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    Conceptualizing community in disaster risk management 
    Räsänen, Aleksi; Lein, Haakon; Bird, Deanne; Setten, Gunhild (Elsevier BV, 2020-05)
    Community resilience is often assessed in disaster risk management (DRM) research and it has been argued that it should be strengthened for more robust DRM. However, the term community is seldom precisely defined and it can be understood in many ways. ...
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    Disaster risk reduction education in Indonesia: challenges and recommendations for scaling up 
    Amri, Avianto; Bird, Deanne; Ronan, Kevin; Haynes, Katharine; Towers, Briony (Copernicus GmbH, 2017-04-24)
    This article investigates the implementation of disaster risk reduction education for children in Indonesia. In the last decade, education programmes related to this subject have been promoted as capable of reducing disaster losses and increasing ...
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    Exploring the circumstances surrounding flood fatalities in Australia—1900–2015 and the implications for policy and practice 
    Haynes, Katharine; Coates, Lucinda; van den Honert, Rob; Gissing, Andrew; Bird, Deanne; Dimer de Oliveira, Felipe; D’Arcy, Rebecca; Smith, Chloe; Radford, Deirdre (Elsevier BV, 2017-10)
    This paper documents the analysis of the circumstances surrounding fatalities due to flooding in Australia between 1900 and 2015. This longitudinal investigation is important to understand changing trends in social vulnerability and to inform efficient ...
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    Geological challenges and geohazard monitoring of a mega engineering hydropower project in Iceland 
    Sigtryggsdóttir, Fjóla G.; Snaebjornsson, Jonas Thor (Elsevier BV, 2019-09)
    Geohazards must be considered, assessed and mitigated for all life-cycle phases of most mega infrastructure projects. This paper presents a unique mega engineering project, the 600 MW Kárahnjúkar Hydropower Project in Iceland. The construction site ...
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    Local knowledge of emerging hazards : Instability above an Icelandic glacier 
    Matti, Stephanie Alice; Ögmundardóttir, Helga (2021-05-01)
    Climate change is contributing to shifts in the magnitude and scale of hazards, and the emergence of risks in areas where they were previously unknown. In south-east Iceland, a fracture in the mountainside of Svínafellsheiði threatens to cause between ...
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    Long-term health of children following the Eyjafjallajökull volcanic eruption: a prospective cohort study 
    Hlodversdottir, Heidrun; Þorsteinsdóttir, Harpa; Þórðardóttir, Edda Björk; Njardvik, Urdur; Pétursdóttir, Guðrún; Hauksdóttir, Arna (Informa UK Limited, 2018-03-05)
    Background: More than 500 million people worldwide live within exposure range of an active volcano and children are a vulnerable subgroup of such exposed populations. However, studies on the effects of volcanic eruptions on children’s health beyond the ...
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    Managing unprecedented risk: Unstable slopes in Iceland and Greenland 
    Matti, Stephanie Alice (University of Iceland, School of Social Sciences, Faculty of Sociology, Anthropology and Folkloristics, 2022)
    Climate change is contributing to shifts in the magnitude and scale of hazards, and the emergence of environmental risks in areas where they were previously unknown. In the Öræfi district of south-east Iceland, a fracture discovered by farmers gathering ...
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    Sending a message: How significant events have influenced the warnings landscape in Australia 
    Anderson-Berry, Linda; Achilles, Tamsin; Panchuk, Shannon; Mackie, Brenda; Canterford, Shelby; Leck, Amanda; Bird, Deanne (Elsevier BV, 2018-09)
    The Bureau of Meteorology has a mandate to issue warnings for weather and climate events that are likely to result in harm and loss. This service has been delivered in an end-to-end (science to service) context and warnings messages have typically been ...
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    Sixteen-year follow-up of childhood avalanche survivors 
    Þórðardóttir, Edda Björk; Valdimarsdottir, Unnur; Hansdóttir, Ingunn; Hauksdóttir, Arna; Dyregrov, Atle; Shipherd, Jillian C.; Elklit, Ask; Resnick, Heidi; Guðmundsdóttir, Berglind (Informa UK Limited, 2016-08-16)
    Background Every year a substantial number of children are affected by natural disasters worldwide. However, data are scarce on long-term psychological impact of natural disasters on children's health. Identifying risk factors and outcomes associated ...