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.

Date	Item	Type		Key Topics
	Effective Representation of River Geometry in Hydraulic Flood Forecast Models	Biblio	save (1.75 MB)	emergency management, flood, risk management
	Stretch‐Thinking Loops: A New Technique for Scenario Planning	Biblio		emergency management, organisational, scenario analysis
	A formative evaluation of the Triple Zero Kids’ Challenge Teacher’s Guide	Biblio		child-centred, communication, emergency management
	Community engagement techniques toolkit	Biblio	save (1.66 MB)	communities, emergency management, preparedness
	Decision making, team monitoring and organisational performance: Part two decision making research stream	Biblio	save (1.45 MB)	decision making, emergency management, scenario analysis
	When policy, politics and emergency management collide: managing coordination in crises	Biblio	save (307.28 KB)	emergency management, governance, policy
	Non‐technical skills for emergency incident management teams: A literature review	Biblio		decision making, emergency management, organisational
	Get ready NSW- fostering all hazards resilience in local communities	Biblio	save (667.19 KB)	communities, emergency management, resilience
	Beyond Binary: (Re)Defining “Gender” for 21st Century Disaster Risk Reduction Research, Policy, and Practice	Biblio	save (766.4 KB)	communities, diversity and inclusion, emergency management
	The effect of working on-call from home on salivary cortisol in fire and emergency service personnel	Biblio		capability, emergency management, optimisation
	Can major post-event inquiries and reviews contribute to lessons management?	Biblio		communication, emergency management
	Risky business: Why diversity and inclusion matter	Biblio	save (2.31 MB)	diversity and inclusion, emergency management
	Challenges of Measuring Emergency Management Performance Under Adversity: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly Conference Paper 2014	Biblio	save (594.66 KB)	decision making, emergency management, scenario analysis
	Advances in the remote sensing of active fires: a review	Biblio	save (1.79 MB)	emergency management, fire, remote sensing
	Cost-effective mitigation strategy development for building related earthquake risk: progress report on economic loss modelling	Biblio	save (1.16 MB)	decision making, earthquake, emergency management
	Diversity and inclusion: towards a better understanding of management and measurement - policy paper	Biblio	save (1.14 MB)	capability, diversity and inclusion, emergency management
	Disaster Resilient Communities: Engagement with Spontaneous Volunteer Groups	Biblio	save (1.05 MB)	communities, emergency management, volunteering
	Discussion paper: Learning for emergency services, looking for a new approach	Biblio	save (2.34 MB)	decision making, emergency management, policy
	Retrofitting of a high-set Queensland house for wind loading	Biblio	save (1.69 MB)	cyclone, emergency management, vulnerability
	Assessing the application and value of participatory mapping for community bushfire preparation	Biblio		communities, emergency management, local knowledge
	Vulnerability of buildings and civil infrastructure to tropical cyclones: A preliminary review of modelling approaches and literature	Biblio	save (1.74 MB)	emergency management, modelling, scenario analysis
	Research proceedings from the 2018 Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC and AFAC Conference	Biblio	save (15.24 MB)	emergency management, land management, multi-hazard
	Improving decision making, teamwork and organisational learning in emergency management – final project report	Biblio	save (2.96 MB)	decision making, emergency management, scenario analysis
	Human Factors Challenges in Emergency Management	Biblio		decision making, emergency management, multi-hazard
	Real people, real stories- if it’s flooded forget it	Biblio	save (767.2 KB)	communities, emergency management, flood
21 Oct 2016	Learning lessons from, and about, post disaster inquiries	Blog		decision making, emergency management, policy
14 Dec 2016	Resources to help your PhD	Blog		communication, education, emergency management
14 Feb 2020	AFAC20 - don't miss out!	Blog		emergency management, land management, multi-hazard
19 Mar 2019	A model for highly valued research	Blog		emergency management, land management, multi-hazard
20 Apr 2020	AFAC20 update	Blog		emergency management, land management, multi-hazard
05 Apr 2016	Utilisation the real challenge	Blog		emergency management, non-traditional recruitment, volunteering
08 Sep 2017	Research plays part for better policy and practice	Blog		emergency management, multi-hazard
15 Jan 2015	Natural hazards—a wicked problem	Blog		emergency management, multi-hazard, risk management
11 Mar 2016	Expedited ethics review of time-critical research	Blog		emergency management, planning, policy
06 Mar 2020	Celebrating International Women’s Day	Blog		diversity and inclusion, emergency management
28 Jun 2019	Six years done and the main game is to use the research	Blog		communities, emergency management, warnings
10 Sep 2019	Assessing the value of disaster research	Blog		economics, emergency management
25 Feb 2021	Indigenous expertise is reducing bushfires in northern Australia. It’s time to consider similar approaches for other disasters	Blog		emergency management, indigenous communities, Northern Australia
19 Sep 2017	Uptake from partners evident at conference	Blog		communication, emergency management, multi-hazard
02 Sep 2020	Valuing each other - why diversity and inclusion matters	Blog		diversity and inclusion, emergency management, policy