Darwin Cyclone
An Exploration of Disaster Behaviour
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11228294 |
|---|---|
| Authors | D L Webber (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1976 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 54-63 |
| Publication date | 1976-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Australian Journal of Social Issues (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0157-6321 • E-ISSN: 1839-4655 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/j.1839-4655.1976.tb01254.x |
| OpenAlex | W2280171906 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 2 |
Events associated with the Cyclone Tracy strike at Darwin on 25 December 1974 are described. With the loss of 49 lives, a further 16 persons missing and presumed dead, and hundreds injured, this became Australia's greatest national disaster to date. A total breakdown in facilities occurred. The responses of people before, during and after the cyclone are examined. Problems associated with social breakdown, spontaneous community efforts to deal with this and individual emotional problems are highlighted. A distinction between the trauma of the cyclone and that of the evacuation is made. The apparent inability of Australians to concede that disasters have emotional as well as social and physical consequences is looked at
Criminology · Cyclone (programming language · Darwin (ADL · Forensic engineering · Political science · Project commissioning · Publishing · Disaster Management and Resilience · Engineering · History · Law · Psychology · Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,04 |
| Citation span | 1978 - 1984 (7) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |