Community-based preparedness programmes and the 2009 Australian bushfires: Policy implications derived from applying theory

Disasters

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 249-266

  Macdougall, Colin ^a,b   Gibbs, Lisa ^b   Clark, Rachel ^b,c  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c The Centre of Excellence in Intervention and Prevention Science   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bushfires; Diffusion of innovation; Forest fires; Social capital; Wild fires; Wildland fires

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; FOREST FIRE; INNOVATION; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; POLICY APPROACH; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; SOCIAL CAPITAL; WILDFIRE;

AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BUSHFIRES; COMMUNITY CARE; DISASTER PLANNING; FIRE; FOREST FIRES; HUMAN; MASS COMMUNICATION; POLICY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL CAPITAL; WILD FIRES; WILDLAND FIRES;

BUSHFIRES; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; FOREST FIRES; SOCIAL CAPITAL; WILD FIRES; WILDLAND FIRES;

AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; DISASTER PLANNING; FIRES; HUMANS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC POLICY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84895749394     PISSN: 03613666     EISSN: 14677717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/disa.12049     Document Type: Article

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