Hazard Mitigation Training for Vulnerable Communities

<p>This book is designed to educate vulnerable communities emergency practitioners and disaster researchers to increase the social and physical capacity of communities to mitigate and adapt to disaster impacts. With climate change escalating the intensity and range of disasters we have entered an unprecedented time. The tools in this book allow researchers practitioners and community leaders to adopt new training techniques that are more engaging and effective using a bottom-up framework to integrate knowledge attitude preparedness and skills (K.A.P.S).</p><p>This book is uniquely designed to support instructors researchers practitioners and community leaders in their effort to promote preparedness across marginalized communities. The book contains a full range of templates worksheets survey questions background information and guidance for carrying out training; the material has been field-validated to meet research standards.</p><p>The K.A.P.S. Framework outlined throughout the book is designed to serve as an adaptable model that national and international audiences can utilize to better prepare their communities for disasters due to hurricanes floods and tornadoes. As climate change continues to ravage communities the K.A.P.S. training program will prove to be an important tool for community trainers and academics across a range of hazards and disasters.</p>