Emergent Citizen Groups In Disaster Preparedness And Recovery Activiities
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Date
1983-01
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Disaster Research Center
Abstract
Description
Locating ECG's for study was the first field task. As a prerequisite
we defined the ten, "Emergent Citizen Group." In the early stages of the project, ECG's were conceptualized as consisting of private citizens who were informally or formally organized at the local
community level to puruse either general or potential disaters. This indicates that our interest lies only in relatively recent private
citizen groups, and not those organizations whose members are now part
of formal associations or well-established social movements. We
excluded ECG'S which operate on other than a local basis; thus, we do not study primarily extra-community oriented groups (whether at a
regional, state, or national level). Our focus is on those local
groups which appear before or after a disaster and not those which
emerge during the emergency the period, such as search and rescue
teams. Under "disasters" we include all actual and potential incidents as enumerated in the federal disaster law, but we also include those
ECG'S who might be attempting to get certain currently marginal threats
(e.g., toxic wastes, landslides, etc.) defined as within the scope of
the law.
Keywords
Emergent Citizen Groups, Disaster Preparedness, Recovery Activities