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
A guide to non-technical skills in emergency management	Biblio	save (7.57 MB)	decision making, emergency management, scenario analysis
Enhancing resilience of critical road infrastructure annual report 2018-2019	Biblio	save (697.05 KB)	emergency management, engineering, risk analysis
Improved predictions of extreme sea levels around Australia	Biblio	save (3.75 MB)	emergency management, risk management, storm surge
What are the safety implications of dynamic fire behaviours?	Biblio		emergency management, fire, fire impacts
How emergency services organisations can – and do – utilise research	Biblio		communication, decision making, emergency management
Demographic profiling: Western Australia Toodyay bushfires 2009 case study	Biblio	save (1.7 MB)	emergency management, preparedness, risk analysis
Earthquake Scenario, Melbourne	Biblio	save (3.44 MB)	earthquake, emergency management, scenario analysis
Emergency management and policy: research impact and utilisation	Biblio	save (397.64 KB)	emergency management, governance, policy
Recovery capitals: applying a community capitals framework to disaster recovery annual report 2018-2019	Biblio	save (507.63 KB)	communities, emergency management, recovery
Decision making, team monitoring & organisational learning in emergency management annual report 2018-2019	Biblio	save (1.15 MB)	communities, decision making, emergency management
A literature review of methods for providing enhanced operational oversight of teams in emergency management	Biblio		capability, decision making, emergency management
A comparison of the discrete cosine and wavelet transforms for hydrologic model input data reduction	Biblio		emergency management, flood
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
Wellington’s Earthquake Resilience: Lessons from the 2016 Kaikōura Earthquake	Biblio		earthquake, emergency management, resilience
Building best practice in child-centred disaster risk reduction: project report 2014-2016	Biblio	save (1 MB)	child-centred, climate change, emergency management
Models and frameworks for assessing the value of disaster research	Biblio	save (1.05 MB)	economics, emergency management, resilience
Capability Needs for Emergency and Disaster Management Organisations Annual Report 2014	Biblio	save (397.34 KB)	capability, 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
The sensitivity of the empirical mode decomposition and its application on environmental data	Biblio	save (13.9 MB)	decision making, emergency management
Simulation and analysis of surface wind fields during landfalling tropical cyclones	Biblio	save (34.51 MB)	cyclone, emergency management, engineering
Managing problematic visual media in natural hazard emergencies	Biblio		communication, emergency management, warnings
The potential role of the commonwealth in responding to catastrophic disasters	Biblio	save (6.84 MB)	emergency management, risk analysis
Incident Management Approaches above the Incident Management Team Level in Australia	Biblio		decision making, emergency management
Effective diversity in emergency management organisations: the long road	Biblio		diversity and inclusion, emergency management, mental health
Capability Maturity Assessment facilitators guide	Biblio	save (753.18 KB)	capability, emergency management, policy
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
Research proceedings from the 2017 Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC and AFAC Conference	Biblio	save (18.1 MB)	emergency management, land management, multi-hazard
Spanning boundaries to support effective multi-agency coordination in emergency management	Biblio	save (2.38 MB)	capability, emergency management, framework
Emergency volunteering 2030: views from local government managers	Biblio	save (985.88 KB)	emergency management, governance, volunteering
Emergency volunteering shared learning network	Biblio	save (2.1 MB)	emergency management, volunteering
Implications of climate change for emergency services operations - insights from the literature	Biblio	save (10.6 MB)	climate change, emergency management, governance
Emergency powers: Civil liberties in the face of disaster	Biblio		emergency management, governance, policy
Identifying and resolving coordinated decision making breakdowns in emergency management	Biblio		decision making, emergency management
Struggling to make sense of it all: the emotional process of sensemaking following an extreme incident	Biblio		emergency management, fire, organisational
Sprinkler systems for the protection of buildings from wildfire	Biblio	save (19.97 MB)	emergency management, engineering, 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
Learning for emergency services: looking for a new approach	Biblio	save (1.91 MB)	emergency management, governance, policy
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
Improving the resilience of existing housing to severe wind events - annual report 2018-19	Biblio	save (1.85 MB)	cyclone, emergency management, engineering
The recalibration of our relationships with science (and nature) by natural hazard risk mitigation practitioners	Biblio		emergency management, risk management