TY  - BOOK
AU  - SLOCOMBE Geoff
TI  - Disaster response: proximity is the key
PY  - 2016///
KW  - DISASTER MANAGEMENT
KW  - ASIA PACIFIC
KW  - HUMANITARIAN AID
KW  - AUSTRALIA
KW  - NEW ZEALAND
KW  - HADR
N2  - When Fiji got struck by Cyclone Winston in February 2016, the first Category 5 tropical cyclone to hit the islands, the death toll was 43 and an estimated 350,000 people were affected.  This article discusses how the immediate response shown by Australia, New Zealand and France to aid Fiji in such a situation demonstrates that proximity is the key in obtaining immediate aid.  This is especially so when aid is received from neighbouring developed countries that possess civilian and military HADR plans and assets can offer effective aid
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