Future-Proofing the State

This book focuses on the challenges facing governments and communities in preparing for and responding to major crises - especially the hard to predict yet unavoidable natural disasters ranging from earthquakes and tsunamis to floods and bushfires, as well as pandemics and global economic crises. Fu...

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Other Authors: Boston, Jonathan (Editor), Wanna, John (Editor), Lipski, Vic (Editor), Pritchard, Justin (Editor)
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Published: ANU Press 2014
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