Forest and bushland management remains based on large scale prescribed burning but fails as most areas have become too dry and too hot to undertake such hazard reduction burning safely. Finally, as dry and hot weather intensifies further, another set of fires sweeps through, destroying homes and...
We then calculated the nonparametric Spearman’s correlation coefficient to determine whether the strength of the state of ENSO can provide information about the number of disaster declarations per hazard type. Correlations are deemed significant at the 5% level. Mapping and geospatial analyses Data ...
In the recent past, Australia has experienced several catastrophic hazard events and the frequency and intensity of such events is expected to increase in the future. Natural hazards can rarely be fully prevented, yet their losses can be minimized if the necessary preparedness and mitigation actions ...