Key topics

resilience

Resilience is the capacity of a community potentially exposed to hazards to adapt to stress and change, by resisting or changing, in order to reach and maintain an acceptable level of functioning and structure.

Item	Type		Key Topics
Rapid response report: study of heatwave impacts on residents and businesses in western Sydney	Biblio	save (1005.86 KB)	recovery, resilience, severe weather
A review of methodologies applied in Australian practice to evaluate long-term coastal adaptation options	Biblio	save (1.12 MB)	coastal, decision making, resilience
Heatwave and building codes in New South Wales: issues and prospects	Biblio	save (897.66 KB)	governance, guidelines, resilience
Disasters and economic resilience: income effects of the Black Saturday bushfires on disaster-hit individuals	Biblio	save (936.49 KB)	economics, recovery, resilience
Homelessness and severe storms: a case study of the June 2016 East Coast Low	Biblio	save (804.26 KB)	communities, recovery, 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
Answering the call national survey, National Mental Health and Wellbeing Study of Police and Emergency Services – Final report	Biblio		mental health, resilience, risk management
Rural housing resilience in India: Is it reliant on appropriate technology or labour skills?	Biblio		communities, recovery, resilience
Child-centred risk reduction and school safety: An evidence-based practice framework and roadmap	Biblio		child-centred, communities, resilience
A community engagement approach to natural hazard communication	Biblio		communication, communities, resilience
The Australian Natural Disaster Resilience Index: Annual project report 2015-2016	Biblio	save (844.33 KB)	multi-hazard, planning, resilience
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
Modelling cyclone loss mitigation using claims analysis	Biblio	save (626.21 KB)	cyclone, engineering, resilience
Cultural worldviews and natural hazard risk perception: a pilot study of Australian adults	Biblio	save (510.6 KB)	communication, communities, resilience
Disaster resilience in Australia: A geographic assessment using an index of coping and adaptive capacity	Biblio	save (7.85 MB)	communities, preparedness, resilience
Animal Welfare and Disasters	Biblio		animals, emergency management, resilience
Unpacking the meaning of resilience: the Tarnagulla community definition comparing to the literature	Biblio		climate change, communities, resilience
Wellington’s Earthquake Resilience: Lessons from the 2016 Kaikōura Earthquake	Biblio		earthquake, emergency management, resilience
Preparedness for natural hazards: testing an expanded education- and engagement-enhanced social cognitive model	Biblio		communities, preparedness, resilience
Community engagement in the post-disaster landscape	Biblio	save (3.75 MB)	communities, recovery, resilience
Owner-driven housing reconstruction as a means of enhancing disaster resilience of at-risk communities in India	Biblio	save (8.72 MB)	recovery, resilience
Enhancing resilience of critical road infrastructure: bridges, culverts and floodways under natural hazards: Annual project report 2014-2015	Biblio	save (1.08 MB)	infrastructure, multi-hazard, resilience
The Australian Natural Disaster Resilience Index: Volume II – Chapter 4: Statistical outputs: ANDRI, coping capacity and adaptive capacity	Biblio	save (8.32 MB)	multi-hazard, resilience, vulnerability
Strategies for non-traditional emergency volunteers: a risk-benefit framework for decision-making	Biblio	save (1.2 MB)	non-traditional recruitment, resilience, volunteering
Assessing the real costs of natural hazard-induced disasters: A case study from Australia’s Northern Territory	Biblio		economics, Northern Australia, resilience
Participation for Disaster Resilience	Biblio		communities, recovery, resilience
Towards protective action: effective risk and warning communication during natural hazards – final project report	Biblio	save (2.36 MB)	communication, communities, resilience
Denaturalising heatwaves: gendered social vulnerability in urban heatwaves, a review	Biblio	save (1.05 MB)	resilience, risk management, vulnerability
A new model for effective post-disaster housing reconstruction: Lessons from Gujarat and Bihar in India	Biblio		communities, recovery, resilience
The Australian Natural Disaster Resilience Index: annual project report 2016-17	Biblio	save (1.3 MB)	multi-hazard, resilience, vulnerability
Seismic Retrofitting of Reinforced Concrete Beam-Column Joints Using Diagonal Haunch	Biblio		earthquake, engineering, resilience
Recovery Capitals: a collaborative approach to post-disaster guidance	Biblio	save (810.66 KB)	communities, recovery, resilience
Failure mechanisms of bridge structures under natural hazards	Biblio	save (3.04 MB)	engineering, multi-hazard, resilience
"I think I'm going to be frightened out of my wits" psychological preparedness and vulnerability: insights from the Sampson Flat fire	Biblio	save (196.54 KB)	fire, resilience, vulnerability
Building inclusive partnerships with culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities	Biblio	save (978.25 KB)	communities, diversity and inclusion, resilience
Changing capabilities of emergency service organisations	Biblio	save (784.03 KB)	diversity and inclusion, organisational, resilience
Local Government Capacity and Land Use Planning for Natural Hazards: A Comparative Evaluation of Australian Local Government Areas	Biblio	save (858.57 KB)	planning, resilience, risk management
Out of uniform (building community resilience through non-traditional emergency volunteering): what have we learnt?	Biblio	save (534.45 KB)	non-traditional recruitment, resilience, volunteering
Emergency management opportunities for remote indigenous communities in northern Australia	Biblio	save (990.41 KB)	indigenous communities, Northern Australia, resilience
Health Assessment of a Pedestrian Bridge Deck using Ground Penetrating Radar	Biblio		engineering, infrastructure, resilience