Towards effective mitigation strategies for severe wind events
Smith, Daniel J., McShane, Connar, Swinbourne, Anne, and Henderson, David J. (2016) Towards effective mitigation strategies for severe wind events. Australian Journal of Emergency Management, 31 (3). pp. 33-39.
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Abstract
The need to mitigate the losses from severe wind events in Australia has been highlighted repeatedly over the last decade, paralleling that of the hurricane-prone south east United States of America. The Northern Australia Insurance Premiums Taskforce final report released in 2015 [see Related URLs], along with numerous other studies and reports, emphasised that mitigation is the only rational solution to reducing loss and improving the current insurance affordability situation. Engineering solutions exist to prevent failures, however post-event observations highlight their lack of implementation. It follows that the current level of community engagement in mitigation activities in cyclone-prone regions of Australia must be improved if losses are to be reduced. This paper discusses issues of engagement and reviews literature and existing mitigation programs as background for a smartphone mitigation tool being developed in Queensland, Australia, and Florida, USA.
| Item ID: | 45781 |
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| Item Type: | Article (Research - C1) |
| ISSN: | 1324-1540 |
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| Additional Information: | The Australian Journal of Emergency Management by AIDR is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at www.aidr.org.au |
| Funders: | Queensland Government Advance Queensland Research Fellowship, Bushfire and Natural Hazards Cooperative Research Centre |
| Date Deposited: | 21 Sep 2016 07:39 |
| FoR Codes: | 52 PSYCHOLOGY > 5299 Other psychology > 529999 Other psychology not elsewhere classified @ 50% 40 ENGINEERING > 4005 Civil engineering > 400510 Structural engineering @ 50% |
| SEO Codes: | 96 ENVIRONMENT > 9603 Climate and Climate Change > 960302 Climate Change Mitigation Strategies @ 100% |
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