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
Decision making, team monitoring and organisational learning in emergency management: annual project report 2016-17	Biblio	save (1.14 MB)	capability, decision making, emergency management
The lived experience of disadvantaged communities affected by the 2015 South Indian Floods: Implications for disaster risk reduction dialogue	Biblio		communities, emergency management, vulnerability
Natural Hazards and Disaster Justice: Challenges for Australia and Its Neighbours	Biblio		emergency management, framework, policy
Community organisation involvement in disaster management	Biblio	save (1.76 MB)	communities, emergency management, multi-hazard
Diversity and inclusion framework for emergency management policy and practice	Biblio	save (1.69 MB)	diversity and inclusion, emergency management, policy
Where do we put our dollars? Economic analysis of different bushfire management options in Western Australia	Biblio	save (391.13 KB)	economics, emergency management, fire
Detecting active fires from space using Himawari-8: a report from the regional New South Wales trial	Biblio	save (1.01 MB)	emergency management, fire impacts, planning
Collaboration in disasters: A cultural challenge for the utilities sector	Biblio		communication, emergency management
Research proceedings from the 2018 Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC and AFAC Conference	Biblio	save (15.24 MB)	emergency management, land management, multi-hazard
Public information in the emergency services - literature review	Biblio	save (788.53 KB)	communication, emergency management
Using realistic disaster scenario analysis to understand natural hazard impacts and emergency management requirements: Annual project report 2015-2016	Biblio	save (671.08 KB)	emergency management, multi-hazard, scenario analysis
Modelling the impact of lifeline infrastructure failure during natural hazard events	Biblio	save (9.64 MB)	emergency management, environments, risk management
Managing animals in disasters: Annual project report 2014-2015	Biblio	save (1017.25 KB)	animals, emergency management, vulnerability
Planning and capability requirements for catastrophic and cascading disasters	Biblio	save (1.4 MB)	capability, emergency management, multi-hazard
Real people, real stories- if it’s flooded forget it	Biblio	save (767.2 KB)	communities, emergency management, flood
Learning to learn from bushfire: Perspectives from Victorian emergency management practitioners	Biblio		emergency management, fire, organisational
Valuing non-market economic impacts from natural hazards	Biblio	save (736.18 KB)	economics, emergency management, risk management
Can major post-event inquiries and reviews contribute to lessons management?	Biblio		communication, emergency management
Experiences of Police and Emergency Services Employees with Workers’ Compensation Claims for Mental Health Issues	Biblio		emergency management, mental health, organisational
From research outcome to agency change: mapping a learning trajectory of opportunities and challenges	Biblio	save (421.2 KB)	decision making, emergency management, policy
Model for assessing the vulnerability of Australian housing to windstorms - VAWS	Biblio	save (7.38 MB)	cyclone, emergency management, severe weather
Addressing challenges for future strategic-level emergency management: reframing, networking and capacity building	Biblio		decision making, emergency management
Assessing community resilience for emergencies in local government policy - Maroondah City Council and Knox City Council	Biblio	save (1.64 MB)	communication, emergency management, resilience
Barriers and enablers in the long term recovery of communities affected by natural hazards: a review of the literature	Biblio	save (1.06 MB)	communities, emergency management, recovery
Flood levee influences on community preparedness: a paradox?	Biblio		communities, emergency management, flood
Quantification of inter-regional differences in risk mitigation from prescribed burning across multiple management values	Biblio		emergency management, fire impacts, fire severity
Nonprofit and public sector interorganizational collaboration in disaster recovery: Lessons from the field	Biblio		decision making, emergency management, organisational
Managing cognitive biases during disaster response: the development of an aide memoire	Biblio		emergency management, optimisation, organisational
Performance of fire detection algorithms using himawari-8	Biblio	save (1.27 MB)	emergency management, fire, fire weather
Valuing volunteers: better understanding the primary motives for volunteering in Australian emergency services	Biblio	save (1.86 MB)	communities, emergency management, volunteering
Supplementing emergency warning messages to encourage readiness to act: the effect of colours and icons	Biblio	save (3.07 MB)	communication, emergency management, warnings
Volunteering into the future – disaster events, local governments & communities	Biblio	save (635.16 KB)	emergency management, multi-hazard, volunteering
Utilisation funding: South Australia stretch thinking project	Biblio	save (944.59 KB)	decision making, emergency management, scenario analysis
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
Capability Needs for Emergency and Disaster Management Organisations Annual Report 2014	Biblio	save (397.34 KB)	capability, emergency management, scenario analysis
Animal Welfare and Disasters	Biblio		animals, emergency management, resilience
Flood vulnerability functions: detailed vs generalised approach	Biblio	save (1.65 MB)	emergency management, flood, modelling
Estimating rainfall time series and model parameter distributions using model data reduction and inversion techniques	Biblio		communities, emergency management, flood
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