Weather extremes : mitigating the impact.

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Geography Teachers' Association of Victoria

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TextLanguage: English Publication details: Camberwell South, Vic. : Geography Teachers' Association of Victoria, 2003.Description: 56 p. : ill. ; 30 cmDDC classification:

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Review: The feature article is Climate extremes in Australia: the role of risk management by Dingle [sic] Smith. It concentrates on the extreme variability of rainfall in Australia, and the droughts and floods that accompany this variation. There is also an article: Hazard geography: extreme weather phenomena by Julia Freeman. This is a unit of work of about a term's length designed for use with year 9/10 students. The contents are: the nature of atmospheric hazards and their interrelationship, an analysis of the spatial distribution of hazards, and risk assessment and management strategies.

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Being volume 31, number 1 (March 2003) of Interaction, Journal of the Geography Teachers' Association of Victoria

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The feature article is Climate extremes in Australia: the role of risk management by Dingle [sic] Smith. It concentrates on the extreme variability of rainfall in Australia, and the droughts and floods that accompany this variation. There is also an article: Hazard geography: extreme weather phenomena by Julia Freeman. This is a unit of work of about a term's length designed for use with year 9/10 students. The contents are: the nature of atmospheric hazards and their interrelationship, an analysis of the spatial distribution of hazards, and risk assessment and management strategies.

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