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Download issue (989KB PDF) Cover Page Executive Summary Introduction Data Sources Deaths Due to Natural Hazards A Building Damage Index 20th Century Building Damage Alternative Perspectives on Damage Spatial Variation in Damage A More Refined View Discussion Conclusion Further Reading Acknowledgements

Issues in Risk Science Natural Hazards Risk Assessment: An Australian Perspective - Russell Blong Further Reading Alexander D, 1989, Urban landslides, Progress in Physical Geography, 13, 157-191. Blong R J, 2003, A new Damage Index, Natural Hazards, 30, 1-23. Blong R J, 2004, Residential building damage and natural perils: Australian examples and issues, Building Research and Information, 32(5), 379-390. Chen K, 2004, Relative Risk Ratings for Local Government Areas, Risk Frontiers Quarterly, 3(3). [www.es.mq.edu.au/NHRC/] Chen S J and Hwang C L, 1992, Fuzzy Multiple Attribute Decision Making, Springer-Verlag, Berlin. Huff D, 1954, How to lie with statistics, Norton, New York, 142p. Johnson R W, Blong R J, Ryan C and seven others, 1994, Natural Hazards Potential Map of the Circum-Pacific Region – Southwest Quadrant, U S Geological Survey, 1:10 million map and accompanying booklet. Leicester R H and Reardon G F, 1976, A statistical analysis of the structural damage by Cyclone Tracy, Annual Conference Institution of Engineers, Australia, Townsville, 242-247. Monmonier M S, 1996, How to lie with maps, U Chicago Press, Chicago, 207p. Rawlinsons, 1999, Australian Construction Handbook, Rawlhouse Publishing, Perth, 900p. Twain M, 1883, Life on the Mississippi, Chatto and Windus, 561p. Van der Vink, G and 14 others 1998, Why the United States is becoming more vulnerable to natural disasters, Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 79 (44), pages 533, 537. «back to top«