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"To Leave Something (meaningful) Behind: Honouring the Late Professor Douglas P...
Buergelt, Petra T.; Johnston, David M.; Becker, Julia S.; Jang, Li-ju; Gregg, Chris; Tedim, Fantina; Violanti, John
Wildfire communication from municipalities to communities in Portugal: An explo...
Correia, Fernando; Leone, Vittorio; Coughlan, Michael; Paton, Douglas; Buergelt, Petra T.; Tedim, FantinaEnhancing preparedness that enables people and communities to effectively anticipate, respond to, and recover from the impacts of a wildfire requires interactive communication. The purpose of this research is to understand how municipalities are communicating with communities regarding wildfires. Municipalities represent the lowest level of governance in Portugal and their responsibility for wildfire risk commu...
The development and use of Community Engagement Theory to inform readiness inte...
Paton, Douglas; Becker, Julia S.; Johnston, David M.; Buergelt, Petra T.; Tedim, Fantina; Jang, Li-juReadiness or preparedness can help reduce the risk posed by future hazard events and allow for effective post-event response and recovery. Given the importance of readiness, a key question is, "How can readiness be facilitated?". Community Engagement Theory (CET), developed from over 20 years of research in and across several countries, can contribute to offering answers to this question. The theory suggests th...