Key topics

communities

Communities refers to groups of people living in the same place, who share particular characteristics or endeavours.

Item	Type		Key Topics
Community understanding of tsunami risk and warnings systems in Australia: final project report 2017	Biblio	save (1.42 MB)	communities, tsunami, warnings
Community Understanding and Awareness of Bushfire Safety: October 2013 Bushfires - Overview	Biblio	save (239.6 KB)	communication, communities, warnings
The effect of firefighter-delivered fire safety education on young people who misuse fire	Biblio		communities, education, fire
North Australian bushfire and natural hazard training - final project report	Biblio	save (3.88 MB)	communities, indigenous communities, local knowledge
Valuing volunteers: better understanding the primary motives for volunteering in Australian emergency services	Biblio	save (1.86 MB)	communities, emergency management, volunteering
Growing the seeds: recovery, strength and capability in Gippsland communities	Biblio	save (10.46 MB)	capability, communities, recovery
Fire, water and everyday life: Bushfire and household defence in a changing climate	Biblio		communities, fire, vulnerability
Reliability of Build Back Better at enhancing resilience of communities	Biblio		communities, engineering, resilience
Building capability in emergency services: diversity and inclusion in communities	Biblio	save (1.01 MB)	communities, diversity and inclusion
Building Resilient Remote Communities in Northern Australia Annual Report 2014	Biblio	save (732.25 KB)	communities, indigenous communities, local knowledge
Diversity and inclusion: building strength and capability – annual report 2019–2020	Biblio	save (876.55 KB)	capability, communities, diversity and inclusion
Leading through crisis: the leadership experience of Major General Alan Stretton	Biblio	save (352.47 KB)	communities, cyclone, decision making
Development and preliminary validation of the Constructive and Unconstructive Worry Questionnaire: A measure of individual differences in constructive versus unconstructive worry.	Biblio		communication, communities, preparedness
Disasters and economic resilience: the income effects of the Cyclone Oswald 2013 on small business owners	Biblio	save (2.55 MB)	communities, cyclone, economics
Young people and the emergency services: working towards inclusive partnerships	Biblio	save (461.21 KB)	communities, diversity and inclusion, resilience
Estimating rainfall time series and model parameter distributions using model data reduction and inversion techniques	Biblio		communities, emergency management, flood
Cultural worldviews and natural hazard risk perception: a pilot study of Australian adults	Biblio	save (510.6 KB)	communication, communities, resilience
Recovery Capitals (ReCap): applying a community capitals framework to disaster recovery - annual report 2019/20	Biblio	save (1.13 MB)	communities, recovery, resilience
Real people, real stories- if it’s flooded forget it	Biblio	save (767.2 KB)	communities, emergency management, flood
Working outside ‘the rules’: Opportunities and challenges of community participation in risk reduction	Biblio		communities, fire, resilience
Improved predictions of severe weather to reduce community risk	Biblio	save (5.46 MB)	communities, modelling, severe weather
A Culture of Burning: Social-Ecological Memory, Social Learning and Adaptation in Australian Volunteer Fire Brigades	Biblio		communities, prescribed burning, resilience
Climate Ready Communities: empowering communities to spread climate preparedness messaging and take local action	Biblio	save (1.18 MB)	climate change, communities, preparedness
Preparedness for natural hazards: testing an expanded education- and engagement-enhanced social cognitive model	Biblio		communities, preparedness, resilience
Social Media, Crisis Communication and Community-led Response and Recovery: An Australian Case Study Conference Paper 2014	Biblio	save (532.41 KB)	communication, communities
Bushfire survival preparations by householders in at-risk areas of south-eastern Australia	Biblio		communities, fire, planning
Acknowledging local sociality in disaster recovery: a longitudinal, qualitative study	Biblio	save (4.93 MB)	communities, emergency management, multi-hazard
A systematic literature review of effectiveness of community engagement for preparedness techniques	Biblio	save (2.69 MB)	communities, preparedness, resilience
Child Health and Survival in a Changing Climate: Vulnerability, Mitigation, and Adaptation	Biblio		child-centred, communities, risk management
Predicting delay in residents’ decisions on defending v. evacuating through antecedents of decision avoidance	Biblio		communication, communities, preparedness
Community preparedness and responses to the 2017 NSW bushfires	Biblio	save (561.7 KB)	communities, fire, fire impacts
Monitoring, evaluation and learning toolkit	Biblio	save (1.29 MB)	communities, emergency management, preparedness
Assessing the application and value of participatory mapping for community bushfire preparation	Biblio		communities, emergency management, local knowledge
Defining Sufficient Household Preparedness for Active Wildfire Defense: Toward an Australian Baseline	Biblio		communication, communities, preparedness
Reviving people’s trust in Bamboo technology: A case-study of Orlaha settlement reconstruction in Bihar, after the 2008 Kosi floods	Biblio		communities, recovery, resilience
Northern Australian bushfire and natural hazards training: annual project report 2016-17	Biblio	save (1.31 MB)	communities, education, indigenous communities
Recognising and measuring competency in natural hazard preparation: A preparedness competency index	Biblio		communities, preparedness, response
Capturing community experiences: South Australian bushfires January 2014	Biblio	save (8.35 MB)	communication, communities, decision making
A value and expectancy based approach to understanding residents' intended response to a wildfire threat	Biblio		communication, communities, preparedness
Long-term solutions to improve emergency management services in remote communities in northern Australia	Biblio		communities, emergency management, Northern Australia