Community bushfire safety (CSIRO Pub., 2008)
Includes bibliographical references and index
Community Bushfire Safety brings together in one accessible and comprehensive volume the results of the most important community safety research being undertaken within the Australian Bushfire Cooperative Research Centre (CRC). Using perspectives deriving from social science, economics and law, it supports the increasing emphasis on community safety and the vital role it has to play in Australian bushfire management. The wide range of issues covered in this volume include research into gender and vulnerability; the law and its implications for public/fire agency interactions; the arsonists ra
Foreword: a view from Australia; Foreword: a view from North America; Statement: Bushfire Co-operative Research Centre; Acknowledgments; Author biographies; Interface bushfire community safety; Understanding communities; Assisting the householder and small business operator; Risk prevention and communication; Policy and institutional issues; The future with a warmer climate; References; Index