International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction : resilience of disaster communities / Julie Ann Poley and Dr Moira O'Connor.

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TextPublication details: Joondalup, W.A. : School of Psychology, Edith Cowan University, 1999Description: 51 p. : ill., mapsDDC classification:

363.348099411 21

Subject: This study aims to develop a measure of community resilience for communities facing seasonal natural disasters. From this strategies for community education can be identified in order to reduce the vulnerability of a community to an impending natural disaster. A case study approach was used focusing on the area of Darlington, a semi rural suburb 40 kms east of Perth, Western Australia, which is under seasonal threat from bushfires. A significant lesson learned is that communities are complex, and to understand the resilience of a community, first one must determine who the community is and how it is operating

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Australian Emergency Management Library	BOOK	F363.348099411 INT (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		011495018
Books	Australian Emergency Management Library	BOOK	F363.348099411 INT (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		011495068

"This study was initiated and funded by the Australian International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR) Secretariat"--Executive summary

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This study aims to develop a measure of community resilience for communities facing seasonal natural disasters. From this strategies for community education can be identified in order to reduce the vulnerability of a community to an impending natural disaster. A case study approach was used focusing on the area of Darlington, a semi rural suburb 40 kms east of Perth, Western Australia, which is under seasonal threat from bushfires. A significant lesson learned is that communities are complex, and to understand the resilience of a community, first one must determine who the community is and how it is operating

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