Plans never go according to plan: An empirical analysis of challenges to plans during the 2009 Victoria bushfires

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 80, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1674-1702

  Oloruntoba, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Black Saturday; Disaster logistics; Disaster operations management; Emergency and disaster planning; Victorian bushfires; Wildfires

Indexed keywords

BLACK SATURDAY; BUSHFIRES; DISASTER PLANNING; OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT; WILDFIRES;

DISASTER PREVENTION; DISASTERS; MANAGEMENT; MANAGERS; RISK PERCEPTION;

EMERGENCY SERVICES;

DECISION MAKING; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FIRE MANAGEMENT; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; PLANNING PROCESS; PUBLIC SECTOR; STRATEGIC APPROACH; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WARNING SYSTEM; WILDFIRE;

AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 84885062098     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2012.12.002     Document Type: Article

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