Hazard Mitigation Training for Vulnerable Communities: A K.A.P.S. (Knowledge, Attitude, Preparedness, Skills) Approach

This book is designed to educate vulnerable communities, emergency practitioners, and disaster researchers to increase their social and physical capacity to mitigate and adapt to disaster impacts. It uses a bottom-up framework to integrate knowledge, attitude, preparedness, and skills (K.A.P.S.), and has been field-validated to meet research standards. The K.A.P.S. Framework is an adaptable model that national and international audiences can utilize to better prepare their communities for disasters.

Format: Hardback
Length: 176 pages
Publication date: 18 May 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This book is a valuable resource for educators, emergency responders, and disaster researchers who aim to enhance the social and physical resilience of vulnerable communities in the face of increasingly severe and diverse disasters. In the face of the escalating impacts of climate change, we have entered a period of unprecedented uncertainty. This book provides researchers, practitioners, and community leaders with innovative training techniques that are more engaging and effective, utilizing a bottom-up framework to integrate knowledge, attitude, preparedness, and skills (K.A.P.S).

The book is particularly tailored to support instructors, researchers, practitioners, and community leaders in their mission to promote preparedness within marginalized communities. It offers a comprehensive collection of templates, worksheets, survey questions, background information, and guidance for conducting training, all of which have been field-validated to meet rigorous research standards.

The K.A.P.S. Framework, outlined throughout the book, serves as an adaptable model that can be utilized by national and international audiences to enhance community preparedness for disasters caused by hurricanes, floods, and tornadoes. As climate change continues to wreak havoc on communities, the K.A.P.S. training program will prove to be a crucial tool for community trainers and academics across a wide range of hazards and disasters.

By empowering individuals and communities with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to mitigate and adapt to disaster impacts, this book contributes to building more resilient and sustainable societies. It is a must-read for anyone who is committed to improving the preparedness and response capabilities of vulnerable communities in the face of an ever-changing climate.

Dimension: 246 x 174 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032010717