@article {bnh-1753,
	title = {How do residents in bushfire prone areas view the risk of their local area and homes?},
	year = {2015},
	month = {04/2015},
	abstract = {<p>This paper is part of a larger research project investigating people{\textquoteright}s perception of the\&nbsp;bushfire risk of their own property. It analyses the 46 survey responses from residents living\&nbsp;in Mount Wilson and Pretty Beach, NSW, Australia. It looks at two issues: resident{\textquoteright}s\&nbsp;perception of the bushfire risk of their local area and their own property, and in response to\&nbsp;this perception of the local bushfire risk, which parts of their home would they seek shelter in\&nbsp;during a bushfire and which parts would they avoid. The paper concludes that: the residents{\textquoteright}\&nbsp;perception of risk did not match the NSW RFS determinations; the residents{\textquoteright} perception of\&nbsp;risk did not seem to correlate closely with the construction of their house but seemed to\&nbsp;correlate more with the characteristics of their immediate environs; there were\&nbsp;commonalities in the spaces residents suggested they would take shelter in their own house\&nbsp;during a bushfire.</p>},
	author = {Brown, Douglas}
}
