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
Characterisation of synoptic weather features often associated with extreme events in south east Australia and Tasmania	Project		emergency management, severe weather
Acknowledging local sociality in disaster recovery: a longitudinal, qualitative study	Biblio	save (4.93 MB)	communities, emergency management, multi-hazard
Capability Maturity Assessment facilitators guide	Biblio	save (753.18 KB)	capability, emergency management, policy
Impact-based forecasting for the coastal zone	Biblio	save (657.21 KB)	coastal, emergency management, storm surge
Townsville 2019 flood: insights from the field	Biblio	save (1.39 MB)	emergency management, flood, warnings
Implications of climate change for emergency services operations - insights from the literature	Biblio	save (10.6 MB)	climate change, emergency management, governance
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
Assessing community resilience for emergencies in local government policy - Maroondah City Council and Knox City Council case studies	Project		communities, emergency management, resilience
Wellington’s Earthquake Resilience: Lessons from the 2016 Kaikōura Earthquake	Biblio		earthquake, emergency management, resilience
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
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
The interaction between firefighting boot design and lower body injury risk at work	Biblio	save (587.38 KB)	emergency management, optimisation, volunteering
Risks assessments of non-compliant materials on buildings	Project		emergency management, risk analysis, risk management
Research activities within European Union research program for improving preparedness and resilience	Biblio	save (1.32 MB)	emergency management, preparedness, resilience
Effective Representation of River Geometry in Hydraulic Flood Forecast Models	Biblio	save (1.75 MB)	emergency management, flood, risk management
Human error during the multilevel responses to three Australian bushfire disasters	Biblio		decision making, emergency management, fire
We have not lived long enough: sensemaking and learning from bushfire in Australia	Project		emergency management, governance
A formative evaluation of the Triple Zero Kids’ Challenge Teacher’s Guide	Biblio		child-centred, communication, emergency management
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
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
Community engagement for disaster risk reduction through embedding DRR values	Project		emergency management, multi-hazard
Ten years on from the Victorian Black Saturday bushfires - public information during response	Biblio	save (1.42 MB)	communication, emergency management
The recalibration of our relationships with science (and nature) by natural hazard risk mitigation practitioners	Biblio		emergency management, risk management
Get ready NSW- fostering all hazards resilience in local communities	Biblio	save (667.19 KB)	communities, emergency management, resilience
Decision making, team monitoring and organisational learning in emergency management: annual project report 2016-17	Biblio	save (1.14 MB)	capability, decision making, emergency management
Collapse behaviour of limited ductile high-strength reinforced concrete columns under simulated earthquake loading.	Project		emergency management, engineering
Emergency Volunteering 2030: Views from Managers in Volunteerism	Biblio	save (1.89 MB)	emergency management, volunteering
Natural Hazards and Disaster Justice: Challenges for Australia and Its Neighbours	Biblio		emergency management, framework, policy
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 powers: Civil liberties in the face of disaster	Biblio		emergency management, governance, policy
Disaggregation of JASMIN soil moisture product to 1KM resolution	Biblio	save (1.52 MB)	emergency management, land management, soil moisture
Struggling to make sense of it all: the emotional process of sensemaking following an extreme incident	Biblio		emergency management, fire, organisational
Disaster Management in Australia: Government Coordination in a Time of Crisis	Biblio		decision making, emergency management, governance
No ordinary call: factors predicting fire communication officers' job strain and well-being	Biblio	save (978.68 KB)	capability, emergency management, resilience
Earthquake Management Logistics for York, WA, Pre and Post Mitigation	Biblio	save (726.82 KB)	earthquake, emergency management, engineering
Resolving future fire management conflicts using multi-criteria decision making	Biblio		decision making, emergency management
Research proceedings from the 2018 Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC and AFAC Conference	Biblio	save (15.24 MB)	emergency management, land management, multi-hazard
Australian householders’ psychological preparedness for potential natural hazard threats: An exploration of contributing factors	Biblio		communities, emergency management, fire
Modelling the impact of lifeline infrastructure failure during natural hazard events	Biblio	save (9.64 MB)	emergency management, environments, risk management
Embedding non-technical skills as part of core business in emergency management - Final project report Part A	Biblio	save (493.6 KB)	decision making, emergency management, scenario analysis