Tsunami’s are one of the biggest risks to Australia and New Zealand, but there is little attention to the threats they pose. Miles Crawford’s research informs public policy by investigating the interface between risk and emergency management, to understand how risk informs government emergency management policies and procedures. Miles’s research looks at how tsunami risk modelling informs New Zealand local government policies and procedures. His study uses tsunami risk scenarios originating from an earthquake along the length of the Hikurangi Subduction (off New Zealand’s North Island) to research the way risk is understood, communicated, believed and used, as well as the existing factors that limit tsunami risk awareness and understanding. Miles has found that the risk modelling has helped local councils understand the risk they face and what they can do to improve their risk management policies and procedures.
Miles has presented his research findings at the CRC’s Research Forum in 2017 and 2018 and has been published in the International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. He is now Principal Risk Advisor at the
New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
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Resources credited
Type | Released | Title | Download | Key Topics |
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Presentation-Slideshow | 18 Sep 2018 | Risk modelling as a tool to support local government emergency management | Save (1.5 MB) | risk analysis, risk management |
Presentation-Audio-Video | 10 Apr 2018 | How tsunami risk informs natural hazard management | Save (0 bytes) | planning, risk management, tsunami |
Presentation-Slideshow | 07 Sep 2017 | How risk informs natural hazard management: a study of the interface between risk modelling and local government policies and procedures | Save (610.96 KB) | modelling, policy, tsunami |