Key topics

emergency management

Emergency management is the discipline of dealing with and avoiding both natural and manmade disasters. It involves preparedness, response and recovery in order to lessen the impact of disasters.

Item	Type		Key Topics
A fuel moisture content and flammability monitoring methodology for continental Australia based on optical remote sensing	Biblio		emergency management, fire, savanna grasslands
Optimisation of fuel reduction burning regimes for fuel reduction, carbon, water and vegetation outcomes	Biblio	save (791.2 KB)	emergency management, fuel reduction, land management
Rhetoric or reality: Coordination in a time of crisis	Biblio	save (307.35 KB)	decision making, emergency management, governance
Influence of road characteristics on flood fatalities in Australia	Biblio	save (1.22 MB)	emergency management, flood, preparedness
How risk informs natural hazard management: a study of the interface between risk modelling and local government policies and procedures	Biblio	save (343.48 KB)	emergency management, modelling, policy
Statistical characterisation of wind fields over complex terrain with applications in bushfire modelling	Biblio		emergency management, fire, physics
Research activities within European Union research program for improving preparedness and resilience	Biblio	save (1.32 MB)	emergency management, preparedness, resilience
An assessment of the opportunities to improve strategic decision-making in emergency and disaster management	Biblio	save (259.81 KB)	decision making, emergency management, response
Hydrologic model calibration using remotely sensed soil moisture and discharge measurements: The impact on predictions at gauged and ungauged locations	Biblio		emergency management, flood, hydrology
Public health and natural hazards: new policies and preparedness initiatives developed from an Australian bushfire case study	Biblio	save (84.72 KB)	emergency management, mental health, resilience
Seismic assessment of reinforced concrete walls in Australia	Biblio		earthquake, emergency management, resilience
A Review of Volunteered Geographic Information for Disaster Management	Biblio		communication, emergency management, volunteering
Duty or safety? Exploring emergency service personnel's perceptions of risk and decision-making when driving through floodwater	Biblio	save (833.5 KB)	emergency management, flood, organisational
Expanding protection motivation theory: investigating an application to animal owners and emergency responders in bushfire emergencies	Biblio		animals, emergency management
Research proceedings from the 2016 Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC and AFAC conference	Biblio	save (3.51 MB)	emergency management, land management, multi-hazard
Characterisation of synoptic weather features often associated with extreme events in south east Australia and Tasmania	Project		emergency management, severe weather
Diversity and inclusion: Building strength and capability	Biblio	save (511.1 KB)	capability, diversity and inclusion, emergency management
Disaster management: building resilient systems to aid recovery - non peer reviewed extended abstract	Biblio	save (526.07 KB)	emergency management, resilience
Building adaptive capacities for disaster resilience: what role for government?	Biblio	save (490.2 KB)	emergency management, governance, policy
Assessing community resilience for emergencies in local government policy - Maroondah City Council and Knox City Council case studies	Project		communities, emergency management, resilience
Final report on vulnerability of as-built and retrofitted URM buildings	Biblio	save (1.13 MB)	earthquake, emergency management
Earthquake Management Logistics for York, WA, Pre and Post Mitigation	Biblio	save (726.82 KB)	earthquake, emergency management, engineering
Catastrophic and cascading events: planning and capability	Project		capability, emergency management, multi-hazard
Long-term solutions to improve emergency management services in remote communities in northern Australia	Biblio		communities, emergency management, Northern Australia
Investigating the effects of soil moisture, temperature and preciptiation extremes on fire risk and intensity in Australia	Biblio	save (43.2 MB)	emergency management, fire severity, soil moisture
Stretch‐Thinking Loops: A New Technique for Scenario Planning	Biblio		emergency management, organisational, scenario analysis
Accredited qualifications for capacity development in disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation	Biblio		emergency management, environments, risk management
Community engagement for disaster risk reduction through embedding DRR values	Project		emergency management, multi-hazard
Extreme fire behaviours: Surveying fire management staff to determine behaviour frequencies and importance	Biblio	save (414.7 KB)	emergency management, fire, fire severity
Non‐technical skills for emergency incident management teams: A literature review	Biblio		decision making, emergency management, organisational
Overcoming Ambiguity: Conflict Between Emergency Warning Messages and Socio-Environmental Cues	Biblio		communication, emergency management, warnings
Collapse behaviour of limited ductile high-strength reinforced concrete columns under simulated earthquake loading.	Project		emergency management, engineering
Large damage bills to buildings from cyclones can be reduced by small actions	Biblio	save (507.42 KB)	cyclone, emergency management, resilience
Bushfire and natural hazard training for Northern Australia: Annual project report 2014-2015	Biblio	save (742.18 KB)	emergency management, multi-hazard, response
Natural Hazards and Disaster Justice: Challenges for Australia and Its Neighbours	Biblio		emergency management, framework, policy
Cost-Effective Mitigation Strategy Development for Building Related Earthquake Risk Annual Report 2017-2018	Biblio	save (3.04 MB)	earthquake, emergency management, mitigation
Animal emergency management in South Australia: a case study of the Sampson Flat bushfire	Biblio		animals, communities, emergency management
Emergency volunteering 2030: Views from the community sector	Biblio	save (1.05 MB)	emergency management, volunteering
Disaggregation of JASMIN soil moisture product to 1KM resolution	Biblio	save (1.52 MB)	emergency management, land management, soil moisture
Using realistic disaster scenario analysis to understand natural hazard impacts and emergency management requirements	Project	save (0 bytes)	emergency management, modelling, scenario analysis