Key topics

communities

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

Item	Type		Key Topics
Volunteered geographic information, community engagement and bushfire preparation	Project		communities, local knowledge, volunteering
Improved predictions of severe weather to reduce community impact: Annual project report 2014-2015	Biblio	save (816.16 KB)	communities, forecasting, severe weather
Growing the seeds: recovery, strength and capability in Gippsland communities	Biblio	save (10.46 MB)	capability, communities, recovery
Too good to be true? How a remote island community developed a 100% effective risk communication strategy and what Australia can learn from it	Biblio	save (424.75 KB)	communication, communities, resilience
Capturing community members' bushfire experiences following the 12 January 2014 Parkerville (WA) fire: supplementary online survey	Biblio	save (6.33 MB)	communication, communities, decision making
Reliability of Build Back Better at enhancing resilience of communities	Biblio		communities, engineering, resilience
The human dimensions of environmental crime	Project		communities, environments, land management
Domestic architecture and the perception of risk in bushfire-prone areas	Project		communities, fire, risk analysis
Development and preliminary validation of the Constructive and Unconstructive Worry Questionnaire: A measure of individual differences in constructive versus unconstructive worry	Biblio		communities, decision making, mental health
How do residents in bushfire prone areas view the risk of their local area and homes?	Biblio	save (676.88 KB)	communities, fire, risk analysis
Into the firing line: civilian ingress during the 2013 “Red October” bushfires, Australia	Biblio		communication, communities, warnings
Community understanding of the tsunami risk and warnings systems in Australian communities	Project		communication, communities, tsunami
The effect of firefighter-delivered fire safety education on young people who misuse fire	Biblio		communities, education, fire
Developing a targeted resilience intervention for the primary prevention of PTSD - non peer reviewed extended abstract	Biblio	save (186.16 KB)	communities, response
North Australian bushfire and natural hazard training - final project report	Biblio	save (3.88 MB)	communities, indigenous communities, local knowledge
Valuing volunteers: better understanding the primary motives for volunteering in Australian emergency services	Biblio	save (1.86 MB)	communities, emergency management, volunteering
Young people and the emergency services: working towards inclusive partnerships	Biblio	save (461.21 KB)	communities, diversity and inclusion, resilience
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
Recovery Capitals (ReCap): applying a community capitals framework to disaster recovery - annual report 2019/20	Biblio	save (1.13 MB)	communities, recovery, resilience
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
Real people, real stories- if it’s flooded forget it	Biblio	save (767.2 KB)	communities, emergency management, flood
Working outside ‘the rules’: Opportunities and challenges of community participation in risk reduction	Biblio		communities, fire, resilience
NSW RFS Bush Fire Household Assessment Tool Conference Paper 2014	Biblio	save (482.03 KB)	communities, decision making, risk management
A Culture of Burning: Social-Ecological Memory, Social Learning and Adaptation in Australian Volunteer Fire Brigades	Biblio		communities, prescribed burning, resilience
Building capability in emergency services: diversity and inclusion in communities	Biblio	save (1.01 MB)	communities, diversity and inclusion
Enhancing public information practice in Tasmania’s emergency services (TFS and SES)	Project		communities, emergency management
January 2020 NSW bushfires study	Project		communities, fire impacts, vulnerability
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
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
Community understanding of the tsunami risk and warnings systems in Australia: Annual project report 2014-2015	Biblio	save (735.46 KB)	communication, communities, tsunami
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
Understanding experiences and recovery capabilities of diverse communities in Gippsland post 2019/20 bushfires	Project		capability, communities, recovery
Evidence-based risk communication: an industry-academic research collaboration that enhanced dam release message effectiveness	Biblio	save (365.96 KB)	communication, communities, warnings
Monitoring, evaluation and learning toolkit	Biblio	save (1.29 MB)	communities, emergency management, preparedness
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