Bushfire Smoke in Our Eyes: Community Perceptions and Responses to an Intense Smoke Event in Canberra, Australia

Bushfire Smoke in Our Eyes: Community Perceptions and Responses to an Intense Smoke Event in Canberra, Australia

The 2019–20 bushfires that raged in eastern Australia were an overwhelming natural disaster leading to lives lost or upended, and communities destroyed. For almost a month, Canberra, Australia's capital city in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), was obscured by smoke from fires which threa...

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Main Authors: Rebecca Williamson, Cathy Banwell, Alison L. Calear, Christine LaBond, Liana S. Leach, Anna Olsen, Erin I. Walsh, Tehzeeb Zulfiqar, Stewart Sutherland, Christine Phillips
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Public Health
Subjects:
bushfire smoke
disaster
community
social connectedness
social capital
qualitative
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.793312/full

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