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
Values and complexities in assessing strategic-level emergency management effectiveness	Biblio		capability, emergency management, response
Describing adaptation tipping points in coastal flood risk management	Biblio		emergency management, flood, forecasting
Discussion paper: Learning for emergency services, looking for a new approach	Biblio	save (2.34 MB)	decision making, emergency management, policy
Modelling the impact of lifeline infrastructure failure during natural hazard events	Biblio	save (9.64 MB)	emergency management, environments, risk management
Planning and capability requirements for catastrophic and cascading disasters	Biblio	save (1.4 MB)	capability, emergency management, multi-hazard
Real people, real stories- if it’s flooded forget it	Biblio	save (767.2 KB)	communities, emergency management, flood
Mapping Bushfire Hazard and Impacts Annual Report 2017-2018	Biblio	save (2.4 MB)	emergency management, fire, fire impacts
Volunteering into the future – disaster events, local governments & communities	Biblio	save (635.16 KB)	emergency management, multi-hazard, volunteering
The challenges of managing animals and their owners in disasters: perspectives of Australian response organisations and stakeholders	Biblio	save (411.01 KB)	animals, communication, emergency management
Older adults in disaster and emergency management: What are the priority research areas in Australia?	Biblio		diversity and inclusion, emergency management, vulnerability
Experiences of Police and Emergency Services Employees with Workers’ Compensation Claims for Mental Health Issues	Biblio		emergency management, mental health, organisational
The disaster resilience project: a school-based feasibility and acceptability study	Biblio	save (2.94 MB)	communication, emergency management, warnings
Building resilience through flood risk communication annual report 2018-2019	Biblio	save (415.97 KB)	emergency management, flood, risk management
From research outcome to agency change: mapping a learning trajectory of opportunities and challenges	Biblio	save (421.2 KB)	decision making, emergency management, policy
Model for assessing the vulnerability of Australian housing to windstorms - VAWS	Biblio	save (7.38 MB)	cyclone, emergency management, severe weather
Assessing community resilience for emergencies in local government policy - Maroondah City Council and Knox City Council	Biblio	save (1.64 MB)	communication, emergency management, resilience
Barriers and enablers in the long term recovery of communities affected by natural hazards: a review of the literature	Biblio	save (1.06 MB)	communities, emergency management, recovery
Integrated response as a process for enhancing the incident command system	Biblio	save (2.99 MB)	emergency management, response
Flood levee influences on community preparedness: a paradox?	Biblio		communities, emergency management, flood
Social media in emergencies: An examination of government accountability for risk communication and warning	Biblio	save (2.73 MB)	emergency management, policy, risk management
Nonprofit and public sector interorganizational collaboration in disaster recovery: Lessons from the field	Biblio		decision making, emergency management, organisational
Managing cognitive biases during disaster response: the development of an aide memoire	Biblio		emergency management, optimisation, organisational
Performance of fire detection algorithms using himawari-8	Biblio	save (1.27 MB)	emergency management, fire, fire weather
Supplementing emergency warning messages to encourage readiness to act: the effect of colours and icons	Biblio	save (3.07 MB)	communication, emergency management, warnings
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
Townsville 2019 flood: insights from the field	Biblio	save (1.39 MB)	emergency management, flood, warnings
Utilisation funding: South Australia stretch thinking project	Biblio	save (944.59 KB)	decision making, emergency management, scenario analysis
Identifying lessons from exercising and training for emergency management decision-making	Biblio	save (731.34 KB)	capability, decision making, emergency management
Animal Welfare and Disasters	Biblio		animals, emergency management, resilience
Flood vulnerability functions: detailed vs generalised approach	Biblio	save (1.65 MB)	emergency management, flood, modelling
Leadership in crisis: developing beyond command and control	Biblio	save (350.71 KB)	communication, decision making, emergency management
Estimating rainfall time series and model parameter distributions using model data reduction and inversion techniques	Biblio		communities, emergency management, flood
Discovering Future Disaster Management Capability Needs Using Scenario Planning Conference Paper 2014	Biblio	save (721.06 KB)	capability, emergency management, infrastructure
Evaluation of pre-intervention data: divergent thinking and brain plasticity	Biblio	save (526.36 KB)	decision making, emergency management, scenario analysis
Are fire brigades liable for poor decisions?	Biblio		emergency management, governance, response
Analysis of design standards and applied loads on road structures under extreme events	Biblio	save (3.42 MB)	emergency management, engineering
Acknowledging local sociality in disaster recovery: a longitudinal, qualitative study	Biblio	save (4.93 MB)	communities, emergency management, multi-hazard
Transformative culture of disaster risk management as an enabler to resilience	Biblio	save (741.25 KB)	emergency management, multi-hazard, risk management
Web 2.0 in disaster and emergency: a risk assessment of tortious liability	Biblio	save (143.39 KB)	communication, emergency management, resilience
Emergency Volunteering 2030: Views from Managers in Volunteerism	Biblio	save (1.89 MB)	emergency management, volunteering