Miles Crawford

PhD student
About
Miles Crawford

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.

Student project

This project is researching the interface between risk and emergency management to understand how risk informs government, emergency management, policies and procedures. It is using 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 what existing factors limit tsunami risk awareness and understanding.
Supervisory panel:
Unravelling the Natural Hazard Risk-based Policy Development Knot
18 Sep 2018
Challenges and solutions for natural hazard risk-based policy development in New Zealand...
Miles Crawford Conference Poster 2016
12 Aug 2016
This project aims to research the interface between risk and emergency management to understand how...

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