Key topics

communities

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

Item	Type		Key Topics
Harnessing the capacities of spontaneous volunteers: application and adaptation of the Queensland model	Biblio	save (177.09 KB)	communities, non-traditional recruitment, volunteering
Business involvement in natural disasters in Australia and New Zealand	Biblio	save (1.87 MB)	capability, communities, recovery
Assessing the application and value of participatory mapping for community bushfire preparation	Biblio		communities, emergency management, local knowledge
Developing guidelines for increasing the resilience of informal settlements exposed to wildfire risk using a risk-based planning approach	Biblio		communities, fire, resilience
Enabling sustainable emergency volunteering: annual project report 2017-18	Biblio	save (1.31 MB)	communities, volunteering
Northern Australian bushfire and natural hazards training: annual project report 2016-17	Biblio	save (1.31 MB)	communities, education, indigenous communities
Mind the gap: Contrasting operational and behavior-oriented flood warnings	Biblio		communication, communities, flood
Navigating Uncertainty: community experiences of bushfire	Biblio	save (556.32 KB)	communities, decision making, recovery
The effect of firefighter-delivered fire safety education on young people who misuse fire	Biblio		communities, education, fire
Valuing volunteers: better understanding the primary motives for volunteering in Australian emergency services	Biblio	save (1.86 MB)	communities, emergency management, volunteering
Australia's future national heatwave forecast and warning service: operational considerations.	Biblio	save (1.17 MB)	communities, fire, heat transfer
Briefing paper: A proposed framework to assess strategies for engaging non-traditional emergency volunteers	Biblio	save (1.29 MB)	communities, non-traditional recruitment, volunteering
Standardised search markings to include animals	Biblio	save (425.36 KB)	animals, communities, resilience
Resilience to clustered disaster events on the coast: Storm surge	Biblio	save (1.76 MB)	coastal, communities, storm surge
Building Resilient Communities: Effective Multi-Channel Communication in Disasters Annual Report 2014	Biblio	save (597.77 KB)	communication, communities, resilience
Rural housing resilience in India: Is it reliant on appropriate technology or labour skills?	Biblio		communities, recovery, resilience
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
Improved predictions of severe weather to reduce community impact – final project report	Biblio	save (15.84 MB)	communities, fire weather, severe weather
An analysis of human fatalities from floods in Australia 1900-2015	Biblio	save (2.56 MB)	communities, flood, vulnerability
Disasters and economic resilience: the income effects of the Cyclone Oswald 2013 on small business owners	Biblio	save (2.55 MB)	communities, cyclone, economics
Black Summer - how the NSW community responded to the 2019-20 bushfire season	Biblio	save (2.89 MB)	communication, communities, fire
Recovery Capitals (ReCap): applying a community capitals framework to disaster recovery - annual report 2019/20	Biblio	save (1.13 MB)	communities, recovery, resilience
Using participatory mapping to harness local knowledge and increase community connectedness in bushfire preparation	Biblio	save (220.02 KB)	communication, communities, risk management
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
Building capability in emergency services: diversity and inclusion in communities	Biblio	save (1.01 MB)	communities, diversity and inclusion
Increasing residents' preparedness and planning for natural hazards: annual project report 2016-17	Biblio	save (894.56 KB)	communication, communities, preparedness
Nandong smong and tsunami lullabies: Song and music as an effective communication tool in disaster risk reduction	Biblio		communities, local knowledge, resilience
Sheltering practices during bushfire	Biblio	save (1.66 MB)	communities, fire, policy
Acknowledging local sociality in disaster recovery: a longitudinal, qualitative study	Biblio	save (4.93 MB)	communities, emergency management, multi-hazard
Did Harvey learn from Katrina? Initial observations of the response to companion animals during Hurricane Harvey	Biblio		animals, communities, cyclone
A systematic literature review of effectiveness of community engagement for preparedness techniques	Biblio	save (2.69 MB)	communities, preparedness, resilience
Knowledge for life: how local knowledge is helping communities prepare	Biblio		communities, local knowledge, risk management
Monitoring, evaluation and learning toolkit	Biblio	save (1.29 MB)	communities, emergency management, preparedness
Participation for Disaster Resilience	Biblio		communities, recovery, resilience
Gendered responses to the 2009 Black Saturday Bushfires in Victoria, Australia	Biblio		communities, fire, response
Climate Ready Communities: empowering communities to spread climate preparedness messaging and take local action	Biblio	save (1.18 MB)	climate change, communities, preparedness
Improving the Role of Hazard Communications in Increasing Residents' Preparedness and Response Planning Annual Report 2014	Biblio	save (537.23 KB)	communication, communities, preparedness
A new model for effective post-disaster housing reconstruction: Lessons from Gujarat and Bihar in India	Biblio		communities, recovery, resilience
Extending into community-led preparedness and planning just enough (but not too much?)	Biblio		communities, non-traditional recruitment, volunteering