Regions: Inuvialuit Settlement Region, Dehcho Region
Tags: social sciences, flooding, community engagement, geophysics, emergency response
| Principal Investigator: | Newton, John (1) |
| Licence Number: | 12108 |
| Organization: | Department of Geography, University of Toronto |
| Licensed Year(s): |
1992
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| Issued: | Jan 01, 1992 |
| Project Team: | Self |
Objective(s): To investigate how remote communities cope with extreme geophysical phenomena such as flooding, what characteristics influence their ability to respond to these events and whether community sustainability is affected by the interaction of the community and natural hazards;
Project Description: The Researcher will investigate how communities cope with extreme geophysical phenomena such as flooding. By interaction with community residents and other officials he will determine what characteristics influence their ability to respond to events like flooding and whether community sustainability is affected by the interaction of the community and natural hazards.
