David King
James Cook University
78 Papers
477 Citations
David King is an academic researcher from James Cook University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Vulnerability & Climate change. The author has an hindex of 20, co-authored 77 publications. Previous affiliations of David King include Bureau of Meteorology.
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Papers
Bronfenbrenner’s bioecological theory for modelling community resilience to natural disasters
TL;DR: In this paper, the use of bio-ecological systems theory as a framework to analyse resilience at diverse scales is discussed, where the authors explore resilience to natural disasters in the context of climatic change as building resilience is seen as a way to mitigate impacts of natural disasters.
Voluntary relocation as an adaptation strategy to extreme weather events
David King,Deanne Bird,Katharine Haynes,Helen J. Boon,Alison Cottrell,Joanne Millar,Tetsuya Okada,Pamela Box,Diane U. Keogh,Melanie Thomas +9 more
TL;DR: The authors investigated the concept of voluntary within-country migration as an adaptation strategy to reduce disaster risk in Australia and concluded that relocation is a strategy available to some as part of an extensive range of responses to extreme weather events but undertaking unsupported resettlement is not always an option for reasons of family commitment, livelihood opportunities, financial constraints and emotional ties.
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Reducing hazard vulnerability through local government engagement and action
TL;DR: In this article, the authors illustrate the process of local government engagement in hazard mitigation in Australia, through the Natural Disaster Risk Management Studies, as a first step towards natural disaster reduction.
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Shared responsibility and social vulnerability in the 2011 Brisbane flood
TL;DR: In this article, the results of a questionnaire conducted in four affected inner western suburbs 7 months after the 2011 Brisbane floods were presented. But the results showed that those with previous flood experience were more likely to have flood insurance but less likely to take precautions to prepare for the flood.
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Organisations in Disaster
TL;DR: In the event of a disaster, communities become the targets of specialist organizations and a concentration of activities as discussed by the authors, and the whole community must be mobilised to restore functions and meet needs, to return to the normality of the pre-disaster state.
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