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Floods are the second highest cause of death from natural hazard events in Australia following extreme heat (Coates et al 2014)1. Research funded by the Bushfire and Natural Hazard CRC has so far uncovered 1874 flood fatalities between 1900-2015. This paper documents the initial findings and implications of research on flood fatalities. In particul...
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... Australian management strategies have relied upon education and rescue interventions as the primary management tools. Figure 1 shows the four elements required for a more holistic strategy to change this behaviour: education and awareness, regulation and incentive, structural intervention and consequence management. The rest of this paper briefly explores each of these and identifies considerations for action. ...
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... In the context of this problem, elements of a holistic strategy should include education, incentives and consequences / law and regulation, structural intervention and consequence management. Strategies that underpin such an approach are outlined in Gissing et al. (2015) and are discussed in the sections below. ...
