All Content © Bushfire CRC 2007
Communities Living with Hazards
Eds. David King and Alison Cottrell.
Published 2007 By Centre for Disaster Studies, James Cook University. ISBN 0 86443 7528
Fire risk in Aboriginal peri-urban landscapes in northern Australia: Case studies from western Cape York Peninsula Monaghan, Jim. In Communities Living with Hazards. Link to publisher's site.
Bushfires at the urban-rural interface Balcombe, Luke. In Communities Living with Hazards. Link to publisher's site.
Living with bushfires: What do people expect? Bushnell S, Cottrell A. In Communities Living with Hazards. Link to publisher's site.
Awareness of bushfire riskIssue 20 - Tamborine Mountain Case Study, Understanding Communities. [pdf 357.5 kb]
Community engagement: weather matters in indigenous communitiesWorkshop report and evaluation. [pdf 4.9 Mb]
Report on refugee communities and fire knowledgeThe Sudanese refugees and Fire Hazard study has been undertaken as part of the Ethnic Communities Project, and specifically targets the needs of African refugees, in particular Sudanese refugees. [pdf 1.8 Mb]
Thuringowa Bushfire Case Study - Technical Reportby Sally Bushnell, Alison Cottrell, Margaret Spillman & David LoweSchool of Tropical Environment Studies and Geography, James Cook University. [pdf 1.0 Mb]
Understanding Communities - Overview- An Overview - August 2005 [pdf 157.4 kb]
Alison CottrellAssessing community perceptions of fire risk - for fire services at the local level [pdf 2.2 Mb]
Alison CottrellLiving with threat - bushfire communities. Presented at the first Bushfire CRC conference - Perth 2004. [pdf 78.4 kb]
Alison CottrellUnderstanding communities living with bushfire - The Thuringowa case study. [pdf 109.2 kb]
Understanding communities - locality remains important - BCRC / AFAC 2005 PosterThe aim of the Understanding Communities Project (C1) is to increase community resilience to bushfires. [pdf 88.6 kb]
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