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    An avalanche emergency plan for Broken River

    Pilkington, Tarn M.
    Abstract
    This dissertation looks generally at avalanche rescue practices both in New Zealand and overseas. It aims to demonstrate the necessity for such practices and establish a background from which the main part of this work - Part 2- An Avalanche Emergency Plan for Broken River is based upon. It describes in detail the planning process involved in producing the draft plan, and makes recommendations for its implementation . A discussion is also provided of the encompassing legislation and low appreciation of avalanche danger as reasons that underly the absence of such practices on some New Zealand skifields to date.... [Show full abstract]
    Keywords
    avalanche plan; rescue; emergency plan; danger; New Zealand; skifields; Broken River
    Fields of Research
    040604 Natural Hazards; 150404 Sport and Leisure Management; 050205 Environmental Management; 120504 Land Use and Environmental Planning
    Date
    1987
    Type
    Dissertation
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