Community Based Planning
Community Based Planning : "Most state and local emergency management plans were developed without direct involvement from the community. As a result, people tend to have little faith that these plans offer the best courses of action to protect themselves and their families. On the other hand, disaster planning that includes input from the community produces not only higher quality plans, but also far higher levels of community approval and confidence in the plans". 9 (Carafano, Grassroots Disaster Response-Harnessing Capacities of Communities, 2007)