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- Title
Building Disaster-Resilient Families, Communities, and Businesses.
- Authors
Boteler, Franklin E.
- Abstract
The United States is experiencing an increase in the severity of critical incidents. Extension agents play a significant role in enabling families, communities, and businesses to sustain themselves through these catastrophic events. A substantial body of scientific knowledge is available to guide Extension efforts in enhancing local sustainability. The literature indicates that our nation must adopt a strategy of continuous, sustainable hazards mitigation.
- Subjects
UNITED States; DISASTERS; EXTENSION workers; HAZARD mitigation; FAMILIES; COMMUNITIES
- Publication
Journal of Extension, 2007, Vol 45, Issue 6, p5
- ISSN
0022-0140
- Publication type
Article