19 LGA_Natural_Disaster_Declarations

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title LGA_Natural_Disaster_Declarations
personnel_data_owner National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and/or state-based disaster agencies
project_abstract Record of natural disaster declarations, type and location of disaster, start and end date of declaration, type of disaster assistance available, etc .We are exploring relationships between weather-related disasters, population movement, health workforce as an important issue for rural health communities. Currently mostly un-funded. But with potential for application as a measure of extreme weather events in rural and remote Australia, including by type of event (e.g. bushfire, flood, drought, etc) or for a combination of weather events over time. Natural disaster declarations provide a unique measure of extreme weather events at a national or state level and over extended periods. || Priority: 5 || Access rules: Public || Licence: N/A || Cost to acquire: nil.