Effectively involving an Australian rural community in a risk management process: a "community partnerships" approach
Pisaniello, J., McKay, J., Reedman, G., Mitchell, L. and Stephensen, M.
Australian Journal of Emergency Management, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 30-39
This paper is a report on a multi-faceted means to ensure successful creation and adoption by a rural community of a Public and Environmental Health Management Plan. It offers lessons for Emergency Managers wishing to promote behavioural change and enhance emergency risk management processes.
This paper explores innovative ideas generated in the development of the Public and Environmental Health Management Plan (PEHMP) for Berri in South Australia, and provides some lessons for Australian Emergency planners in rural communities as identified in a recent project for EMA (Pisaniello and McKay, 2001).
Dr John Pisaniello (email) website Senior Research Fellow Centre for Comparative Water Policies and Laws University of South Australia Business: (08) 8302 0031 Fax: (08) 8302 0992
