An analysis of human fatalities from flood hazards in Australia, 1900-2015

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17 May 2016

Katharine Haynes presented on the An analysis of building losses and human fatalities from natural hazards project at the 2016 Research Advisory Forum in Hobart.

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emergency management
flood
risk analysis

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Dr Katharine Haynes
Researcher
khaynes@uow.edu.au
Lucinda Coates
Researcher
lucinda.coates@mq.edu.au
Dr Felipe Dimer de Oliveira
Researcher
felipe.dimer-de-oliveira@mq.edu.au
Andrew Gissing
Researcher
andrew.gissing@mq.edu.au
Dr Deanne Bird
Researcher
deanne.bird@gmail.com
Dr Robin van den Honert
Researcher
rob.vandenhonert@mq.edu.au

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