- Title:
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Towards New Information Tools for Understanding Bushfire Risk
- Date:
- June 2004
- Organisations
- BCRC
- Authors:
R. Blanchi, J. Leonard, D. Maughan
- Location:
- Australia, Australia
Overview
The ever-increasing bush/urban interface as a result of not only urban expansion, but also a desire to be close to nature, has increased the potential for serious bushfire consequences. In order to study bushfires in urban fringe areas, we need to better understand the complex interactions between the mechanisms of bushfire attack, human behaviour and urban design.
To increase knowledge in these fields, several surveys following large fire events have been conducted. The information gathered is currently being developed into a new spatially navigable database to assist in the analysis of the data, and may potentially become a tool to allow the broader community to better understand these fire events. This paper details the methodologies used and also discusses some of the interesting observations made using this new approach.
