Australian bushfire fatalities 1900-2008: exploring trends in relation to the 'Prepare, stay and defend or leave early' policy

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 185-194

  Haynes, Katharine ^a,c   Handmer, John ^b,c   McAneney, John ^a   Tibbits, Amalie ^b,c   Coates, Lucinda ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c BUSHFIRE COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community safety; Fatalities; Policy; Wildfire; Wildland urban interface

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DATA BASE; DISASTER PLANNING; FATALITY; FIRE FIGHTER; FIRE PROTECTION; FORENSIC SCIENCE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; INFORMATION CENTER; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MASS MEDIUM; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DETERMINATION; WITNESS;

EID: 77952420896     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2010.03.002     Document Type: Article

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