Multi‐agency community engagement during disaster recovery : Lessons from two New Zealand earthquake events

摘要: Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to look at the role community participation in reducing anxiety and trauma communities during two New Zealand earthquakes: 1987 Edgecumbe 2003 Te Anau events explore effectiveness various approaches providing information, stress, facilitating a recovery process.Design/methodology/approach principle methods data collection were semi‐structured interviews undertaken between October 2006 March 2007 with key agencies individuals involved response comprehensive analysis papers, reports articles newspapers. research was prior 4 September 2010 2011 earthquakes Canterbury, Zealand, therefore from these are not discussed paper.Findings Effective survival disasters depends just on people's abilities cope physical impacts event, but also how societal environment complements an...