@article {bnh-3384,
	title = {Community Understanding of Tsunami Risk and Warnings Systems in Australia},
	journal = {Australian Journal of Emergency Management},
	volume = {32},
	year = {2017},
	month = {01/2017},
	abstract = {<p>The Australian coastline includes 8000 km of active tectonic plate boundary\&nbsp;capable of generating tsunamis that could impact Australia (Australian Bureau\&nbsp;of Meteorology 2008, Attorney-General{\textquoteright}s Department 2008, Burbidge et al.\&nbsp;2008, Dominey-Howes 2007). Australia has experienced over 50 recorded\&nbsp;incidents of tsunami since European settlement (Anderson 2015).\&nbsp;Travel times for tsunamis from the closest sources (the Puysegur Trench, south\&nbsp;of New Zealand, and the Java Trench, south of Java) are approximately two\&nbsp;hours. Allowing for detection and message formation, warning times of as little\&nbsp;as 90 minutes can be anticipated. More distant sources have greater travel\&nbsp;times and correspondingly longer warning times. Should a tsunami occur, the atrisk\&nbsp;population is large. For example, in New South Wales, 330,000 people live at\&nbsp;or below a height of 10 metres above sea level and within one kilometre of the\&nbsp;coast or a coastal river (Bird \&amp; Dominey-Howes 2006).</p><p>Recognition of the risk tsunamis pose for coastal communities prompted the\&nbsp;development of the ATWS. However, to be effective, people must know about\&nbsp;the system and be able to respond in planned and functional ways when a\&nbsp;warning is received. It is essential that development of warning systems is\&nbsp;complemented with activities that address the capability of people to respond\&nbsp;promptly and appropriately when receiving a warning, particularly if warnings\&nbsp;only give two hours for plans to be implemented. However, because warning\&nbsp;systems have developed faster than community capability to respond to them, a need was identified to develop people{\textquoteright}s response capability (Bird \&amp;\&nbsp;Dominey-Howes 2006, Bird \&amp; Dominey-Howes, 2008, Dall{\textquoteright}Osso et al. 2009,\&nbsp;Dominey-Howes et al. 2007, Gregg et al. 2007, Johnston et al. 2005, Johnston\&nbsp;et al. 2009, King \&amp; Gurtner 2005, Paton, Frandsen \&amp; Johnston 2010). To\&nbsp;develop people{\textquoteright}s capability to respond it is important to examine people{\textquoteright}s\&nbsp;understanding of and beliefs about tsunami and the implications for tsunami\&nbsp;risk communication, warnings and preparedness.</p>},
	url = {https://ajem.infoservices.com.au/items/AJEM-32-01-12},
	author = {Paton, Douglas and David Johnston and Katelyn Rossiter}
}
