Key topics

local knowledge

Local knowledge generally refers to knowledge systems embedded in the cultural traditions of regional, indigenous, or local communities.

Date	Item	Type		Key Topics
	North Australian bushfire and natural hazard training - final project report	Biblio	save (3.88 MB)	communities, indigenous communities, local knowledge
	Long-term impact of disasters on school children	Project		child-centred, fire impacts, local knowledge
	Indigenous-informed disaster recovery: Addressing collective trauma using a healing framework	Biblio		indigenous communities, local knowledge, resilience
	Emergency management perspectives on volunteered geographic information: Opportunities, challenges and change	Biblio		communication, local knowledge, volunteering
	Building Resilient Remote Communities in Northern Australia Annual Report 2014	Biblio	save (732.25 KB)	communities, indigenous communities, local knowledge
	Implications of Volunteered Geographic Information for Disaster Management and GIScience: A More Complex World of Volunteered Geography	Biblio		communication, local knowledge, volunteering
	Investigating the activation of community fire units in the Blue Mountains during the October 2013 bushfires	Biblio	save (5.29 MB)	fire, local knowledge, volunteering
	Knowledge for life: how local knowledge is helping communities prepare	Biblio		communities, local knowledge, risk management
	Northern Australian bushfire and natural hazard training	Project	save (0 bytes)	communities, indigenous communities, local knowledge
	Emerging technologies for risk reduction: assessing the potential use of social media and VGI for increasing community engagement	Biblio	save (570.72 KB)	communication, local knowledge, volunteering
	Assessing the application and value of participatory mapping for community bushfire preparation	Biblio		communities, emergency management, local knowledge
	How do island communities balance disaster resilience and what can mainlanders learn from that?	Biblio	save (220.15 KB)	communities, local knowledge, resilience
	Climate change as an emerging disaster risk in Australia and Oceania	Biblio	save (1.06 MB)	climate change, decision making, local knowledge
	Nandong smong and tsunami lullabies: Song and music as an effective communication tool in disaster risk reduction	Biblio		communities, local knowledge, resilience
	Assessing the potential, application, and implications of volunteered geographic information in disaster risk reduction	Biblio	save (7.27 MB)	communities, local knowledge, volunteering
	Volunteered geographic information, community engagement and bushfire preparation	Project		communities, local knowledge, volunteering
	Notes from the Field: Managed by us mob: helping remote northern communities face natural hazards	Biblio		indigenous communities, local knowledge, resilience
09 Dec 2014	Research leads to funding in NSW	News		fire, local knowledge, volunteering
24 Jun 2015	Student recognised with international scholarship	News		communication, local knowledge, volunteering
18 Aug 2015	Learning Together: Cross Cultural Emergency Management Training for Northern Australia	Resource	save (136.63 KB)	indigenous communities, local knowledge, Northern Australia
07 Oct 2015	House, home and place - a visual mapping tool	News		communities, decision making, local knowledge
07 Dec 2015	Managed by us mob	News		indigenous communities, local knowledge, Northern Australia
29 Feb 2016	Magazine explores CRC research, case studies and technology	News		communities, local knowledge, scenario analysis
04 Mar 2016	Knowledge for life	News		indigenous communities, local knowledge, risk management
07 Mar 2016	Perceptions of risk and connection to landscape	News		communities, land management, local knowledge
23 Mar 2016	How are mapping technologies impacting emergency management?	Blog		communities, emergency management, local knowledge
04 Apr 2016	Kate van Wezel - towards culturally appropriate fire management	Resource	save (0 bytes)	fire, indigenous communities, local knowledge
17 May 2016	North Australian bushfire and natural hazard training	Resource	save (2.01 MB)	fire, local knowledge, Northern Australia
14 Jul 2016	Migrants’ experience of natural disasters: participants needed for study	News		communities, fire, local knowledge
09 Aug 2016	Enriching learning experiences	News		communication, local knowledge, volunteering
31 Oct 2016	Making disaster preparation normal - what can we learn from Indonesia?	Blog		local knowledge, resilience, tsunami
18 Apr 2017	North Australian Bushfire and Natural Hazard Training	Resource	save (2.18 MB)	communities, indigenous communities, local knowledge
11 May 2017	Digital volunteering in disaster risk reduction: an opportunity or a challenge?	Resource	save (151.32 KB)	communication, local knowledge, volunteering
30 Jun 2017	Contributions of digital volunteering to community resilience	Resource	save (7.02 MB)	communication, local knowledge, volunteering
31 Oct 2017	Sharing PhD findings on community decision making	Blog		communities, local knowledge, volunteering
02 Feb 2018	Funding still available for research	News		communication, emergency management, local knowledge
19 Apr 2018	Three Minute Thesis: Precarious places, precarious knowledges	Resource	save (499.41 KB)	emergency management, local knowledge, risk analysis
19 Sep 2018	Training as Research and Research as Training in remote north Australia	Resource	save (4.8 MB)	indigenous communities, local knowledge
19 Sep 2018	Collaboration with women caring for country on Australia’s frontier	Resource	save (6.16 MB)	fire, indigenous communities, local knowledge
25 Jan 2019	PhD science for New Zealand priorities	News		fire impacts, local knowledge, policy