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Community Bushfire Safety
Editor(s): John Handmer; Katharine Haynes
Print Publication Date: 2008
https://doi.org/10.1071/9780643095618
ISBN: 9780643095618
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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CHAPTER 1.
Foreword: A View from Australia
John Gledhill
CHAPTER 2.
Foreword: A View from North America
Jerry Williams
CHAPTER 3.
Statement Bushfire Co-Operative Research Centre
Kevin O'Loughlin
CHAPTER 4.
Acknowledgments
John Handmer
CHAPTER 5.
Author Biographies
CHAPTER 6.
Chapter 1 Interface (Urban-Rural Fringe) Bushfire Community Safety
John Handmer , Katharine Haynes
CHAPTER 7.
Chapter 2 Community Perceptions of Bushfire Risk
Alison Cottrell , Sally Bushnell , Margaret Spillman , Judy Newton , David Lowe , Luke Balcombe
CHAPTER 8.
Chapter 3 Resilience at the Urban Interface The Community Fire Unit Approach
Tom Lowe , Katharine Haynes , Gerry Byrne
CHAPTER 9.
Chapter 4 The Concept of Local Knowledge in Rural Australian Fire Management
Jenny Indian
CHAPTER 10.
Chapter 5 Social Contexts of Responses to Bushfire Threat: A Case Study of the Wangary Fire
Helen Goodman , Mae Proudley
CHAPTER 11.
Chapter 6 Prepare, Stay and Defend or Leave: Early Evidence for the Australian Approach
Amalie Tibbits , John Handmer , Katharine Haynes , Tom Lowe , Joshua Whittaker
CHAPTER 12.
Chapter 7 Property Safety: Judging Structural Safety
Raphaele Blanchi , Justin Leonard
CHAPTER 13.
Chapter 8 Don't Get Burnt by the Law! Legal Implications of the 'Prepare, Stay and Defend or Leave Early' Policy
Elsie Loh
CHAPTER 14.
Chapter 9 Understanding and Preventing Bushfire Arson
Damon Muller , Colleen Bryant
CHAPTER 15.
Chapter 10 The Media and Fire Services: Dealing With Conflicting Agendas
Erez Cohen , Peter Hughes , Peter B. White
CHAPTER 16.
Chapter 11 Preparing for Bushfires: The Public Education Challenges Facing Fire Agencies
Douglas Paton , Lyndsey Wright
CHAPTER 17.
Chapter 12 Using Program Theory in Evaluating Bushfire Community Safety Programs
Alan Rhodes , John Gilbert
CHAPTER 18.
Chapter 13 What Should Community Safety Initiatives for Bushfire Achieve?
Gerald Elsworth , Karl Anthony-Harvey-Beavis , Alan Rhodes
CHAPTER 19.
Chapter 14 The Economics of Bushfire Management
Gaminda Ganewatta
CHAPTER 20.
Chapter 15 Save that Brigade! Recruiting and Retaining Fire Service Volunteers to Protect Your Community
Jim McLennan , Adrian Birch , Sean Cowlishaw , Joel Suss
CHAPTER 21.
Chapter 16 Climate Change and Community Bushfire Resilience
Karyn Bosomworth , John Handmer
CHAPTER 22.
References
CHAPTER 23.
Index
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