Levels of risk: Perspectives of the Lost Creek fire

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorKulig, Judith Celene
dc.contributor.authorEdge, Dana
dc.contributor.authorReimer, William
dc.contributor.authorTownshend, Ivan
dc.contributor.authorLightfoot, Nancy
dc.date.accessioned2010-12-21T18:10:49Z
dc.date.available2010-12-21T18:10:49Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractRisk has been considered as the probability of experiencing adverse events. Understanding risk and vulnerability is essential to disaster management and recovery. Through qualitative interviews in a community that experienced a wildfire, ‘at-risk’ and ‘feeling at-risk’ themes were identified for both the individuals and community in this study. Internal and external circumstances along with varying levels of dependence influenced the reports of risk. Individual and community risk during a major wildfire is discussed in order to explain links to community resiliency. Such understandings can aid in the development of appropriate measures to reduce short- and long-term impacts from natural disasters.en
dc.description.peer-reviewYesen
dc.description.sponsorshipA special thank you to Cate Moore, Manager of Publications, Australian Emergency Management Institute, for allowing permission to post this articleen
dc.identifier.citationKulig, J., Edge, D., Reimer, W., Townshend, I., & Lightfoot, N. (2009). Levels of Risk: Perspectives of the Lost Creek Fire. Australian Journal of Emergency Management, 24(2), 33-39.en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/1266
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherAustralian Journal of Emergency Managementen
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Nursingen
dc.publisher.facultyHealth Sciencesen
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Lethbridgeen
dc.subjectlevels of risken
dc.subjectLost Creeken
dc.subjectresiliencyen
dc.subjectdisaster managementen
dc.titleLevels of risk: Perspectives of the Lost Creek fireen
dc.typeArticleen
Files
Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
Levels of Risk.pdf
Size:
225.61 KB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
Download
License bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
license.txt
Size:
1.87 KB
Format:
Item-specific license agreed upon to submission
Description:
Download
Collections
Kulig, Judith Celene
Townshend, Ivan