GEOM20013 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Disaster Risk Reduction, Arson, Crosswind

• School: University of Melbourne
• Department: Geomatics
• Course: GEOM20013
• Professor: Graham B

Document Summary

The negative effects of the bushfires are likely to be felt for some time into the future. But as we have not developed a forecasting model we have not attempted to quantify any effects that go beyond the present. The main social effects of the fires included: psychosocial stress , disruption to families , adverse impacts on people"s physical health and wellbeing and a fracturing of social linkages . Local governments have played an important role in making local residents aware of the sorts of government assistance available to them for recovery purposes. As well, they have provided important co-ordinating and support roles to local communities during and after the fires. https://www-sciencedirect-com. ezp. lib. unimelb. edu. au/science/article/pii/s2212420915300443. Investment in disaster preparedness is a key element of reducing the physical, emotional and economic impact of disasters . Preparedness" can apply to a wide range of physical and psychosocial strategies, and can be implemented at different levels from individual, community, organisational, through to societal .