The significance of natural hazards in a developing area : a case study from North Queensland.

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TextPublication details: [S.l. : s.n.], 1975Description: [13] pDDC classification:

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Subject: The environmental significance of natural hazards has assumed increased importance as the population of the world and the capital value of the urban and economic investments at risk has grown. The demographic characteristics, the nature of the social and economic infrastructure and the related development of the society all influence the perception of, and the responses to, natural hazards. In the specific regional context of north Queensland the nature of tropical cyclones as natural hazards is analysed. The problems of planning the best policies for dealing with the environmental threat they pose are examined

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Reprinted from: Geography; 1975; vol. 60, no. 2; p. 99-110

The environmental significance of natural hazards has assumed increased importance as the population of the world and the capital value of the urban and economic investments at risk has grown. The demographic characteristics, the nature of the social and economic infrastructure and the related development of the society all influence the perception of, and the responses to, natural hazards. In the specific regional context of north Queensland the nature of tropical cyclones as natural hazards is analysed. The problems of planning the best policies for dealing with the environmental threat they pose are examined

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