Understanding and Mitigating Hazards

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This theme seeks better forecasts of likely events and precursor conditions; greater accuracy of forecast tools and more timely forecasts. This leads to increased preparedness for the impacts of natural hazards, improved communications and warnings and enhanced ability to predict and mitigate the risk.

Projects in this research theme, by cluster

Flood and coastal management
Project	Research leader	Affiliation
Developing better predictions for extreme water levels	Prof Charitha Pattiaratchi	University of Western Australia
Resilience to clustered disaster events on the coast - storm surge	Dr Scott Nichol	Geoscience Australia
Improving flood forecast skill using remote sensing data	A/Prof Valentijn Pauwels	Monash University

Built environment
Project	Research leader	Affiliation
Cost-effective mitigation strategy for building related earthquake risk	Prof Michael Griffith	University of Adelaide
Natural hazard exposure information modelling framework	Dr Krishna Nadimpalli	Geoscience Australia
Improving the resilience of existing housing to severe wind events	Prof John Ginger	James Cook University
Enhancing resilience of critical road infrastructure	Prof Sujeeva Setunge	RMIT University
Cost-effective mitigation strategy for flood prone buildings	Dr Ken Dale	Geoscience Australia

Bushfire predictive services
Project	Research leader	Affiliation
Fire spread prediction across fuel types	A/Prof Khalid Moinuddin	Victoria University
Threshold conditions for extreme fire behaviour	A/Prof Trent Penman	University of Melbourne
Mapping bushfire hazard and impacts	Dr Marta Yebra	Australian National University
Fire coalescence and mass spotfire dynamics	Prof Jason Sharples	University of New South Wales
Fire surveillance and hazard mapping	Prof Simon Jones	RMIT University

Severe and high impact weather
Project	Research leader	Affiliation
Coupled fire-atmosphere modelling	Dr Mika Peace	Bureau of Meteorology
Improved predictions of severe weather to reduce community impact	Dr Jeff Kepert	Bureau of Meteorology
Improving land dryness measures and forecasts	Dr Imtiaz Dharssi	Bureau of Meteorology

Prescribed burning and catchment management
Project	Research leader	Affiliation
Tools supporting fire management in northern Australia	Adj Prof Jeremy Russell-Smith	Charles Darwin University
Optimisation of fuel reduction burning regimes	A/Prof Tina Bell	University of Sydney
From hectares to tailor made solutions for risk mitigation	Prof Ross Bradstock	University of Wollongong

Projects by cluster

Economics and strategic decisions

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Optimising post-disaster recovery interventions in Australia

Mapping and understanding bushfire and natural hazard vulnerability and risks at the institutional scale

Urban planning for natural hazard mitigation

Economics of natural hazards

Improved decision support for natural hazard risk reduction

Governance and institutional knowledge

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Scientific diversity and uncertainty in risk mitigation policy and planning

Policies, institutions and governance

Scenarios and loss analysis

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Using realistic disaster scenario analysis to understand natural hazard impacts and emergency management requirements

An analysis of building losses and human fatalities from natural disasters

Communication and warnings

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Child-centred disaster risk reduction

Managing animals in disasters: improving preparedness, response, and resilience through individual and organisational collaboration

Improving the role of hazard communications in increasing residents’ preparedness and response planning

Effective risk and warning communication during natural hazards

Community understanding of the tsunami risk and warnings systems in Australian communities

Flood risk communication

Emergency management capability

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Catastrophic and cascading events: planning and capability

Diversity and inclusion: building strength and capability

Impact-based forecasting for the coastal zone: East Coast Lows

Capability needs for emergency & disaster management organisations

Improving decision-making in complex multi-team environments

National mental health and wellbeing study of police and emergency services

Sustainable volunteering

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Out of uniform: building community resilience through non-traditional emergency volunteering

Improving the retention and engagement of volunteers in emergency service agencies

Enabling sustainable emergency volunteering

Understanding and enhancing resilience

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Northern Australian bushfire and natural hazard training

The Australian Natural Disaster Resilience Index: A system for assessing the resilience of Australian communities to natural hazards

Enhancing remote north Australian community resilience

Recovery Capitals

Hazards, culture and Indigenous communities

Flood and coastal management

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Developing better predictions for extreme water levels

Resilience to clustered disaster events on the coast - storm surge

Improving flood forecast skill using remote sensing data

Built environment

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Enhancing resilience of critical road infrastructure

Cost-effective mitigation strategy for flood prone buildings

Cost-effective mitigation strategy for building related earthquake risk

Natural hazard exposure information modelling framework

Improving the resilience of existing housing to severe wind events

Bushfire predictive services

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Threshold conditions for extreme fire behaviour

Fire coalescence and mass spotfire dynamics

Mapping bushfire hazard and impacts

Fire surveillance and hazard mapping

Fire spread prediction across fuel types

Severe and high impact weather

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Coupled fire-atmosphere modelling

Improved predictions of severe weather to reduce community impact

Improving land dryness measures and forecasts

Prescribed burning and catchment management

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From hectares to tailor made solutions for risk mitigation

Tools supporting fire management in northern Australia

Optimisation of fuel reduction burning regimes

In the media

19 Oct

Green Left

A place like Cobargo

19 Oct

Insurance News

Insurers say prescribed burns could help fine-tune premiums

15 Oct

Knowledia

Australia must prepare now for climate-related disasters or pay more later, insurance regulator says

14 Oct

MSN News

Australia must prepare now for climate-related disasters or pay more later, insurance regulator says

14 Oct

The Guardian

Australia must prepare now for climate-related disasters or pay more later, insurance regulator says

14 Oct

Exec Review

Australia must prepare now for climate-related disasters or pay more later, insurance regulator says

14 Oct

Insurance & Risk

Senate bushfire inquiry recommends major changes for next fire season

14 Oct

Australian Prudential Regulation Authority

Executive Board Member Geoff Summerhayes - Speech to Australian Business Roundtable for Disaster Resilience and Safer Communities webinar

13 Oct

International Fire Fighter

Wetter conditions in Australia may lead to a fire season very different from a year ago

13 Oct

LGiU

In Conversation: Bushfires and Natural Hazards, What’s Your Plan B (and C, D, E)?

13 Oct

Wildfire Today

Wetter conditions in Australia may lead to a fire season very different from a year ago

13 Oct

Fire Aviation

Australia to have six large air tankers during the 2020-2021 bushfire season

12 Oct

ABC Weather

BOM's severe weather outlook signals wet summer ahead, with flooding and more cyclones likely

08 Oct

The Examiner

Levees at the ready, but how much flooding can Launceston take?

07 Oct

The Daily Telegraph

NSW weather: Summer to bring floods and fires, water restrictions remain

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