The 2009 Victorian Bushfires: A Multilevel Perspective on Organizational Risk and Resilience

Organization and Environment

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 386-411

  Linnenluecke, Martina K ^a   Griffiths, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

2009 Victorian Bushfires; Australia; bushfire; climate change; disaster; emergency management; organizations; resilience; Victoria; weather extremes

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; EXTREME EVENT; FUTURE PROSPECT; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRATEGIC APPROACH; WILDFIRE;

AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 84890024442     PISSN: 10860266     EISSN: 15527417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1086026613508126     Document Type: Article

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