The Australian natural disaster resilience index

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08 Sep 2014

The Australian natural disaster resilience index: Developing an index of resilience for Australian communities to natural hazards

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communities
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Dr Judith McNeill
Researcher
jmcneill@une.edu.au
Dr Richard Stayner
Researcher
rstayner@une.edu.au
Dr Peter Hastings
Researcher
p.hastings@qut.edu.au
Dr Melissa Parsons
Researcher
melissa.parsons@une.edu.au
Dr Sonya Glavac
Researcher
sglavac@une.edu.au
Dr James McGregor
Researcher
jmcgreg5@une.edu.au
Dr Ian Reeve
Researcher
vireeve@une.edu.au
Professor Martin Thoms
Researcher
martin.thoms@une.edu.au
Dr Phil Morley
Researcher
pmorley@une.edu.au
Associate Professor Neil Argent
Researcher
nargent@une.edu.au

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