Key topics

communities

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

Item	Type		Key Topics
Why do people decide to drive through floodwater? Utilising virtual reality to assess motivations and behaviour associated with driving through floodwater	Project		communities, decision making, flood
Young people and the emergency services: working towards inclusive partnerships	Biblio	save (461.21 KB)	communities, diversity and inclusion, 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
At-risk householders' responses to potential and actual bushfire threat: An analysis of findings from seven Australian post-bushfire interview studies 2009–2014	Biblio		communication, communities, warnings
Working outside ‘the rules’: Opportunities and challenges of community participation in risk reduction	Biblio		communities, fire, resilience
Enhancing public information practice in Tasmania’s emergency services (TFS and SES)	Project		communities, emergency management
Building capability in emergency services: diversity and inclusion in communities	Biblio	save (1.01 MB)	communities, diversity and inclusion
A Culture of Burning: Social-Ecological Memory, Social Learning and Adaptation in Australian Volunteer Fire Brigades	Biblio		communities, prescribed burning, resilience
January 2020 NSW bushfires study	Project		communities, fire impacts, vulnerability
Community understanding of the tsunami risk and warnings systems in Australia: Annual project report 2014-2015	Biblio	save (735.46 KB)	communication, communities, tsunami
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
Animal emergency management in South Australia: a case study of the Sampson Flat bushfire	Biblio		animals, communities, emergency management
Disasters and economic resilience: the income effects of the Cyclone Oswald 2013 on small business owners	Biblio	save (2.55 MB)	communities, cyclone, economics
NSW RFS Bush Fire Household Assessment Tool Conference Paper 2014	Biblio	save (482.03 KB)	communities, decision making, risk management
Reducing bushfire risk to vulnerable community members through health and community services agencies – business continuity approach	Biblio	save (687.64 KB)	communities, emergency management, fire
Monitoring, evaluation and learning toolkit	Biblio	save (1.29 MB)	communities, emergency management, preparedness
Understanding experiences and recovery capabilities of diverse communities in Gippsland post 2019/20 bushfires	Project		capability, communities, recovery
Climate Ready Communities: empowering communities to spread climate preparedness messaging and take local action	Biblio	save (1.18 MB)	climate change, communities, preparedness
Contacts versus connectors: The role of Community Fire Safe Group coordinators in achieving positive bushfire safety outcomes	Biblio		communication, communities, warnings
Preparedness for natural hazards: testing an expanded education- and engagement-enhanced social cognitive model	Biblio		communities, preparedness, resilience
Shared responsibility - shades of grey - peer viewed	Biblio	save (322.15 KB)	communities, planning
Predicting risk-mitigating behaviors from indecisiveness and trait-anxiety: two cognitive pathways to task avoidance	Biblio		communication, communities, preparedness
Community adaptation to cope with disaster related road structure failure	Biblio	save (399.28 KB)	communities, multi-hazard, resilience
Acknowledging local sociality in disaster recovery: a longitudinal, qualitative study	Biblio	save (4.93 MB)	communities, emergency management, multi-hazard
Improving the retention and engagement of volunteers in emergency service agencies: Annual project report 2014-2015	Biblio	save (854.2 KB)	communities, non-traditional recruitment, volunteering
A systematic literature review of effectiveness of community engagement for preparedness techniques	Biblio	save (2.69 MB)	communities, preparedness, resilience
Evidence-based risk communication: an industry-academic research collaboration that enhanced dam release message effectiveness	Biblio	save (365.96 KB)	communication, communities, warnings
Homelessness and severe storms: a case study of the June 2016 East Coast Low	Project		communities, flood, severe weather
Community Understanding and Awareness of Bushfire Safety: October 2013 Bushfires - Part 1	Biblio	save (689.25 KB)	communication, communities, warnings
Beyond Binary: (Re)Defining “Gender” for 21st Century Disaster Risk Reduction Research, Policy, and Practice	Biblio	save (766.4 KB)	communities, diversity and inclusion, emergency management
Literature review on community resilience in remote north Australia	Biblio	save (1.41 MB)	communities, Northern Australia, resilience
Community organisation involvement in disaster management	Biblio	save (1.76 MB)	communities, emergency management, multi-hazard
Northern Australian bushfire and natural hazard training	Project	save (0 bytes)	communities, indigenous communities, local knowledge
Surviving bushfire: the role of shelters and sheltering practices during the Black Saturday bushfires	Biblio		communities, decision making, fire
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
Assessing the potential, application, and implications of volunteered geographic information in disaster risk reduction	Biblio	save (7.27 MB)	communities, local knowledge, volunteering
Recognising and measuring competency in natural hazard preparation: A preparedness competency index	Biblio		communities, preparedness, response
Long-term solutions to improve emergency management services in remote communities in northern Australia	Biblio		communities, emergency management, Northern Australia