Nature as nurturer: A person-as-environment approach to disaster recovery

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Abstract

Conference paper presented at the National Rural Remote Social Work Conference, Inverloch, Victoria, Australian Association of Social Workers 2013. The paper outlines a 'person-as-environment' approach to bushfire recovery. It draws upon the concepts of solastalgia and soliphilia to encourage personal and community reflection with the aim of assisting people to restore a sense of home, place and identity in a vastly changed landscape
Original languageEnglish
Publication statusPublished - 2013
Externally publishedYes
EventNational Rural Remote Social Work Conference 2013 - Inverloch , Australia
Duration: 1 Oct 20131 Oct 2013

Conference

ConferenceNational Rural Remote Social Work Conference 2013
Country/TerritoryAustralia
CityInverloch
Period1/10/131/10/13

Keywords

  • Recovery
  • Disaster recovery
  • Social Work Practice
  • Place-based recovery
  • Environmental social work
  • Ecological systems theory
  • Bushfire recovery
  • health care
  • Solastalgia
  • Soliphilia

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