Crises and natural disasters: A review of two schools of study drawing on Australian wildfire experience

Public Organization Review

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 247-261

  Wettenhall, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian bushfire events; Crisis; Natural disaster; Political leadership in disasters; Reporting on disasters

Indexed keywords

EID: 68449083827     PISSN: 15667170     EISSN: 15737098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11115-009-0084-9     Document Type: Review

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