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A Virtual Reality Bushfire Mitigation Tool for Community Consultation
Instigating fire prevention and mitigation procedures within the rural/urban interface can save properties and lives. Councils and fire services can only do so much to prevent bushfire spread and damage within these areas.
Walker, Arron R. +3 more
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The heat is on: climate change, extreme heat and bushfires in WA [PDF]
Climate change is increasing the intensity and frequency of heatwaves in Western Australia and driving up the likelihood of very high fire danger weather.
Lesley Hughes, Will Steffen, Alix Pearce
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Bushfire has been part of the Australian natural environment for thousands of years. The bushland and grassland environments have adapted to fire, and some plants, animals, and ecosystems rely on bushfire for their lifecycles.
Douglas, Grahame (R14881)
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Point Henry Bushfire Safety : 10 Year Plan
Bushfire responsive design and management strategy at the bioregion scale. 248 Page document containing text, original designs, photographs, masterplans and critique - created as an alternative community-based strategy for risk mitigation and management ...
Weir, Ian James
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Virtual Reality Bushfire Mitigation Tool
This Software was used as a prototype demonstration tool to assist in the development of a Web based bushfire mitigation tool. The web based tool was developed by Australian Centre for Interactive Design (ACID)
Walker, Arron R. +3 more
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Causes and Drivers of Bushfires
Historical analysis of Australian bushfire data spanning 170 years addresses whether the strength of recent fire events has been exacerbated by human-induced climate change. The question of “cause” looks at the characteristics of a wider range of natural hazards.
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Dr Ian Weir discusses design innovation contraints and opportunities with respect to residential buildings in bushfire prone areas. This interview, conducted by editor Nathan Johnson, was in the top six of the most read opinion peices in Architecture and
Weir, Ian James, Johnson, Nathan
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How should future building structure and emergency response cope with bushfire attack?
Bushfires are regular occurrences in the Australian landscape which can, under adverse weather conditions, give rise to losses of life, property, infrastructure, environmental and cultural values.
Douglas, Grahame +3 more
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[Bushfire damage along the roadside, Australian Capital Territory, 24 April 2002] [transparency] /
Title devised by cataloguer.; Condition: Good.; Part of collection: Collection of photographs of bushfire damage in the Australian Capital Territory, 24 April ...
Seselja, Loui, 1948-
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An Economic Analysis of Bushfires Management Programs
Allocating scare resources for fire management strategies requires information on the extent of economic losses from bushfires and the efficiency of alternatives.
Handmer, John +2 more
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