| Description |
531pages : illustrations |
| Contents |
The threat from natural hazards in Australia / R.L. Heathcote -- Natural hazards policy and research issues / Gilbert F. White -- Natural hazards and quaternary climatic change / B.G. Thom -- Atmospheric factors in disaster: an appraisal of their role / J. Gentilli -- Drought hazard in Australia / M.J. Coughlin, C.E. Hounam and J.V. Maher -- Bushfire disasters in Australia 1945-1975 / N.P. Cheney -- Earthquake hazard in Australia / David Denham -- Wind and storm hazards in Australia / J. Oliver -- Flooding in Australia : a review / Ian douglas -- Regional variations in storm surge characteristics around the Australian coast: a preliminary investigation / David Hopley and Nicholas Harvey -- Engineering for natural hazards with particular reference to tropical cyclones / Kevin P. Stark and George R. Walker -- Case studies of wind damage to domestic and other low rise buildings / R.H. Leicester and G.F. Reardon -- Acceptance of hazard in design of flood-prone structures / Ian Cordery and David H. Pilgrim -- Landslip in Wollongong: a case history / Ann R.M. Young -- L:andslide hazards in Victoria / E.B. Joyce -- Public and private reaction to three flood events in northwestern New South Wales, 1971-1976 / Ian Douglas and Jack Hobbs -- Hazard perception in Northern New South Wales / N.S. McDonald -- Bushfires as a hazard to organisms / A.M. Gill -- The preception of the hazard of soil degradation in South Australia: a review / Michael Williams -- Drought in Australia: some problems for future research / R.L. Heathcote -- Differential response to multiple hazard / Doug Burchill, Roger Munro and John Pigram -- Reaction to flood warning / J.L. Irish and B. Falconer -- The preventative psychiatry of natural hazard / Beverley Raphael -- Personal reactions to natural disasters / E. Ruth Dalitz -- The role of the natural disasters organisation / A.B. Stretton -- State emergency Services with reference to New south Wales situation / W.E. Townsend -- A review of coordination bushfire control in New South Wales / W.E. Hurditch -- Utilisation of tropical warning: can man respond to scientific progress? / R.L. Southern -- Living with coastal erosion: Queensland's approach / R.W. Gale -- Identifying flood-plain hazards: a national programme of flood-plain mapping / Arthur J. Askew and David H. Pilgrim -- Organisation and disaster: the 1967 bushfire in southern Tasmania / R.L. Wettenhall -- The Brisbane floods of January 1974 / A.J. Shields -- 'Victims' and 'helpers' / Patricia Short -- Brisbane floods: the paradox of urban drainage / Gordon R. McKay -- Meteorological featrues of Cyclone 'Tracy' / W.R. Wilkie and A.B. Neal -- Some social effects of a natural hazard: Darwin residents and Cyclone 'Tracy' / John S. Western and Gordon Milne -- Ten lessons from the Darwin disaster / A.B. Stretton -- The Australian experience: summary and prospect / R.W. Kates -- Appendixes |
| Analysis |
Natural disasters. Australia. Conference proceedings |
| Notes |
Sponsored by Australian Academy of Science, Institute of Australian Geographers, and Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Event |
Held at the Academy of Science, Canberra, 26-29 May 1976 |
| Subject |
Buildings -- Natural disaster effects -- Congresses.
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Disaster relief -- Australia -- Congresses.
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Natural disasters -- Australia -- Congresses.
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Buildings -- Natural disaster effects -- Congresses.
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Cyclone Tracy, 1974.
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Disaster relief -- Australia -- Congresses.
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Disasters -- Australia -- Congresses.
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Disasters -- Australia.
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Natural disasters -- Australia -- Congresses.
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Natural disasters -- Australia.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Author |
Heathcote, R. L.
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Thom, B. G. (Bruce G.)
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Australian Academy of Science.
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Symposium on Natural Hazards in Australia (1976 : Australian Academy of Science)
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| LC no. |
85194907 |
| ISBN |
085847056X |
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