Promoting Personal Preparedness
This guide provides an overview of the best practices of, and most effective approaches to, flood risk communication. This guide is founded on research that supports the use of bottom-up strategies in order to address community needs and capacity.
With effective approaches to flood risk communication and empowered communities we can begin to create a flood prepare Canada.
The guide is organized into the following sections:
- Five Lessons for Effective Flood Risk Communication – lessons for communicators in preparing their community for flooding.
- Multi-Faceted Approach to Risk Communication – a communication approach that empowers communities to take action on flood preparedness.
- Tools for Effective Flood Risk Communication – tools for communicators to use to engage and empower their community.
Access the complete guide: A Community Guide to Flood Risk Communication (PDF)