Key topics

risk management

Risk management refers to the forecasting and evaluation of current and future risks together with the identification of procedures to help avoid or minimise their impact.

Item	Type		Key Topics
Knowledge for life: how local knowledge is helping communities prepare	Biblio		communities, local knowledge, risk management
Understanding the nature of abrupt decadal shifts in a changing climate	Biblio	save (16.64 MB)	climate change, risk management
Seismic assessment of reinforced concrete buildings in Australia including the response of gravity frames	Biblio	save (16.63 MB)	earthquake, risk management
Implementing research to support disaster risk reduction	Biblio	save (277.04 KB)	communities, emergency management, risk management
The uncomfortable conversation: understanding value through risk ownership	Biblio	save (770.74 KB)	economics, risk management, vulnerability
Optimising post-disaster recovery interventions in Australia: annual project report 2018-19	Biblio	save (790.52 KB)	emergency management, optimisation, risk management
Scientific diversity, scientific uncertainty and risk mitigation policy and planning: Annual project report 2014-2015	Biblio	save (404.49 KB)	planning, policy, risk management
Scenario planning for remote community risk management in northern Australia - final project report	Biblio	save (3.75 MB)	indigenous communities, planning, risk management
Reducing the risk of house loss due to wildfires	Biblio		fire, fire impacts, risk management
Fire Risk Assessment of Combustible Exterior Cladding Using a Collective Numerical Database	Biblio	save (3.03 MB)	fire, infrastructure, risk management
Risk mitigation from prescribed burning in Kangaroo Island and Mount Lofty Ranges - Black Summer final report	Biblio	save (3.36 MB)	mitigation, prescribed burning, risk management
Fuels3D: barking up the wrong tree and beyond	Biblio	save (1.08 MB)	fire impacts, multi-hazard, risk management
Building best practice in child-centred disaster risk reduction: Annual project report 2015-2016	Biblio	save (902.54 KB)	child-centred, education, risk management
Yanchep bushfire analysis – Black Summer final report	Biblio	save (1.57 MB)	fire severity, land management, risk management
Promoting Child Resilience to Disasters: Policy, Practice, Research Conference Paper 2014	Biblio	save (583.64 KB)	child-centred, communication, risk management
Evaluations of disaster education programs for children: a methodological review	Biblio		child-centred, communication, risk management
Post-tropical cyclone fuel assessment and bushfire risk	Biblio	save (1.93 MB)	cyclone, fuel reduction, risk management
Social media in emergencies: An examination of government accountability for risk communication and warning	Biblio	save (2.73 MB)	emergency management, policy, risk management
Risk perception, preparedness and response of livestock producers to bushfires: a South Australian case study	Biblio	save (109.26 KB)	animals, fire, risk management
Local Government Capacity and Land Use Planning for Natural Hazards: A Comparative Evaluation of Australian Local Government Areas	Biblio	save (858.57 KB)	planning, resilience, risk management
Valuing recovery through risk ownership	Biblio	save (893.83 KB)	fire, recovery, risk management
How Safe is Safe Enough? Melbourne Case Study	Biblio	save (715.78 KB)	earthquake, engineering, risk management
Child Health and Survival in a Changing Climate: Vulnerability, Mitigation, and Adaptation	Biblio		child-centred, communities, risk management
Understanding Wildfire Patterns in the South-Eastern Australia	Biblio	save (6 MB)	fire, modelling, risk management
Integrating bushfire risk reduction and statutory mechanisms in South Australia: assessment of the draft Planning and Design Code 2019	Biblio	save (1.65 MB)	fire impacts, infrastructure, risk management
Interactive Hazards Education Program for Youth in a Low SES Community: A Quasi-Experimental Pilot Study	Biblio		child-centred, communication, risk management
Where to prescribe burn: the costs and benefits of prescribed burning close to houses	Biblio		economics, prescribed burning, risk management
Planned and ultimate actions of horse owners facing a bushfire threat: Implications for natural disaster preparedness and survivability	Biblio		animals, resilience, risk management
Risk modelling as a tool to support natural hazard risk management in New Zealand local government	Biblio		risk analysis, risk management, tsunami
A case study of South Australia's severe thunderstorm and tornado outbreak	Biblio	save (2.86 MB)	coastal, risk management, storm surge
Consistent and conflicting information in floods and bushfires impact risk information seeking, risk perceptions, and protective action intentions	Biblio		fire, flood, risk management
Strategic adaptation pathway planning to manage sea-level rise and changing coastal flood risk	Biblio		coastal, risk analysis, risk management
Managing Animals in Disasters: Improving Preparedness, Response and Resilience Annual Report 2014	Biblio	save (1.01 MB)	animals, communication, risk management
Disaster preparedness for children and families: a critical review	Biblio		child-centred, communication, risk management
Flash flood fatalities in NSW, VIC, ACT and South East QLD from 1 January 2000 to 30 June 2017	Biblio	save (1.59 MB)	emergency management, flood, risk management
Resilience and Mitigation through Hardening the Built Environment	Biblio	save (1011.86 KB)	earthquake, engineering, risk management
Design procedure for seismic retrofit of RC beam-column joint using single diagonal haunch	Biblio		engineering, risk management, vulnerability
Are two halves better than one whole? A comparison of the amount and quality of sleep obtained by healthy adult males living on split and consolidated sleep–wake schedules	Biblio		capability, risk management, scenario analysis
Building an ARC in the mountains: a community-led initiative to build an animal-ready community (ARC) in the NSW Blue Mountains to provide a template for similar activities	Biblio	save (605.75 KB)	animals, resilience, risk management
Integrated economic assessment of fire risk management strategies: Case studies in Central Otago, New Zealand, and Mount Lofty Region, South Australia	Biblio	save (1.62 MB)	economics, fire impacts, risk management