Key topics

emergency management

Emergency management is the discipline of dealing with and avoiding both natural and manmade disasters. It involves preparedness, response and recovery in order to lessen the impact of disasters.

Item	Type		Key Topics
Addressing challenges for future strategic-level emergency management: reframing, networking and capacity building	Biblio		decision making, emergency management
Assessing community resilience for emergencies in local government policy - Maroondah City Council and Knox City Council	Biblio	save (1.64 MB)	communication, emergency management, resilience
A literature review of methods for providing enhanced operational oversight of teams in emergency management	Biblio		capability, decision making, emergency management
Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of Asymmetrical Reinforced Concrete Buildings in Australia	Biblio		earthquake, emergency management, mitigation
Barriers and enablers in the long term recovery of communities affected by natural hazards: a review of the literature	Biblio	save (1.06 MB)	communities, emergency management, recovery
Nonprofit and public sector interorganizational collaboration in disaster recovery: Lessons from the field	Biblio		decision making, emergency management, organisational
Managing cognitive biases during disaster response: the development of an aide memoire	Biblio		emergency management, optimisation, organisational
Applying unharmed for risk reduction planning – comparing strategies and long-term effectiveness	Biblio	save (1.51 MB)	emergency management, mitigation, response
Supplementing emergency warning messages to encourage readiness to act: the effect of colours and icons	Biblio	save (3.07 MB)	communication, emergency management, warnings
Planning and capability requirements for catastrophic and cascading events	Biblio	save (659.92 KB)	capability, emergency management, planning
Urban Search and Rescue Operations in Tropical Climates Conference Paper 2014	Biblio	save (579.21 KB)	emergency management, Northern Australia, response
Experiences of Police and Emergency Services Employees with Workers’ Compensation Claims for Mental Health Issues	Biblio		emergency management, mental health, organisational
Model for assessing the vulnerability of Australian housing to windstorms - VAWS	Biblio	save (7.38 MB)	cyclone, emergency management, severe weather
Statistical characterisation of wind fields over complex terrain with applications in bushfire modelling	Biblio		emergency management, fire, physics
Effective diversity in emergency management organisations: the long road	Biblio		diversity and inclusion, emergency management, mental health
Flood vulnerability functions: detailed vs generalised approach	Biblio	save (1.65 MB)	emergency management, flood, modelling
Hydrologic model calibration using remotely sensed soil moisture and discharge measurements: The impact on predictions at gauged and ungauged locations	Biblio		emergency management, flood, hydrology
Building adaptive capacities for disaster resilience: what role for government?	Biblio	save (490.2 KB)	emergency management, governance, policy
Emergency volunteering 2030: views from local government managers	Biblio	save (985.88 KB)	emergency management, governance, volunteering
Seismic assessment of reinforced concrete walls in Australia	Biblio		earthquake, emergency management, resilience
Emergency volunteering shared learning network	Biblio	save (2.1 MB)	emergency management, volunteering
Evaluation of pre-intervention data: divergent thinking and brain plasticity	Biblio	save (526.36 KB)	decision making, emergency management, scenario analysis
Expanding protection motivation theory: investigating an application to animal owners and emergency responders in bushfire emergencies	Biblio		animals, emergency management
Diversity and inclusion: Building strength and capability	Biblio	save (511.1 KB)	capability, diversity and inclusion, emergency management
Building best practice in child-centred disaster risk reduction: project report 2014-2016	Biblio	save (1 MB)	child-centred, climate change, emergency management
The sensitivity of the empirical mode decomposition and its application on environmental data	Biblio	save (13.9 MB)	decision making, emergency management
A Review of Volunteered Geographic Information for Disaster Management	Biblio		communication, emergency management, volunteering
A fuel moisture content and flammability monitoring methodology for continental Australia based on optical remote sensing	Biblio		emergency management, fire, savanna grasslands
Research proceedings from the 2016 Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC and AFAC conference	Biblio	save (3.51 MB)	emergency management, land management, multi-hazard
Rhetoric or reality: Coordination in a time of crisis	Biblio	save (307.35 KB)	decision making, emergency management, governance
Utilisation funding: South Australia stretch thinking project	Biblio	save (944.59 KB)	decision making, emergency management, scenario analysis
Disaster management: building resilient systems to aid recovery - non peer reviewed extended abstract	Biblio	save (526.07 KB)	emergency management, resilience
Animal Welfare and Disasters	Biblio		animals, emergency management, resilience
How risk informs natural hazard management: a study of the interface between risk modelling and local government policies and procedures	Biblio	save (343.48 KB)	emergency management, modelling, policy
Bushfire and natural hazard training for Northern Australia: Annual project report 2014-2015	Biblio	save (742.18 KB)	emergency management, multi-hazard, response
Preparing emergency services for operations in a climate-challenged world - summary report	Biblio	save (2.15 MB)	climate change, emergency management, governance
Increasing residents’ preparedness and planning for natural hazards : annual project report 2017-18	Biblio	save (674.96 KB)	communication, emergency management, planning
Vehicle‐related flood fatalities in Australia, 2001–2017	Biblio	save (2.97 MB)	emergency management, flood, warnings
Development of Capability Targets for the NSW Emergency Management Sector	Biblio	save (973.32 KB)	capability, emergency management
Community engagement techniques toolkit	Biblio	save (1.66 MB)	communities, emergency management, preparedness