SYDNEY, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) -- A major bushfire in Australia's Queensland state has sparked mass evacuations in at least two large communities, with a severe heatwave hampering firefighting efforts and the inferno set to continue for days, authorities said on Sunday. "The intensity of this fire...
SYDNEY, Nov. 1 (Xinhua) -- Australia's New South Wales (NSW) state on Thursday announced plans to impose harsher penalties on bushfire arsonists, with offenders behind the major environmental threat facing up to two decades' imprisonment. "Deliberately starting a bushfire is a selfish and sense...
(2007). The heart recovery marketing campaign: Destination recovery after a major bushfire in Australia's National capital. Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing, 23(2/3/4): 175-189.Armstrong, E. K., & Ritchie, B. W. (2007). The heart recovery marketing campaign: Desti- nation ...
EXERCISEI TRUE/ FALSE 判断正误1.Firefighters in Australia say a bushfire is one of the worst they'veseen. 2.The bushfire is a combination of eight different fires. 3.The bushfire left a path of tens of thousands destroyed homes. 4.A firefighter boss said they cannot stop the fires. 5....
FIREFIGHTERS raced yesterday to contain a major blaze before the forecast return of strong winds and a heatwave, following the loss of 26 homes in the worst bushfire conditions in South Australia for three decades. The state fire service said properties were still at risk after nearly 13,...
Bushfire Disasters in Australia, 1945–1975 SUMMARYConflagrations occur whenever there is a favourable combination of fuel, weather and ignition source and may be disastrous when human resources are ... NP Cheney - 《Australian Forestry》 被引量: 39发表: 1976年 Climatic conditions before and during...
Subdivision Policy and Planning for Bushfire Defence: A Natural Hazard Mitigation Strategy for Residential Peri‐Urban Regions in Victoria, Australia A natural hazard mitigation strategy for residential peri-urban regions in Victoria, Australia, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University...
While there have been many articles and seminars on the Ash Wednesday bushfire and Port Arthur shooting disasters, the role, responsibility and support structure of general practitioners (GPs) and the effect of the disaster on them, have received little attention. This paper looks at the role of...
SYDNEY, Dec. 30 (Xinhua) -- The iconic Falls Music festival in Australia has been cancelled after just day one of its four-day schedule, with a severe risk of bushfire forcing organisers to pull the plug. Around 9,000 campers who attended the Lorne event in the Australian State of Victo...
“FCP20 will test competencies in a range of scenarios, including high-end warfighting in the blue water ocean environment, amphibious operations, and humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, similar to our recent Bushfire Assist mission,” Commodore Harri...