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AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

Volume 18

Issue One | Issue Two | Issue Three | Issue Four

Issue One

February 2003

In this issue:

Seagulls on the Airstrip: indigenous perspectives on cyclone vulnerability awareness and mitigation strategies for remote communities in the Gulf of Carpentaria by Eddie McLachlan

Guidelines for Emergency Managers working with Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Communities by Louise Mitchell

Communities and their Experience of Emergencies by Mark Sullivan

Bringing 'complex terrorism' and 'corporate malfeasance' into a classification schema for disasters by A. J. W. Taylor

Effects of disclosure of flood-liability on residential property values by Stephen Yeo

Building Safer Urban Communities in the South Pacific by Pat Jones and Charlie Higgins

National Earthquake Conference in Adelaide Allan McDougall

Notes from the field: baptism of a novice fire fighter by Kim Fitzgerald

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Issue Two

May 2003

In this issue:

Integrated recovery management: A new way of looking at a delicate process by Mark Sullivan

Community recovery and its sustainability: Lessons from Gujarat earthquake of India by Rajib Shaw, Manu Gupta and Anshu Sarma

Housing construction in earthquake-prone places: Perspectives, priorities and projections for development by James Lewis

Evaluating the effectiveness of psychological preparedness advice in community cylcone preparedness materials by Shirley A. Morrisey and Joseph P. Reser

Strengthening the capacity of remote Indigenous communities through emergency management by Irene Hocke and Arthur O'Brien

The development of municipal emergency management planning in Victoria, Australia by Paul Gabriel

Re-framing risk, hazards, disasters, and daily life: A report of research into local appreciation of risks and threats by Philip Buckle, Graham L. Marsh and Sydney Smale

The chimera of precision: Inherent uncertainties in disaster loss assessment by John Handmer

Order out of chaos? A critical review of the role of central, regional, and local government in emergency planning in London by Sarah Norman and Eve Coles

Helping the other victims of September 11: Gender uses multiple EOCs to deal with 38 diverted flights by T. Joseph Scanlon

Notes from the field: winning design for national emergency services memorial by Neil Head

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Issue Three

August 2003

Overview of Customs Coastwatch by Customs Coastwatch

Demographic projection as a tool for analysing trends of community vulnerability by Sonya M. Glavac, Peter A. Hastings and Iraphne R. W. Childs

The utility of the World-Wide-Web for fire preparedness of residents by Bernd Rohrmann

Structural and personal social processes in disaster by George Silberbauer

The missing links in community warning systems: findings from two Victorian community warning system projects by Robin Betts

Flood action plans - making loss reduction more effective in the commercial sector by Andrew Gissing

We are all vulnerable by John Handmer

Notes from the field: conference demystified emergency management practice and challenges by Scott-Andrew Smith

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Issue Four

November 2003

Anglicare - The Care That Changes Lives by ANGLICARE Emergency Services

Protecting Volunteers by Michael Eburn

'Working with communities' to 'build social capital' - reflecting on old and new thinking on Volunteers by Christine Fahey

Volunteers in Emergency Management at Outdoor Music Festivals by Cameron Earl, Melissa Stoneham and Mike Capra

Volunteers as a Learning Bridgehead to the Community by Lewis Hughes and John Henry

Volunteerism in emergency management in Australia, directions and developments since the national Volunteer Summit of 2001 by Hori Howard

Book Review and Notes From The Field by Jonathan Abrahams


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