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
Planning and capability requirements for catastrophic and cascading events	Biblio	save (659.92 KB)	capability, emergency management, planning
Townsville flood 2019 - post event data collection	Project		emergency management, flood, warnings
Capability needs for emergency & disaster management organisations	Project		capability, emergency management, scenario analysis
Experiences of Police and Emergency Services Employees with Workers’ Compensation Claims for Mental Health Issues	Biblio		emergency management, mental health, organisational
Model for assessing the vulnerability of Australian housing to windstorms - VAWS	Biblio	save (7.38 MB)	cyclone, emergency management, severe weather
Addressing challenges for future strategic-level emergency management: reframing, networking and capacity building	Biblio		decision making, emergency management
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
Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of Asymmetrical Reinforced Concrete Buildings in Australia	Biblio		earthquake, emergency management, mitigation
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
Quantification of inter-regional differences in risk mitigation from prescribed burning across multiple management values	Biblio		emergency management, fire impacts, fire severity
Applying unharmed for risk reduction planning – comparing strategies and long-term effectiveness	Biblio	save (1.51 MB)	emergency management, mitigation, response
Supplementing emergency warning messages to encourage readiness to act: the effect of colours and icons	Biblio	save (3.07 MB)	communication, emergency management, warnings
Valuing volunteers: better understanding the primary motives for volunteering in Australian emergency services	Biblio	save (1.86 MB)	communities, emergency management, volunteering
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
A fuel moisture content and flammability monitoring methodology for continental Australia based on optical remote sensing	Biblio		emergency management, fire, savanna grasslands
Utilisation funding: South Australia stretch thinking project	Biblio	save (944.59 KB)	decision making, emergency management, scenario analysis
Animal Welfare and Disasters	Biblio		animals, emergency management, resilience
Rhetoric or reality: Coordination in a time of crisis	Biblio	save (307.35 KB)	decision making, emergency management, governance
How risk informs natural hazard management: a study of the interface between risk modelling and local government policies and procedures	Biblio	save (343.48 KB)	emergency management, modelling, policy
Influence of road characteristics on flood fatalities in Australia	Biblio	save (1.22 MB)	emergency management, flood, preparedness
Flood vulnerability functions: detailed vs generalised approach	Biblio	save (1.65 MB)	emergency management, flood, modelling
Statistical characterisation of wind fields over complex terrain with applications in bushfire modelling	Biblio		emergency management, fire, physics
Capability Needs for Emergency and Disaster Management Organisations Annual Report 2014	Biblio	save (397.34 KB)	capability, emergency management, scenario analysis
An assessment of the opportunities to improve strategic decision-making in emergency and disaster management	Biblio	save (259.81 KB)	decision making, emergency management, response
The value of disaster research	Project		economics, emergency management
Hydrologic model calibration using remotely sensed soil moisture and discharge measurements: The impact on predictions at gauged and ungauged locations	Biblio		emergency management, flood, hydrology
Public health and natural hazards: new policies and preparedness initiatives developed from an Australian bushfire case study	Biblio	save (84.72 KB)	emergency management, mental health, resilience
Evaluation of pre-intervention data: divergent thinking and brain plasticity	Biblio	save (526.36 KB)	decision making, emergency management, scenario analysis
Seismic assessment of reinforced concrete walls in Australia	Biblio		earthquake, emergency management, resilience
Expanding protection motivation theory: investigating an application to animal owners and emergency responders in bushfire emergencies	Biblio		animals, emergency management
Diversity and inclusion: Building strength and capability	Biblio	save (511.1 KB)	capability, diversity and inclusion, emergency management
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
Large damage bills to buildings from cyclones can be reduced by small actions	Biblio	save (507.42 KB)	cyclone, emergency management, resilience
Cost-Effective Mitigation Strategy Development for Building Related Earthquake Risk Annual Report 2017-2018	Biblio	save (3.04 MB)	earthquake, emergency management, mitigation
Animal emergency management in South Australia: a case study of the Sampson Flat bushfire	Biblio		animals, communities, emergency management
Emergency volunteering 2030: Views from the community sector	Biblio	save (1.05 MB)	emergency management, volunteering
Final report on vulnerability of as-built and retrofitted URM buildings	Biblio	save (1.13 MB)	earthquake, emergency management
We have not lived long enough: sensemaking and learning from bushfire in Australia	Project		emergency management, governance