Addressing Social Elements of Wildfire: Risk, Response, and Recovery in Highland Village, TX
Description:
Representatives of the City of Highland Village expressed concern over the risk of wildfires for their community. Anthropology provides many tools for and examples of disaster assessment of preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation. These tools combined with Geographic Information Systems (GIS) can provide a holistic, cultural ecological look at how such a disaster may take place in the city.
The project's methods included a detailed survey of preparedness steps which was analyzed usin…
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Date:
May 2016
Creator:
MacKinnon, Jessica
Partner:
UNT Libraries