Key topics

communities

Communities refers to groups of people living in the same place, who share particular characteristics or endeavours.

Item	Type		Key Topics
Guidance note for replication of case studies - Black Saturday, Tropical Cyclone Oswald, Queensland floods and Toodyay bushfire	Biblio	save (1.94 MB)	communities, economics, multi-hazard
Disasters and economic resilience: the income effects of the Cyclone Oswald 2013 on small business owners	Biblio	save (2.55 MB)	communities, cyclone, economics
Recovery Capitals (ReCap): applying a community capitals framework to disaster recovery - annual report 2019/20	Biblio	save (1.13 MB)	communities, recovery, resilience
Using participatory mapping to harness local knowledge and increase community connectedness in bushfire preparation	Biblio	save (220.02 KB)	communication, communities, risk management
Real people, real stories- if it’s flooded forget it	Biblio	save (767.2 KB)	communities, emergency management, flood
Post-disaster recovery following recent natural hazard events and risk reduction measures in Australia and Japan	Project		communities, governance, recovery
Working outside ‘the rules’: Opportunities and challenges of community participation in risk reduction	Biblio		communities, fire, resilience
Improved predictions of severe weather to reduce community risk	Biblio	save (5.46 MB)	communities, modelling, severe weather
Preparedness for natural hazards: testing an expanded education- and engagement-enhanced social cognitive model	Biblio		communities, preparedness, resilience
Social Media, Crisis Communication and Community-led Response and Recovery: An Australian Case Study Conference Paper 2014	Biblio	save (532.41 KB)	communication, communities
Owner-Driven Reconstruction in India: A case-study of Kosi River Floods in Bihar	Biblio		communities, recovery, resilience
Bushfire survival preparations by householders in at-risk areas of south-eastern Australia	Biblio		communities, fire, planning
Engaging communities to prepare for natural hazards: a conceptual model	Biblio	save (854.7 KB)	communities, preparedness, resilience
Acknowledging local sociality in disaster recovery: a longitudinal, qualitative study	Biblio	save (4.93 MB)	communities, emergency management, multi-hazard
2014 South Australia post-incident task force	Project		communication, communities, warnings
Did Harvey learn from Katrina? Initial observations of the response to companion animals during Hurricane Harvey	Biblio		animals, communities, cyclone
A systematic literature review of effectiveness of community engagement for preparedness techniques	Biblio	save (2.69 MB)	communities, preparedness, resilience
Child Health and Survival in a Changing Climate: Vulnerability, Mitigation, and Adaptation	Biblio		child-centred, communities, risk management
Predicting delay in residents’ decisions on defending v. evacuating through antecedents of decision avoidance	Biblio		communication, communities, preparedness
Building inclusive partnerships with culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities	Biblio	save (978.25 KB)	communities, diversity and inclusion, resilience
2018 Reedy Swamp fire post-incident task force	Project		communication, communities, warnings
Re-imagining program evaluation for community resilience outcomes	Project		communities, resilience, risk management
Monitoring, evaluation and learning toolkit	Biblio	save (1.29 MB)	communities, emergency management, preparedness
Disaster resilience in Australia: A geographic assessment using an index of coping and adaptive capacity	Biblio	save (7.85 MB)	communities, preparedness, resilience
Climate Ready Communities: empowering communities to spread climate preparedness messaging and take local action	Biblio	save (1.18 MB)	climate change, communities, preparedness
Community-led recovery - Black Summer final report	Biblio	save (7.96 MB)	communication, communities, recovery
Developing guidelines for increasing the resilience of informal settlements exposed to wildfire risk using a risk-based planning approach	Biblio		communities, fire, resilience
Defining Sufficient Household Preparedness for Active Wildfire Defense: Toward an Australian Baseline	Biblio		communication, communities, preparedness
Mind the gap: Contrasting operational and behavior-oriented flood warnings	Biblio		communication, communities, flood
Community Understanding of Tsunami Risk and Warnings Systems in Australia	Biblio	save (1.23 MB)	communities, tsunami, warnings
Capturing community experiences: South Australian bushfires January 2014	Biblio	save (8.35 MB)	communication, communities, decision making
Disaster in relation to attachment, loss, grief and recovery: the Marysville experience	Project		communities, fire, recovery
Long-term solutions to improve emergency management services in remote communities in northern Australia	Biblio		communities, emergency management, Northern Australia
Psychological differences between south-eastern Australian householders' who intend to leave if threatened by a wildfire and those who intend to stay and defend	Biblio		communication, communities, warnings
The missing link in emergency management: evaluating community engagement	Biblio	save (215.05 KB)	communities, preparedness, resilience
Perceptions of risk and connection to landscape	Biblio		communities, fire, risk management
Volunteered geographic information, community engagement and bushfire preparation	Project		communities, local knowledge, volunteering
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
Improved predictions of severe weather to reduce community impact: Annual project report 2014-2015	Biblio	save (816.16 KB)	communities, forecasting, severe weather
Capturing community members' bushfire experiences following the 12 January 2014 Parkerville (WA) fire: supplementary online survey	Biblio	save (6.33 MB)	communication, communities, decision making