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
Seismic assessment of reinforced concrete walls in Australia	Biblio		earthquake, emergency management, resilience
Monitoring, evaluation and learning toolkit	Biblio	save (1.29 MB)	communities, emergency management, preparedness
Are fire brigades liable for poor decisions?	Biblio		emergency management, governance, response
Capability Needs for Emergency and Disaster Management Organisations Annual Report 2014	Biblio	save (397.34 KB)	capability, emergency management, scenario analysis
Diversity and inclusion: Building strength and capability	Biblio	save (511.1 KB)	capability, diversity and inclusion, emergency 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
Economics of Natural Hazards Annual Report 2017-2018	Biblio	save (1.21 MB)	emergency management, environments, multi-hazard
Cost-effective mitigation strategy development for flood proof buildings - annual report 2018-2019	Biblio	save (943.9 KB)	emergency management, engineering, flood
Managing problematic visual media in natural hazard emergencies	Biblio		communication, emergency management, warnings
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
Flash flood fatalities in NSW, VIC, ACT and South East QLD from 1 January 2000 to 30 June 2017	Biblio	save (1.59 MB)	emergency management, flood, risk management
A fuel moisture content and flammability monitoring methodology for continental Australia based on optical remote sensing	Biblio		emergency management, fire, savanna grasslands
Mitigating the effects of severe fires, floods and heatwaves through the improvements of land dryness measures and forecasts - annual report 2018-2019	Biblio		emergency management, fire, land management
Capability Maturity Assessment facilitators guide	Biblio	save (753.18 KB)	capability, emergency management, policy
Identifying lessons from exercising and training for emergency management decision-making	Biblio	save (731.34 KB)	capability, decision making, emergency management
Community benefits of roof upgrades	Biblio	save (8.24 MB)	cyclone, emergency management, severe weather
Rhetoric or reality: Coordination in a time of crisis	Biblio	save (307.35 KB)	decision making, emergency management, governance
Are we future ready? It depends on who you ask	Biblio	save (1.59 MB)	emergency management, vulnerability, warnings
Emergency powers: Civil liberties in the face of disaster	Biblio		emergency management, governance, policy
Economics of natural hazards annual report 2018-2019	Biblio	save (1.16 MB)	emergency management, governance, risk management
Struggling to make sense of it all: the emotional process of sensemaking following an extreme incident	Biblio		emergency management, fire, organisational
We have not lived long enough: sensemaking and learning from bushfire in Australia	Project		emergency management, governance
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
Extreme fire behaviours: Surveying fire management staff to determine behaviour frequencies and importance	Biblio	save (414.7 KB)	emergency management, fire, fire severity
Savanna fire management and bushfire and natural hazard scenario planning for north Australia	Biblio	save (3.32 MB)	emergency management, planning, savanna grasslands
Optimising post-disaster recovery interventions in Australia: annual project report 2018-19	Biblio	save (790.52 KB)	emergency management, optimisation, risk management
Large damage bills to buildings from cyclones can be reduced by small actions	Biblio	save (507.42 KB)	cyclone, emergency management, resilience
The post disaster city: crisis politics and social change in community led earthquake recovery	Biblio	save (25.5 MB)	capability, communities, emergency management
You own the fuel, but who owns the fire?	Biblio		emergency management, policy, risk analysis
Animal emergency management in South Australia: a case study of the Sampson Flat bushfire	Biblio		animals, communities, emergency management
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
The recalibration of our relationships with science (and nature) by natural hazard risk mitigation practitioners	Biblio		emergency management, risk management
Salivary cortisol profiles of on-call from home fire and emergency service personnel	Biblio		emergency management, mental health
Organisational socialisation of volunteers in an emergency services agency	Biblio	save (564.04 KB)	emergency management, recruitment, volunteering
Role Clarity, Swift Trust and Multi‐Agency Coordination	Biblio		capability, emergency management, framework
Transformative scenarios in a climate challenged world - research methodology for scenario development	Biblio	save (4.32 MB)	climate change, emergency management, governance
Ecosystem resilience - technological advances to increases efficiency of ecosystem resilience monitoring	Project		emergency management, modelling, resilience
Collaboration in disasters: A cultural challenge for the utilities sector	Biblio		communication, emergency management
Improving Fire Behaviour Data Obtained from Wildfires	Biblio		emergency management, fire impacts, fire severity