Fire Australia Issue Three 2017

Research outputs and artefacts

31 Aug 2017

Issue Three of Fire Australia for 2017 features new prediction software for predictions of bushfire spread, how NSW's geography curriculum allows students to become agents of change for community resilience, suggestions for reducing the risks involved in prescribed burning, research on the impacts of severe wind during Cyclone Debbie, and new natural hazards science at the Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC.

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Key Topics

child-centred
prescribed burning
severe weather

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