ISBN 10 : 9780733626111
ISBN 13 : 0733626114

Graphic accounts of Australia’s worst disasters – historical as well as events of recent years. From the Ash Wednesday bushfires of 1983 to the implosion of the Royal Canberra ..

ISBN 10 : 9781743435748
ISBN 13 : 1743435746

A gripping account of the worst disasters to hit Australia since Federation From bushfires to cyclones; sinking ships; train and plane crashes; mine explosions and bridge collapses..

ISBN 10 : 1849961158
ISBN 13 : 9781849961158

Mine Safety combines detailed information on safety in mining with methods and mathematics that can be used to preserve human life. By compiling various recent research results and..

ISBN 10 : 9783319276519
ISBN 13 : 3319276514

This book offers a new framework that facilitates the development of more intelligent systems and methods for data analysis and international information sharing, such as the use o..

ISBN 10 : 1402031238
ISBN 13 : 9781402031236

"In 1992 Australia's Commonwealth and State governments announced the introduction of a National Drought Policy adopting an innovative risk management approach, which received broa..

ISBN 10 : 9781107061316
ISBN 13 : 1107061318

This edited volume brings together experts, emerging scholars, and practitioners in the field of international disaster law from North America, Japan, New Zealand, and Australia to..

ISBN 10 : 9781921497711
ISBN 13 : 1921497718

Disasters have always occurred in Australia, even before European settlement began in 1788. Such is the geography and climate of the 'Great South Land' that disasters such as bushf..