Flood risk in Australia: Whose responsibility is it, Anyway?

Water (Switzerland)

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1580-1597

  Box, Pamela ^a   Thomalla, Frank ^a,b   Honert, Robin Van Den ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b STOCKHOLM ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

2010 2011 floods; Australia; Flood risk management; Perception; Responsibility; Stakeholders

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCY SERVICES; FELT; FELTS; FLOOD CONTROL; SENSORY PERCEPTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA; DISASTER RESILIENCES; FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT; NATIONAL STRATEGIES; PERSONAL PROTECTION; RESPONSIBILITY; SHARED RESPONSIBILITY; STAKEHOLDERS;

FLOODS;

DISASTER RELIEF; FLOOD FREQUENCY; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; STAKEHOLDER;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84888790301     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/w5041580     Document Type: Article

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