Australian bushfires and their real cost.
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TextLanguage: ENG Publication details: 24 OCT 1986Description: 24p., 2 maps, 15 refsSubject: The economy and culture established after white settlement in Australia is liable to incur considerable losses from uncontrollable bush fires. These fires have recurred at intervals of about 30 to 40 years since the nineteenth century and have generally been confined to South Eastern Australia. There seems to be little chance of this pattern changing in the forseeable future. However much can be done to reduce their impact, particularly by fuel reduction burning and individual house-holders taking appropriate steps to ensure that their lives and homes have the maximum chance of survival. In the past 20 years there have been losses of over $1,000 million (1986$) in Australia including houses, businesses, stock, crops and forest. Many of the costs of fires cannot be expressed in dollar values, such as death and quality of life.
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Conference dates 21-24 October 1986
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The economy and culture established after white settlement in Australia is liable to incur considerable losses from uncontrollable bush fires. These fires have recurred at intervals of about 30 to 40 years since the nineteenth century and have generally been confined to South Eastern Australia. There seems to be little chance of this pattern changing in the forseeable future. However much can be done to reduce their impact, particularly by fuel reduction burning and individual house-holders taking appropriate steps to ensure that their lives and homes have the maximum chance of survival. In the past 20 years there have been losses of over $1,000 million (1986$) in Australia including houses, businesses, stock, crops and forest. Many of the costs of fires cannot be expressed in dollar values, such as death and quality of life.
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