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
Wellington’s Earthquake Resilience: Lessons from the 2016 Kaikōura Earthquake	Biblio		earthquake, emergency management, resilience
Duty or safety? Exploring emergency service personnel's perceptions of risk and decision-making when driving through floodwater	Biblio	save (833.5 KB)	emergency management, flood, organisational
Transformative culture of disaster risk management as an enabler to resilience	Biblio	save (741.25 KB)	emergency management, multi-hazard, risk management
A review of emergency and fire management training available for remote communities in northern Australia based on the views of local inhabitants	Biblio	save (1.47 MB)	emergency management, indigenous communities, Northern Australia
Characterisation of synoptic weather features often associated with extreme events in south east Australia and Tasmania	Project		emergency management, severe weather
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
Managing problematic visual media in natural hazard emergencies	Biblio		communication, emergency management, warnings
Identifying lessons from exercising and training for emergency management decision-making	Biblio	save (731.34 KB)	capability, decision making, emergency management
Assessing community resilience for emergencies in local government policy - Maroondah City Council and Knox City Council case studies	Project		communities, emergency management, resilience
Decision making, team monitoring and organisational performance: Part three team performance monitoring research stream	Biblio	save (990.42 KB)	decision making, emergency management, scenario analysis
Leadership in crisis: developing beyond command and control	Biblio	save (350.71 KB)	communication, decision making, emergency management
Influence of road characteristics on flood fatalities in Australia	Biblio	save (1.22 MB)	emergency management, flood, preparedness
Optimisation of fuel reduction burning regimes for fuel reduction, carbon, water and vegetation outcomes	Biblio	save (791.2 KB)	emergency management, fuel reduction, land management
Capability Maturity Assessment facilitators guide	Biblio	save (753.18 KB)	capability, emergency management, policy
Estimating rainfall time series and model parameter distributions using model data reduction and inversion techniques	Biblio		communities, emergency management, flood
Long-term solutions to improve emergency management services in remote communities in northern Australia	Biblio		communities, emergency management, Northern Australia
Earthquake Management Logistics for York, WA, Pre and Post Mitigation	Biblio	save (726.82 KB)	earthquake, emergency management, engineering
Analytical Simulation of Limited Ductile RC Beam-Columns	Biblio		earthquake, emergency management, mitigation
We have not lived long enough: sensemaking and learning from bushfire in Australia	Project		emergency management, governance
Accredited qualifications for capacity development in disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation	Biblio		emergency management, environments, risk management
Emergency powers: Civil liberties in the face of disaster	Biblio		emergency management, governance, policy
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
Investigating the effects of soil moisture, temperature and preciptiation extremes on fire risk and intensity in Australia	Biblio	save (43.2 MB)	emergency management, fire severity, soil moisture
Struggling to make sense of it all: the emotional process of sensemaking following an extreme incident	Biblio		emergency management, fire, organisational
A lidar-derived fuel map for the ACT	Biblio	save (2.82 MB)	emergency management, fire weather, fuel reduction
Community engagement for disaster risk reduction through embedding DRR values	Project		emergency management, multi-hazard
Overcoming Ambiguity: Conflict Between Emergency Warning Messages and Socio-Environmental Cues	Biblio		communication, emergency management, warnings
How can business share responsibility for disaster resilience?	Biblio	save (649.4 KB)	emergency management, resilience
You own the fuel, but who owns the fire?	Biblio		emergency management, policy, risk analysis
Cost-Effective Mitigation Strategy Development for Building Related Earthquake Risk Annual Report 2017-2018	Biblio	save (3.04 MB)	earthquake, emergency management, mitigation
Collapse behaviour of limited ductile high-strength reinforced concrete columns under simulated earthquake loading.	Project		emergency management, engineering
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
Emergency volunteering 2030: Views from the community sector	Biblio	save (1.05 MB)	emergency management, volunteering
Natural Hazards and Disaster Justice: Challenges for Australia and Its Neighbours	Biblio		emergency management, framework, policy
Final report on vulnerability of as-built and retrofitted URM buildings	Biblio	save (1.13 MB)	earthquake, emergency management
Disaggregation of JASMIN soil moisture product to 1KM resolution	Biblio	save (1.52 MB)	emergency management, land management, soil moisture
The recalibration of our relationships with science (and nature) by natural hazard risk mitigation practitioners	Biblio		emergency management, risk management
Organisational socialisation of volunteers in an emergency services agency	Biblio	save (564.04 KB)	emergency management, recruitment, volunteering
Diversity and inclusion framework for emergency management policy and practice	Biblio	save (1.69 MB)	diversity and inclusion, emergency management, policy
Decision making, team monitoring and organisational learning in emergency management: annual project report 2017-18	Biblio	save (863.67 KB)	decision making, emergency management