 1989: de protection civile Canada

Conference Dates 26-28 September 1989

The Social costs of disaster

Volume is French (pp.1-56) and English (pp.1-53)

Overview of proceedings; Abstracts of presentations : Welcome and opening of the symposium by T. D'Arcy Finn; Keynote presentations - Canadian cultural values and attitudes towards security and disaster by Michael Adams. A. Preparing for disaster. Comparative perspective of public beliefs and acceptance of civil defence by Michael Elmquist; Social trends and emergency planning implications by Robert Baugniet; Managing hazards in a changing cultural environment by Fred Cooper and Laurie Laughy; Emergency preparedness in an Amerindian and Inuit context by Paul Chevrette; Managing disaster internationally by Francios Arsenault. B. Communications and information transference. Disaster warnings as a social process by Russell Dynes; Types of warnings and the responses they evoke by Don Dingle; Everyday information transfer in hazards (non-crisis information exchange within the hazards community) by Sarah Michaels; Analysis of the effectiveness of warnings by John Sorenson. C. Impact and immediate aftermath. Review of events at St. Basile-le-grand by Alain Lauzier; Comparison of organizational response to man-made and natural hazards by Helene Denis; Scientific response to man-made and natural hazards by Gaetan Carrier; Medica-health response to man-made anr natural hazards by Stephane Groulx; Comparison of community response patterns to hazards by Alain Gauthier and Pierre Boisclair; Individual patterns of response to disasters - St. Basile-le-grand case by Michael Dore and Daniel Boucher; Interventions - "Le retour a la normale" by Malcolm Johnson, Constance Chailler and Miryan Normandeau; Psycho-social response to disasters since 1980 by Raymond Lafond; Post-disaster effect : the ocean ranger by Cle Newhook. Recovery, rehabilitation and restitution. Disaster assistance and socio-economic recovery : which groups obtain assistance by E. L. Quarantelli; Providing disaster assistance to communities : Edmonton tornado by katherine Caine; The demise and rise of a community : social pressures for change and policy developments by Chico Bulmer; Organizational responsibilities redefined : who bears the costs? Who pays financial disaster assistance? by Pierre Brien

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