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Australia's bushfire implications for urban planners

Nine To Noon

English - January 23, 2020 20:08 - 16 minutes - 14.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
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The widespread devastation of Australia's summer bush fires prompts a warning to city planners to broaden their scope. Dr Alan March is a professor of urban planning at the University of Melbourne, and he says population growth is increasingly putting people in harm's way and natural hazards must be comprehensively factored into risk management plans.