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Community Bushfire Safety brings together in one accessible and comprehensive volume the results of the most important community safety research being undertaken within the Australian Bushfire Cooperative Research Centre (CRC). Using perspectives deriving from social science, economics and law, it complements the extensive literature already existing on bushfires, which ranges from ecology and fire behaviour to information about emergency management. In doing so, the book supports the increasing emphasis on community safety and the vital role it has to play in Australian bushfire management.

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The work reported in this book is a most positive contribution to the social dimension of the bushfire issues....[it] is among the most progressive and innovative anywhere in the world. --Jerry Williams, Senior Policy Advisor Megafire Project, Brookings Institute, Former National Fire Director, US Forest Service Bushfire CRC researchers have a very obvious passion and a realization that they are undertaking something that is really making a difference. I commend their efforts and this book as a great start in what will be an ongoing journey of supporting a new paradigm in bushfire risk management. --John Geldhill, Chief Officer Tasmania Fire Service As an output of the Bushfire Cooperative Research Centre (CRC), the book presents the research as a very tangible outcome for end-users of the CRC process. Social science research in the field of fire management is a relatively new field and the book highlights the progressive stance Australian researchers are taking. -- (01/01/2009) Community Bushfire Safety is a remarkable book, a rare case of rigorous social science, economics and law combining with the experiential knowledge of highly skilled practitioners, to provide guidance on how to live well with fire in the intensely flammable Australian continent. The book's strengths are its originality, relevance and accessibility, and the importance of the paradigm shift it heralds. -- (01/01/2008)

Bushfire CRC researchers have a very obvious passion and a realization that they are undertaking something that is really making a difference. I commend their efforts and this book as a great start in what will be an ongoing journey of supporting a new paradigm in bushfire risk management.

Community Bushfire Safety is a remarkable book, a rare case of rigorous social science, economics and law combining with the experiential knowledge of highly skilled practitioners, to provide guidance on how to live well with fire in the intensely flammable Australian continent. The book's strengths are its originality, relevance and accessibility, and the importance of the paradigm shift it heralds. --Rosemary Hill Rural Society Journal The work reported in this book is a most positive contribution to the social dimension of the bushfire issues .[it] is among the most progressive and innovative anywhere in the world. --Jerry Williams, Senior Policy Advisor Megafire Project, Brookings Institute, Former National Fire Director, US Forest Service Bushfire CRC researchers have a very obvious passion and a realization that they are undertaking something that is really making a difference. I commend their efforts and this book as a great start in what will be an ongoing journey of supporting a new paradigm in bushfire risk management. --John Geldhill, Chief Officer Tasmania Fire Service The work reported in this book is a most positive contribution to the social dimension of the bushfire issues....[it] is among the most progressive and innovative anywhere in the world. --Jerry Williams, Senior Policy Advisor Megafire Project, Brookings Institute, Former National Fire Director, US Forest Service Bushfire CRC researchers have a very obvious passion and a realization that they are undertaking something that is really making a difference. I commend their efforts and this book as a great start in what will be an ongoing journey of supporting a new paradigm in bushfire risk management. --John Geldhill, Chief Officer Tasmania Fire Service -The work reported in this book is a most positive contribution to the social dimension of the bushfire issues....[it] is among the most progressive and innovative anywhere in the world.---Jerry Williams, Senior Policy Advisor Megafire Project, Brookings Institute, Former National Fire Director, US Forest Service -Bushfire CRC researchers have a very obvious passion and a realization that they are undertaking something that is really making a difference. I commend their efforts and this book as a great start in what will be an ongoing journey of supporting a new paradigm in bushfire risk management.---John Geldhill, Chief Officer -Tasmania Fire Service - -Community Bushfire Safety is a remarkable book, a rare case of rigorous social science, economics and law combining with the experiential knowledge of highly skilled practitioners, to provide guidance on how to live well with fire in the intensely flammable Australian continent. The book's strengths are its originality, relevance and accessibility, and the importance of the paradigm shift it heralds.- --Rosemary Hill -Rural Society Journal - -As an output of the Bushfire Cooperative Research Centre (CRC), the book presents the research as a very tangible outcome for end-users of the CRC process. Social science research in the field of fire management is a relatively new field and the book highlights the progressive stance Australian researchers are taking.---Trent D. Penman -Austral Ecology - Community Bushfire Safety is a remarkable book, a rare case of rigorous social science, economics and law combining with the experiential knowledge of highly skilled practitioners, to provide guidance on how to live well with fire in the intensely flammable Australian continent. The book's strengths are its originality, relevance and accessibility, and the importance of the paradigm shift it heralds. --Rosemary Hill Rural Society Journal As an output of the Bushfire Cooperative Research Centre (CRC), the book presents the research as a very tangible outcome for end-users of the CRC process. Social science research in the field of fire management is a relatively new field and the book highlights the progressive stance Australian researchers are taking. --Trent D. Penman Austral Ecology

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