The history of natural hazards in Australia and their physical, economic and social consequences are discussed in this paper. The lack of any national programme for hazard mitigation is identified, alongside an overview of Australia as a country where major disasters are accepted as a part of everyday life. Copyrigh
The most important natural perils in Australia are tropical cyclones, earthquakes, bushfires, thunde...
The World has suffered major disasters in the last 24 months. What have we learnt from natural disas...
The diverse causes and styles, the frequency and the losses arising from five Australian floods in 1...
Australia has the same frequency of natural hazards as any other continent; however, the types and i...
This study reviews Australian experience of natural disasters over the last century and considers ho...
The concept of a natural hazard is a human construct. It is the interaction with human communities a...
Recent natural disasters in Australia have prompted some calls for the establishment of national nat...
In 2011, there were 336 reported natural disasters worldwide, and they accounted for the deaths of m...
Interactions of some of the principal historical natural hazards with human populations in the Austr...
After adjusting the Insurance Council of Australia’s Disaster List for 2006 societal conditions, we ...
This paper presents an outline of government policy on natural disaster relief in Australia. Two eff...
This Positioning Paper is the first publication from a research project that examines how SHAs in th...
Australian history is full of disasters and colossal debacles. Some are natural but many more are ma...
This report details the CSIRO\u27s research into digital technologies and services for disaster pla...
This paper sets out the case for a nationally consistent approach to disaster loss assessment in Aus...
The most important natural perils in Australia are tropical cyclones, earthquakes, bushfires, thunde...
The World has suffered major disasters in the last 24 months. What have we learnt from natural disas...
The diverse causes and styles, the frequency and the losses arising from five Australian floods in 1...
Australia has the same frequency of natural hazards as any other continent; however, the types and i...
This study reviews Australian experience of natural disasters over the last century and considers ho...
The concept of a natural hazard is a human construct. It is the interaction with human communities a...
Recent natural disasters in Australia have prompted some calls for the establishment of national nat...
In 2011, there were 336 reported natural disasters worldwide, and they accounted for the deaths of m...
Interactions of some of the principal historical natural hazards with human populations in the Austr...
After adjusting the Insurance Council of Australia’s Disaster List for 2006 societal conditions, we ...
This paper presents an outline of government policy on natural disaster relief in Australia. Two eff...
This Positioning Paper is the first publication from a research project that examines how SHAs in th...
Australian history is full of disasters and colossal debacles. Some are natural but many more are ma...
This report details the CSIRO\u27s research into digital technologies and services for disaster pla...
This paper sets out the case for a nationally consistent approach to disaster loss assessment in Aus...
The most important natural perils in Australia are tropical cyclones, earthquakes, bushfires, thunde...
The World has suffered major disasters in the last 24 months. What have we learnt from natural disas...
The diverse causes and styles, the frequency and the losses arising from five Australian floods in 1...
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