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ERIC Number: EJ1041772
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014-Aug
Pages: 7
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: EISSN-1077-5315
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An Extension Education Program to Help Local Governments with Flood Adaptation
Gary, Gretchen; Allred, Shorna; LoGiudice, Elizabeth
Journal of Extension, v52 n4 Article 4IAW6 Aug 2014
Education is an important tool to increase the capacity of local government officials for community flood adaptation. To address flood adaptation and post-flood stream management in municipalities, Cornell Cooperative Extension and collaborators developed an educational program to increase municipal officials' knowledge about how to work effectively in streams after a flood. Overall, the program significantly increased knowledge of stream science, post-flood stream response, and structural techniques. To increase the effectiveness of the programs, future workshops should strive to increase participant knowledge retention over time and actively recruit participants with a low level of starting knowledge of streams and flooding.
Extension Journal, Inc. e-mail: joe-ed@joe.org; Web site: http://www.joe.org
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: N/A
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Location: New York
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