Human response to warnings: a systems approach.

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Field, Jan

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Chisholm Institute of Technology

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TextLanguage: ENG Publication details: 1990Description: 16p., 25 refs, 2 figsSubject(s):

Subject: This paper examines warning systems in the disaster research literature both in Australia and overseas. It is concerned with the interrelations between organisational and individual, community response in the warning process, and highlights the importance of feedback at all systemic levels for effective dissemination of warning messages. The aim of using a systems frame-work for examination and co-ordination of research findings is to provide suitable guidelines for Emergency managers

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This paper examines warning systems in the disaster research literature both in Australia and overseas. It is concerned with the interrelations between organisational and individual, community response in the warning process, and highlights the importance of feedback at all systemic levels for effective dissemination of warning messages. The aim of using a systems frame-work for examination and co-ordination of research findings is to provide suitable guidelines for Emergency managers

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