Understanding the context: The value of community engagement in bushfire risk communication and education. Observations following the east coast tasmania bushfires of december 2006

Australasian Journal of Disaster and Trauma Studies

Volumn 2008, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Prior, Tim ^a   Paton, Douglas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bushfire; Community perceptions; Preparedness; Risk communication; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149164895     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11744707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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