Natural Hazard Vulnerability of Far North Queensland
Far North Queensland
... Far North Queensland is an area of global biological significance. It contains two World Heritage areas that were listed based on natural attributes alone and fulfilled all four World Heritage ...
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Investigating the hazard preparatory information-seeking habits of far north Queensland coastal communities
... unique hazard preparatory information-seeking habits, and that these must be considered if information is to reach those in harm’s ...own hazard mitigation and knowledge, then the challenge will be to ...
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Clinicopathological characteristics of pancreatitis in Far North Queensland
... ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS A number of people have supported me through this long journey. At the outset, there was the notable visitor from Nottingham – perhaps it was Roger Blamey [1] – who in a lunchtime presentation at the ...
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What is this thing called 'community'?: an example in far north Queensland
... or hazard response planning, and consequently, coming to grips with the issue of what is a community, and what are the implications for hazard studies and ...
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Fine Scale Natural Hazard Risk and Vulnerability Identification Informed by Climate
... Cyclone Hazard Tropical Cyclone 04B on 26th December 2000 created significant damage to Eastern coastal ...and North-Central parts of the ...the North-East monsoon which develops in November and ...
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Water quality issues as locally relevant school curriculum in Far North Queensland
... Managing natural resources such as water can only be successfully accomplished by incorporating knowledge and practices from all sectors of the community (Olsson, Folke and Berkes (2004), including the formal ...
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A cross-sectional analysis of the sun-protective behaviours and policies at primary schools in north and far north Queensland
... the natural shade estimates calculated with an improved RS method if schools were consulted prior to a RS to determine the location of their boundary and to ensure that all relevant sporting fields and school ...
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Landowners' management of riparian forest in far North Queensland, Australia: a social psychological perspective
... 123 Study 1 revealed many incorrect beliefs about what riparian forests should look like according to familiarity and experience that leads to a non-acceptance of scientifically based recommendations. There was the ...
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Networks in knowledge-intensive industry: the case of a regional accountants’ network in far North Queensland
... network level, could provide immediate answers to problems, thus considerable saving in time, costs and energy’. Many members feel the future of the CRAF lies in making sure that the liaison with the tax office in ...
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Sea- and tree-change landscapes: environmental thresholds in the Wet Tropics, Far North Queensland, Australia
... participants say and what they do may be very different (Kellehear 1993: 45). This is a telling statement about truths and what one holds as a truth may not be at the same time an actioned truth, often referred to as ...
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Psychiatric Comorbidity in Tropical Far North Queensland
... Psychiatric comorbidity can be defined as the occurrence of at least one mental disorder plus one substance abuse disorder in the same person. Much research has been conducted on how to identify psychiatric comorbidity, ...
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A sweltering afternoon Herberton, Far North Queensland
... Further up that second range was Herberton – 18 kilometres beyond the limit of the map that demarcates how far you’re allowed to drive in a rented vehicle. I did not report this to the rental man the following day ...
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Prostanthera (Lamiaceae) from far-north Queensland, Australia
... 3–4 mm wide [length to width ratio 3.5–4]; prophylls 4–5.6 times as long as wide ..... P. mulliganensis Prostanthera albohirta C.T.White, Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 47: 74 (1936). Holotype: ...
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Physical vulnerability modelling in natural hazard risk assessment
... for natural hazards Figure 1 summarises the main aspects to be considered within a risk ...the hazard is charac- terised within the step “Evaluation of the hazard” is gener- ally similar for ...
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Framing culture: Indigenous fine art in Far North Queensland
... In contrast, the Cairns-based artists are independent and strive to be careerist, advocating self-promotion and self-management of their art. The two Cairns-based artists that I interviewed are tertiary educated and ...
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Tropical & Far North Queensland 8 day birding tour
... Day 4: 6 Aug. Daintree river to Musgrave. This morning we’ll take the “Daintree Eco Cruise” which should be a highlight of the trip, to see Estuarine Crocodile and birds including Papuan Frogmouth, Azure and Little ...
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Reconstructing the deficit discourse in a multi-remote school in Far North Queensland
... Intertwined, these two narratives of indigenous ineducability paint pictures of contemporary forms of the primitivism and sub‐human status that has marked previous depictions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ...
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Undiagnosed undifferentiated fever in Far North Queensland, Australia: a retrospective study
... In conclusion, undifferentiated fevers are common in the population of Far North Queensland. Even thorough history taking, careful examination, and appropriate investigation in consultation with ...
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Carbon cycle processes in tropical savannas of far North Queensland, Australia
... 7.1 Abstract Increasing atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations lead to changes in the hydro- logical cycle, with the tropics likely to experience an increase in the seasonality of rainfall. Of further concern is a ...
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Self-guided Mining Heritage Tour: Far North Queensland, Cairns
... Keep an eye out to the right at the deserted townsite of Koorboora for mullock heaps of wolfram mines. Nearer to Chillagoe you’ll pass by blocks of marble at the marble mines. Chillagoe has plenty of accommodation, from ...
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