Yetta Gurtner
- yetta.gurtner@jcu.edu.au
- Adjunct Senior Lecturer
- Earth & Environmental Sciences
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Biography
Yetta Gurtner is an adjunct with the Centre for Disaster Studies at James Cook University, Townsville, Australia. With a multi-disciplinary background in Southeast Asian Studies, her core research interests include integrated disaster and crisis management, tourism crisis, and sustainable development in disaster recovery. Related research interests include social impact assessment and an appreciation of dynamic contexts of vulnerability, capacity, adaptation, resilience, mitigation and sustainability, particularly within developing nations.
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Gurtner, Yetta (2022) Townsville Bushfire Preparedness Case Study: Understanding local peri-urban communities. Townsville, QLD, Australia:
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King, David; Gurtner, Yetta (2021) 'Focusing post-disaster research methodology: reflecting on 50 years of post-disaster research'. Australian Journal of Emergency Management, 36 (4):32-39.
MacLean, Victoria; Gurtner, Yetta (2022) 'Tornadoes in Australia: are we prepared?' Australian Journal of Emergency Management, 37 (3) :25-28.
Gurtner, Yetta; Parison, Sonja (2021) 'Promoting owner responsibility for pets in disasters' Australian Journal of Emergency Management, 36 (3) :37-43.
King, Jemma C.; Franklin, Richard C.; Parison, Julie C.; Gurtner, Yetta (2021) 'Sweating on your commute – active transport in the tropics: a synopsis' Injury Prevention, 27 (Supplement 2) :A73-A73. [DOI]
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Gurtner, Yetta (2020) 'COVID-19 community awareness survey' GADRI Actions, 11 (Spring 2020) :14-14.
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King, Jemma; Parison, Julie; Gurtner, Yetta; Devine, Sue; Franklin, Richard (2023) Safety 2022: 14th World Conference on Injury Prevention & Safety Promotion Active Transport in the Tropics: Agenda Setting for the Future Adelaide, SA, Australia, .
Gurtner, Yetta; King, Jemma; Devine, Sue; Leggat, Peter; Swinbourne, Anne; Franklin, Richard (2023) Safety 2022: 14th World Conference on Injury Prevention & Safety Promotion Enhancing Awareness and Use of Personal Protective Equipment in Community Disaster Recovery Adelaide, SA, Australia, .
Conference Contribution
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Gurtner, Yetta; King, David (2021) 'Socio-economic vulnerabilities to natural disasters and social justice' In: Gurtner, Yetta, and King, David (2021) Socio-economic vulnerabilities to natural disasters and social justice. In: Chaiechi, Taha, (ed.) Economic Effects of Natural Disasters: theoretical foundations, methods, and tools. Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier, London, UK, pp. 493-509(Eds.). Economic Effects of Natural Disasters: theoretical foundations, methods, and tools. London, UK : Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier. [DOI]
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Gurtner, Yetta; King, David (2021) 'Traveling Safely in an Unsafe World – A Shared Responsibility' In: Gurtner, Yetta, and King, David (2021) Traveling Safely in an Unsafe World – A Shared Responsibility. In: Wilks, Jeff, Pendergast, Donna, Leggat, Peter A., and Morgan, Damian, (eds.) Tourist Health, Safety and Wellbeing in the New Normal. Springer, New York, NY, USA, pp. 167-187(Eds.). Tourist Health, Safety and Wellbeing in the New Normal. New York, NY, USA : Springer. [DOI]
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King, David; Gurtner, Yetta (2020) 'Planning for demographic change and population loss: land use planning for demographic change after disasters in New Orleans, Christchurch and Innisfail' In: King, David, and Gurtner, Yetta (2020) Planning for demographic change and population loss: land use planning for demographic change after disasters in New Orleans, Christchurch and Innisfail. In: Karacsonyi, David, Taylor, Andrew, and Bird, Deanne, (eds.) Demography of Disasters: impacts for population and place. Springer, Cham, Switzerland, pp. 101-123(Eds.). Demography of Disasters: impacts for population and place. Cham, Switzerland : Springer. [DOI]