Katharine Haynes

TL;DR: This paper employed the PerilAUS database of natural hazard event impacts in combination with official sources in an attempt to provide a lower bound estimate of heat-associated deaths in Australia since European settlement.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss the results of this survey and consider the value of social media to the emergency services, not only as a tool to disseminate information but also as an important resource to tap into and review informal communications, something that was previously inaccessible.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors used qualitative and quantitative methods to analyse underlying attitudes and judgements during an ongoing volcanic crisis on the Caribbean Island of Montserrat. And they found that specific differences between the public, authorities and scientists were responsible for misunderstandings and misinterpretations of information and roles.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the trust in the scientists, government authorities and wider risk management team during the ongoing volcanic crisis in Montserrat, WI and found that the scientists were viewed by the authorities as a highly trusted expert source of volcanic information.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors re-examine evidence underpinning this policy using analyses of a database of bushfire fatalities, which contains information on 552 civilian (non-fire fighter) fatalities obtained from print media archives at Risk Frontiers and forensic, witness and police statements contained within coronial inquest reports.