Science in motion: integrating scientific knowledge into bushfire risk mitigation in southwest Victoria Neale, Timothy, Weir, Jessica K. and Dovers, Stephen 2016, Science in motion: integrating scientific knowledge into bushfire risk mitigation in southwest Victoria, Australian journal of emergency management, vol. 31, no. 2, pp. 13-17. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads neale-scienceinmotion-2016.pdf Published version application/pdf 317.45KB 50 Title Science in motion: integrating scientific knowledge into bushfire risk mitigation in southwest Victoria Author(s) Neale, Timothy orcid.org/0000-0003-4703-5801 Weir, Jessica K. Dovers, Stephen Journal name Australian journal of emergency management Volume number 31 Issue number 2 Start page 13 End page 17 Total pages 5 Publisher Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience Place of publication East Melbourne, Vic. Publication date 2016 ISSN 1324-1540 Summary Scientific knowledge and scientific uncertainties play a significant role in the mitigation of natural hazard risk. As such, the natural hazards sector is often represented as ‘science-led’ or ‘researchled’. However, in actuality, relationships between scientific research, policy and practice are neither simple nor linear, and there are presently few studies that focus on the layers of practitioners who find themselves mediating these relationships. In order to provide insight into the integration of scientific knowledge, this paper considers the findings of a case study of bushfire practitioners in the Barwon-Otway area of southwest Victoria. This region has recently been the site of multi-agency efforts to reduce the residual bushfire risk using the PHOENIX RapidFire bushfire simulator.The paper concludes by posing several questions relevant to this and other risk mitigation contexts. Language eng Field of Research 160104 Social and Cultural Anthropology 1103 Clinical Sciences 1605 Policy And Administration 2001 Communication And Media Studies Socio Economic Objective 970116 Expanding Knowledge through Studies of Human Society HERDC Research category C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Copyright notice ©2016, The Authors Free to Read? Yes Use Rights Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30088940 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Alfred Deakin Research Institute Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges   Connect to Elements publication management system Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Wed, 16 Nov 2016, 08:47:56 EST Thu, 17 Nov 2016, 04:01:13 EST Thu, 17 Nov 2016, 07:02:39 EST Wed, 11 Jan 2017, 05:05:04 EST Fri, 20 Jan 2017, 09:23:29 EST Fri, 20 Jan 2017, 09:31:08 EST Sat, 17 Jun 2017, 02:51:03 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 1 times in TR Web of Science Cited 1 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 111 Abstract Views, 50 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Wed, 16 Nov 2016, 08:47:56 EST

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