Towards resilience against flood risks: Gissing, keys and opper discuss potential advances in flood emergency management through an analysis of the key relationships, trends and challenges facing flood emergency management agencies seeking to increase resilience against flood threat in Australia

Australian Journal of Emergency Management

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 39-45

  Gissing, Andrew ^a   Keys, Chas ^b   Opper, Steve ^c  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c NSW SES   (Australia)

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EID: 77955757232     PISSN: 13241540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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