Preparing for bushfires: Understanding intentions

Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 566-575

  Paton, Douglas ^a   Kelly, Gail ^b   Buergelt, Petra T ^c   Doherty, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Fire; Hazards; Risk management

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747461772     PISSN: 09653562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09653560610685893     Document Type: Article

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