Key topics

local knowledge

Local knowledge generally refers to knowledge systems embedded in the cultural traditions of regional, indigenous, or local communities.

Date	Item	Type		Key Topics
	Building Resilient Remote Communities in Northern Australia Annual Report 2014	Biblio	save (732.25 KB)	communities, indigenous communities, local knowledge
	Implications of Volunteered Geographic Information for Disaster Management and GIScience: A More Complex World of Volunteered Geography	Biblio		communication, local knowledge, volunteering
	Investigating the activation of community fire units in the Blue Mountains during the October 2013 bushfires	Biblio	save (5.29 MB)	fire, local knowledge, volunteering
	Knowledge for life: how local knowledge is helping communities prepare	Biblio		communities, local knowledge, risk management
	Emerging technologies for risk reduction: assessing the potential use of social media and VGI for increasing community engagement	Biblio	save (570.72 KB)	communication, local knowledge, volunteering
	Assessing the application and value of participatory mapping for community bushfire preparation	Biblio		communities, emergency management, local knowledge
	Nandong smong and tsunami lullabies: Song and music as an effective communication tool in disaster risk reduction	Biblio		communities, local knowledge, resilience
	How do island communities balance disaster resilience and what can mainlanders learn from that?	Biblio	save (220.15 KB)	communities, local knowledge, resilience
	Climate change as an emerging disaster risk in Australia and Oceania	Biblio	save (1.06 MB)	climate change, decision making, local knowledge
	Assessing the potential, application, and implications of volunteered geographic information in disaster risk reduction	Biblio	save (7.27 MB)	communities, local knowledge, volunteering
	Notes from the Field: Managed by us mob: helping remote northern communities face natural hazards	Biblio		indigenous communities, local knowledge, resilience
	North Australian bushfire and natural hazard training - final project report	Biblio	save (3.88 MB)	communities, indigenous communities, local knowledge
	Indigenous-informed disaster recovery: Addressing collective trauma using a healing framework	Biblio		indigenous communities, local knowledge, resilience
	Emergency management perspectives on volunteered geographic information: Opportunities, challenges and change	Biblio		communication, local knowledge, volunteering
29 Jun 2020	Benefits of the CRC highlighted by independent report	Blog		communication, economics, local knowledge
04 Feb 2020	Out of control, contained, safe? Here’s what each bushfire status actually means	Blog		communities, local knowledge, warnings
29 Mar 2022	Disaster recovery and wellbeing	Blog		communication, communities, local knowledge
12 Aug 2020	From PhD to practice	Blog		communication, communities, local knowledge
23 Mar 2016	How are mapping technologies impacting emergency management?	Blog		communities, emergency management, local knowledge
18 Nov 2020	Establishing a wider view of impact	Blog		local knowledge
31 Oct 2016	Making disaster preparation normal - what can we learn from Indonesia?	Blog		local knowledge, resilience, tsunami
24 Jul 2020	Funding for natural hazards research and a time of delivery	Blog		communication, local knowledge, multi-hazard
31 Oct 2017	Sharing PhD findings on community decision making	Blog		communities, local knowledge, volunteering
09 Aug 2016	Enriching learning experiences	News		communication, local knowledge, volunteering
04 Mar 2016	Knowledge for life	News		indigenous communities, local knowledge, risk management
17 Nov 2020	Building capacity in northern Australian communities	News		indigenous communities, local knowledge, Northern Australia
25 Jan 2019	PhD science for New Zealand priorities	News		fire impacts, local knowledge, policy
11 Mar 2020	Database crucial for learning lessons from the past	News		local knowledge, multi-hazard, scenario analysis
07 Dec 2015	Managed by us mob	News		indigenous communities, local knowledge, Northern Australia
08 Oct 2020	CRC researchers recognised as science leaders	News		emergency management, hydrology, local knowledge
02 Feb 2018	Funding still available for research	News		communication, emergency management, local knowledge
24 Jun 2015	Student recognised with international scholarship	News		communication, local knowledge, volunteering
29 Jun 2020	Evaluating the impacts of the CRC	News		communication, economics, local knowledge
07 Mar 2016	Perceptions of risk and connection to landscape	News		communities, land management, local knowledge
24 May 2021	Central Queensland science forum promotes knowledge sharing	News		communities, local knowledge, resilience
09 Dec 2014	Research leads to funding in NSW	News		fire, local knowledge, volunteering
14 Jul 2016	Migrants’ experience of natural disasters: participants needed for study	News		communities, fire, local knowledge
12 Apr 2019	Fire science across the North	News		indigenous communities, local knowledge, Northern Australia
29 Feb 2016	Magazine explores CRC research, case studies and technology	News		communities, local knowledge, scenario analysis
16 Nov 2020	Submit your research now for AFAC21	News		emergency management, local knowledge, multi-hazard