Report Of The Inquiry Into The 2002 2003 Victorian Bushfires
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Report Of The Inquiry Into The 2002 2003 Victorian Bushfires
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Author : Bruce Esplin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
Report Of The Inquiry Into The 2002 2003 Victorian Bushfires written by Bruce Esplin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Fire ecology categories.
Report Of The Board Of Inquiry Into The Occurrence Of Bush And Grass Fires In Victoria
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Author : Victoria. Board of Inquiry into the Occurrence of Bush and Grass Fires in Victoria
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1977
Report Of The Board Of Inquiry Into The Occurrence Of Bush And Grass Fires In Victoria written by Victoria. Board of Inquiry into the Occurrence of Bush and Grass Fires in Victoria and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 with Forest fires categories.
Community Bushfire Safety
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Author : John W. Handmer
language : en
Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
Release Date : 2008
Community Bushfire Safety written by John W. Handmer and has been published by CSIRO PUBLISHING this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with House & Home categories.
Community Bushfire Safety brings together in one accessible and comprehensive volume the results of the most important community safety research being undertaken within the Australian Bushfire Cooperative Research Centre (CRC). Using perspectives deriving from social science, economics and law, it supports the increasing emphasis on community safety and the vital role it has to play in Australian bushfire management. The wide range of issues covered in this volume include research into gender and vulnerability; the law and its implications for public/fire agency interactions; the arsonists ra.
Uncertainty And Risk
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Author : Gabriele Bammer
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2012-05-04
Uncertainty And Risk written by Gabriele Bammer and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-05-04 with Business & Economics categories.
This is a major, and deeply thoughtful, contribution to understanding uncertainty and risk. Our world and its unprecedented challenges need such ways of thinking! Much more than a set of contributions from different disciplines, this book leads you to explore your own way of perceiving your own area of work. An outstanding contribution that will stay on my shelves for many years. Dr Neil T. M. Hamilton, Director, WWF International Arctic Programme This collection of essays provides a unique and fascinating overview of perspectives on uncertainty and risk across a wide variety of disciplines. It is a valuable and accessible sourcebook for specialists and laypeople alike. Professor Renate Schubert, Head of the Institute for Environmental Decisions and Chair of Economics at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology This comprehensive collection of disciplinary perspectives on uncertainty is a definitive guide to contemporary insights into this Achilles heel of modernity and the endemic hubris of institutional science in its role as public authority. It gives firm foundations to the fundamental historic shift now underway in the world, towards normalizing acceptance of the immanent condition of ignorance and of its practical corollaries: contingency, uncontrol, and respect for difference. Brian Wynne, Professor of Science Studies, Lancaster University Bammer and Smithson have assembled a fascinating, important collection of papers on uncertainty and its management. The integrative nature of Uncertainty and Risk makes it a landmark in the intellectual history of this vital cross-disciplinary concept. George Cvetkovich, Director, Center for Cross-Cultural Research, Western Washington University Uncertainty governs our lives. From the unknowns of living with the risks of terrorism to developing policies on genetically modified foods, or disaster planning for catastrophic climate change, how we conceptualize, evaluate and cope with uncertainty drives our actions and deployment of resources, decisions and priorities. In this thorough and wide-ranging volume, theoretical perspectives are drawn from art history, complexity science, economics, futures, history, law, philosophy, physics, psychology, statistics and theology. On a practical level, uncertainty is examined in emergency management, intelligence, law enforcement, music, policy and politics. Key problems that are a subject of focus are environmental management, communicable diseases and illicit drugs. Opening and closing sections of the book provide major conceptual strands in uncertainty thinking and develop an integrated view of the nature of uncertainty, uncertainty as a motivating or de-motivating force, and strategies for coping and managing under uncertainty.
Burning Issues
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Author : Mark Adams
language : en
Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
Release Date : 2011-06-16
Burning Issues written by Mark Adams and has been published by CSIRO PUBLISHING this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-06-16 with Nature categories.
The role of fire in Australia's ecosystems, and how to manage fire both for safety and for diversity.
Flammable Australia
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Author : Ross Andrew Bradstock
language : en
Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
Release Date : 2012
Flammable Australia written by Ross Andrew Bradstock and has been published by CSIRO PUBLISHING this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Business & Economics categories.
Leading researchers give an overview of the field of fire ecology in Australia.
Inquiry Into The Operational Response To The January 2003 Bushfires In The Act
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Author : Australian Capital Territory. Inquiry into the Operational Response to the January 2003 Bushfires in the ACT.
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
Inquiry Into The Operational Response To The January 2003 Bushfires In The Act written by Australian Capital Territory. Inquiry into the Operational Response to the January 2003 Bushfires in the ACT. and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Canberra (A.C.T.) categories.
Wildfire And Community
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Author : Douglas Paton
language : en
Publisher: Charles C Thomas Publisher
Release Date : 2012
Wildfire And Community written by Douglas Paton and has been published by Charles C Thomas Publisher this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Electronic books categories.
Wildfires represent a growing threat to environments, to people, communities, and to societies worldwide, particularly in the United States, Southern Europe, and Australia. Recognition of this growing risk has highlighted a need to develop people's capacity to adapt to annually occurring events that could increase in frequency and severity over the coming years and decades. The goal of ensuring sustained levels of protective measures in communities susceptible to wildfire hazard consequences has proved to be elusive. This book examines why this is so and identifies ways in which sustained levels of preparedness can be facilitated. Major topics include: wildfire preparedness and resiliency in community contexts; socially disastrous landscape fires in southeastern Australia; landscape typology of residential wildfire risk; proactive human response to wildfires outbreak; forest fires in wildland-urban interface, wildfire risk management; “stay or go” policy in the line of fire; social dimensions of forest fire; the influence of community diversity; evaluating a community engagement initiative; response to fire threats; social media and resiliency; and building on lessons learned. Additional information includes the landscape fires in southeastern Australia, wildfire risk management in Portugal; fire preparedness in Greece, Cyprus, and the Pine Barrens in the northeastern United States. The findings of research programs being conducted in the United States, Australia, Europe, India and South America are presented. The book includes case studies on the analysis and proposed actions of the wildland-urban interface being faced by Central Chile and South America. This book will provide a comprehensive and systematic review of the wildfire preparedness research and its application to the development of risk communications and public education programs.
Inferno
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Author : Roger Franklin
language : en
Publisher: Slattery Media Group
Release Date : 2010
Inferno written by Roger Franklin and has been published by Slattery Media Group this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Fire ecology categories.
In the words of Roger Franklin, fire can be "a curious, wonderful thing". On February 7, 2009, however, there was nothing wonderful about the flames that engulfed Victoria, killing 173 people and reducing several towns to dust. Franklin's book, INFERNO: THE DAY VICTORIA BURNED, is the first to explore the horrors of the day that will forever be known as Black Saturday. Not only does the author explain what happened that day - individual heroism, unimaginable tragedy, tales of towns all but wiped off the map - but also why it happened. The author examines the roles of the Victorian government, the CFA and the local councils that were so determined to protect roadside vegetation. He analyses the pros and cons of preventive burning, questions the merits of the state's controversial stay-or-go policy, and delves into the mind of an arsonist. Through it all, there is a clear message: failure was everywhere on Black Saturday. With bushfires a constant threat in Australian life, Franklin cites many important lessons that need to be learned if such a disaster is to be avoided in the future.
Ten Commitments Revisited
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Author : Steve Morton
language : en
Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
Release Date : 2014-09-25
Ten Commitments Revisited written by Steve Morton and has been published by CSIRO PUBLISHING this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-25 with Science categories.
What are the 10 key issues that must be addressed urgently to improve Australia's environment? In this follow up to the highly successful book Ten Commitments: Reshaping the Lucky Country's Environment, Australia’s leading environmental thinkers have written provocative chapters on what must be done to tackle Australia's environmental problems – in terms of policies, on-ground actions and research. Each chapter begins with a brief overview of the 10 key tasks that need to be addressed in a given field, and then each issue is discussed in more detail. Chapters are grouped into ecosystems, sectors and cross-cutting themes. Topics include: deserts, rangelands, temperate eucalypt woodlands, tropical savanna landscapes, urban settlements, forestry management , tropical and temperate marine ecosystems, tropical rainforests, alpine ecosystems, freshwater ecosystems, coasts, islands, soils, fisheries, agriculture, mining, grazing, tourism, industry and manufacturing, protected areas, Indigenous land and sea management, climate change, water, biodiversity, population, human health, fire, energy and more. Ten Commitments Revisited is a must read for politicians, policy makers, decision makers, practitioners and others with an interest in Australia’s environment.