Key topics

communities

Communities refers to groups of people living in the same place, who share particular characteristics or endeavours.

Item	Type		Key Topics
Spontaneous volunteers in the emergency management sector	Project		communities, volunteering
Using environmental criminology theories to compare ‘youth misuse of fire’ across age groups in New South Wales	Biblio		communities, fire
Mapping approaches to community engagement for preparedness in Australia	Project		communication, communities, resilience
Improving the role of hazard communications in increasing residents’ preparedness and response planning: Annual project report 2014-2015	Biblio	save (282.61 KB)	communication, communities, preparedness
Heatwaves in New South Wales: how are residents and businesses coping?	Biblio	save (381.41 KB)	communities, resilience, severe weather
Community organisation involvement in disaster management	Biblio	save (1.76 MB)	communities, emergency management, multi-hazard
Business involvement in natural disasters in Australia and New Zealand	Biblio	save (1.87 MB)	capability, communities, recovery
Enabling sustainable emergency volunteering: annual project report 2017-18	Biblio	save (1.31 MB)	communities, volunteering
Navigating Uncertainty: community experiences of bushfire	Biblio	save (556.32 KB)	communities, decision making, recovery
Reviving people’s trust in Bamboo technology: A case-study of Orlaha settlement reconstruction in Bihar, after the 2008 Kosi floods	Biblio		communities, recovery, resilience
The persistent past: flood, fire and migrant memories of natural disasters in Australia	Project		communities, vulnerability
Recognising and measuring competency in natural hazard preparation: A preparedness competency index	Biblio		communities, preparedness, response
Dynamic smoke modelling and community impact of smoke	Project		communities, fire impacts
Shared responsibility: the who, what and how	Biblio		communities, governance, policy
Flood levee influences on community preparedness: a paradox?	Biblio		communities, emergency management, flood
Capturing community experiences in the 2015 Sampson Flat fire	Biblio	save (2.4 MB)	communication, communities, fire impacts
The human dimensions of environmental crime	Project		communities, environments, land management
Community Understanding and Awareness of Bushfire Safety: October 2013 Bushfires - Overview	Biblio	save (239.6 KB)	communication, communities, warnings
Development and preliminary validation of the Constructive and Unconstructive Worry Questionnaire: A measure of individual differences in constructive versus unconstructive worry	Biblio		communities, decision making, mental health
Community understanding of tsunami risk and warnings systems in Australia: final project report 2017	Biblio	save (1.42 MB)	communities, tsunami, warnings
2017 NSW post-incident task force	Project		communication, communities, warnings
The effect of firefighter-delivered fire safety education on young people who misuse fire	Biblio		communities, education, fire
Fire, water and everyday life: Bushfire and household defence in a changing climate	Biblio		communities, fire, vulnerability
Checks and balances: A business‐oriented lens on disaster management and warnings	Biblio		communication, communities, recovery
Valuing volunteers: better understanding the primary motives for volunteering in Australian emergency services	Biblio	save (1.86 MB)	communities, emergency management, volunteering
Cultural worldviews and natural hazard risk perception: a pilot study of Australian adults	Biblio	save (510.6 KB)	communication, communities, resilience
Building Resilient Remote Communities in Northern Australia Annual Report 2014	Biblio	save (732.25 KB)	communities, indigenous communities, local knowledge
Recovery Capitals (ReCap): applying a community capitals framework to disaster recovery - annual report 2019/20	Biblio	save (1.13 MB)	communities, recovery, resilience
Real people, real stories- if it’s flooded forget it	Biblio	save (767.2 KB)	communities, emergency management, flood
Working outside ‘the rules’: Opportunities and challenges of community participation in risk reduction	Biblio		communities, fire, resilience
Legal Complexities of Entry, Rescue, Seizure and Disposal of Disaster-Affected Companion Animals in New Zealand	Biblio	save (217.53 KB)	animals, communities, resilience
Building capability in emergency services: diversity and inclusion in communities	Biblio	save (1.01 MB)	communities, diversity and inclusion
The post-disaster city: Urban crisis politics and social change in community led earthquake recovery	Project		communities, recovery, resilience
January 2020 NSW bushfires study	Project		communities, fire impacts, vulnerability
An owner-driven reconstruction in Bihar	Biblio		communities, recovery, resilience
Development and preliminary validation of the Constructive and Unconstructive Worry Questionnaire: A measure of individual differences in constructive versus unconstructive worry.	Biblio		communication, communities, preparedness
Post-disaster recovery following recent natural hazard events and risk reduction measures in Australia and Japan	Project		communities, governance, recovery
Disasters and economic resilience: the income effects of the Cyclone Oswald 2013 on small business owners	Biblio	save (2.55 MB)	communities, cyclone, economics
Estimating rainfall time series and model parameter distributions using model data reduction and inversion techniques	Biblio		communities, emergency management, flood
Improved predictions of severe weather to reduce community risk	Biblio	save (5.46 MB)	communities, modelling, severe weather