Heritage managers and their attitudes towards disaster management for cultural heritage resources in New South Wales, Australia

International Journal of Emergency Management

Volumn 3, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 215-237

  Graham, Kristy ^a   Spennemann, Dirk H R ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitudinal barrier; Australia; Cultural heritage; Disaster management; Heritage managers; New South Wales; NSW; Social impacts

Indexed keywords

DISASTER PREVENTION; MANAGERS; PLANNING; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

ATTITUDINAL BARRIER; CULTURAL HERITAGE; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; HERITAGE MANAGERS; SOCIAL IMPACT;

DISASTERS;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY CARE; EMPIRICISM; GOVERNMENT; IDENTITY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POSTAL MAIL; RESCUE PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; STAFF TRAINING; THREAT;

EID: 33745052674     PISSN: 14714825     EISSN: 17415071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEM.2006.011169     Document Type: Article

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