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Living with Bushfire Risk: Social and environmental influences on preparedness
journal contribution
posted on 2023-05-16, 22:39 authored by Douglas Paton, Burgelt, PT, Prior, TD© 2008 Emergency Management Australia. This paper discusses the process of developing a model capable of informing the development of community outreach strategies to facilitate the sustained adoption of bushfire preparedness measures. Following the identification of anomalies in defining the predictors of preparedness, a qualitative study of the reasoning processes that influence whether or not people decided to prepare for bushfire hazards is presented. The findings of the qualitative study are used to revise the preparedness model. Finally, using data from 482 residents in high bushfire risk areas in Hobart, the ability of the revised model to account for differences in levels of household preparedness is discussed.
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Publication title
The Australian Journal of Emergency ManagementVolume
23Pagination
41-48ISSN
1324-1540Department/School
School of Psychological SciencesPublisher
Emergency Management AustraliaPlace of publication
AustraliaRepository Status
- Restricted