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Since that dreadful day the international community has pulled together in support of those who have lost everything. Australia was among the first of many countries to offer emergency humanitarian aid. The Australian public’s overwhelming response to the

The Cities Project Perth is a natural hazard risk assessment study conducted by Geoscience Australia and its Federal, State and local collaborators. The project is primarily targeted at emergency managers, risk managers and land use planners who are

A document prepared to provide support to teachers, students and parents after the Tsunami. It is a community response to the crisis.

Researchers in the Centre for Disaster Studies (James Cook University) have carried out extensive studies of community vulnerability to natural hazards and natural disasters. The centre has also carried out post disaster studies within the remoter parts

The aim of emergency management is safer, sustainable communities in the face of hazards. Emergency management therefore needs to be regarded as an integral part of community decision making. One method of achieving this involves application of emergency

This publication profiles 12 examples of local government achievements towards sustainability and the specific partnerships with a variety of actors that have contributed to that success. No matter where they are located, partners are inevitably

This third edition of the manual Storm and Water Damage Operations (previously titled Storm Damage Operations) in the Skills for Emergency Services Personnel section of the Australian Emergency Manual (AEM) series provides a basic reference for storm and

This book deals with the role of plants in combating desertification. Desertification - the degradation of soils in drylands - is a phenomenon occurring in scores of countries around the globe. The number of people (in semiarid regions) affected by the