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
Transformative scenarios in a climate challenged world - a guide for using scenarios in the emergency management sector	Biblio	save (2.92 MB)	climate change, emergency management, governance
An assessment of the opportunities to improve strategic decision-making in emergency and disaster management	Biblio	save (259.81 KB)	decision making, emergency management, response
Spanning boundaries to support effective multi-agency coordination in emergency management	Biblio	save (2.38 MB)	capability, emergency management, framework
Capability Needs for Emergency and Disaster Management Organisations Annual Report 2014	Biblio	save (397.34 KB)	capability, emergency management, scenario analysis
Public health and natural hazards: new policies and preparedness initiatives developed from an Australian bushfire case study	Biblio	save (84.72 KB)	emergency management, mental health, resilience
Planning and capability requirements for catastrophic and cascading disasters - final project report	Biblio	save (2.01 MB)	capability, emergency management, multi-hazard
Models and frameworks for assessing the value of disaster research	Biblio	save (1.05 MB)	economics, emergency management, resilience
Using natural disaster scenarios to better understand emergency management requirements: Annual project report 2014-2015	Biblio	save (326.61 KB)	economics, emergency management, scenario analysis
Working from the inside out to improve utilisation of research in decision making	Biblio	save (701.09 KB)	diversity and inclusion, emergency management
Preparing emergency services for operations in a climate-challenged world	Project		climate change, emergency management, governance
Emergency volunteering 2030: Views from the community sector	Biblio	save (1.05 MB)	emergency management, volunteering
Improving the resilience of existing housing to severe wind events - annual report 2018-19	Biblio	save (1.85 MB)	cyclone, emergency management, engineering
Final report on vulnerability of as-built and retrofitted URM buildings	Biblio	save (1.13 MB)	earthquake, emergency management
When policy, politics and emergency management collide: managing coordination in crises	Biblio	save (307.28 KB)	emergency management, governance, policy
Established and emerging uses of predictive services	Project		emergency management, fire, firefighter
Analysis of the physical processes associated with junction fires at laboratory and field scales	Biblio		emergency management, fire, planning
Intelligent warnings: a twenty-first century approach to encouraging protective action in emergencies	Biblio	save (993.19 KB)	communities, emergency management, warnings
We have not lived long enough: sensemaking and learning from bushfire in Australia	Project		emergency management, governance
Long-term solutions to improve emergency management services in remote communities in northern Australia	Biblio		communities, emergency management, Northern Australia
A study on the key design factors that improve the experience of the elderly in temporary emergency shelter and village facilities	Project		emergency management, vulnerability
Globe-LFMC, a global plant water status database for vegetation ecophysiology and wildfire applications	Biblio		emergency management, fire, fire impacts
Sleep in wildland firefighters: what do we know and why does it matter?	Biblio		emergency management, fire impacts, fire severity
Accredited qualifications for capacity development in disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation	Biblio		emergency management, environments, risk management
Identifying and resolving coordinated decision making breakdowns in emergency management	Biblio		decision making, emergency management
Professionalism: certification for emergency management leaders	Biblio	save (251.72 KB)	capability, emergency management, organisational
Sprinkler systems for the protection of buildings from wildfire	Biblio	save (19.97 MB)	emergency management, engineering, vulnerability
The lived experience of disadvantaged communities affected by the 2015 South Indian Floods: Implications for disaster risk reduction dialogue	Biblio		communities, emergency management, vulnerability
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
Overcoming Ambiguity: Conflict Between Emergency Warning Messages and Socio-Environmental Cues	Biblio		communication, emergency management, warnings
Learning for emergency services: looking for a new approach	Biblio	save (1.91 MB)	emergency management, governance, policy
Decision making, team monitoring and organisational learning in emergency management: Annual project report 2015-2016	Biblio	save (828.74 KB)	decision making, emergency management, governance
Cost-Effective Mitigation Strategy Development for Building Related Earthquake Risk Annual Report 2017-2018	Biblio	save (3.04 MB)	earthquake, emergency management, mitigation
A modified Severe Tropical Cyclone Marcia (2015) scenario: wind and storm tide hazards and impacts	Biblio	save (1.64 MB)	emergency management, modelling, scenario analysis
Sleep and stress in on-call fire and emergency service workers	Biblio		emergency management, mental health
Prevalence and predictors of suicidal thoughts and behaviours among Australian police and emergency services employees	Biblio		emergency management, mental health, organisational
Decision making, team monitoring and organisational performance: Part One Executive Summary	Biblio	save (938.06 KB)	decision making, emergency management, scenario analysis
Community organisation involvement in disaster management	Biblio	save (1.76 MB)	communities, emergency management, multi-hazard
Vulnerability of buildings and civil infrastructure to tropical cyclones: A preliminary review of modelling approaches and literature	Biblio	save (1.74 MB)	emergency management, modelling, scenario analysis
Increasing emergency management capacity through business sector involvement	Biblio	save (503.1 KB)	emergency management, land management, risk management
Conditions for effective coproduction in community-led disaster risk management	Biblio		emergency management, multi-hazard, risk management