Whole-Community Approaches: Community Engagement and Participatory Action Research

Wed. 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., Interlocken A

Social capital is an important factor in disaster resilience, and public participation in disaster and climate change risk reduction activities is one way to build social capital. Participatory action research and related methods offer an avenue for enhancing public participation, yet encouraging public participation is often difficult. This session focuses on the benefits and challenges associated with community engagement efforts.

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