- Title:
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Findings of Studies of Houses Damaged by Bushfire in Australia
- Date:
- October 2003
- Organisations
- BCRC
- Authors:
J.E. Leonard and P.A. Bowditch
- Location:
- Australia, NSW, Australia
Overview
Presentation at 2003 Wildland Fire conference in Sydney
Bushfire impact on the urban interface over the past seven decades has taught us many lessons, much of which have invoked change in behaviour, community understanding and policy. The principles of how bushfires impact on the urban interface are now well established; however, the prediction of the synergistic effects and specific risk of these attack mechanisms is not well quantified. Re-exploring the basics and considering the findings from recent survey initiatives help further progress in mitigating the risk posed by bushfires reaching the urban and periurban interfaces. The recent ACT bushfires highlighted how predictions of bushfire impact on t he past two decades are not adequate for predicting potential loss. We now must broaden the range of considered factors influencing risk. Beyond this, there is an ever-increasing need to consider mitigation strategies in the broader ecological and socio-economic value systems.
