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
Animal Welfare and Disasters	Biblio		animals, emergency management, resilience
Statistical characterisation of wind fields over complex terrain with applications in bushfire modelling	Biblio		emergency management, fire, physics
Research proceedings from the 2017 Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC and AFAC Conference	Biblio	save (18.1 MB)	emergency management, land management, multi-hazard
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
Using the human centred design method to develop tools for non-technical skills in emergency management	Biblio	save (666.71 KB)	communities, decision making, 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
Capability Needs for Emergency and Disaster Management Organisations Annual Report 2014	Biblio	save (397.34 KB)	capability, emergency management, scenario analysis
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
Development of Capability Targets for the NSW Emergency Management Sector	Biblio	save (973.32 KB)	capability, emergency management
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
Overcoming Ambiguity: Conflict Between Emergency Warning Messages and Socio-Environmental Cues	Biblio		communication, emergency management, warnings
Large damage bills to buildings from cyclones can be reduced by small actions	Biblio	save (507.42 KB)	cyclone, emergency management, resilience
Learning for emergency services: looking for a new approach	Biblio	save (1.91 MB)	emergency management, governance, policy
The post disaster city: crisis politics and social change in community led earthquake recovery	Biblio	save (25.5 MB)	capability, 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
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
A modified Severe Tropical Cyclone Marcia (2015) scenario: wind and storm tide hazards and impacts	Biblio	save (1.64 MB)	emergency management, modelling, scenario analysis
Final report on vulnerability of as-built and retrofitted URM buildings	Biblio	save (1.13 MB)	earthquake, emergency management
When policy, politics and emergency management collide: managing coordination in crises	Biblio	save (307.28 KB)	emergency management, governance, policy
Are we future ready? It depends on who you ask	Biblio	save (1.59 MB)	emergency management, vulnerability, warnings
Long-term solutions to improve emergency management services in remote communities in northern Australia	Biblio		communities, emergency management, Northern Australia
Preparing emergency services for operations in a climate-challenged world - summary report	Biblio	save (2.15 MB)	climate change, emergency management, governance
We have not lived long enough: sensemaking and learning from bushfire in Australia	Project		emergency management, governance
Economics of natural hazards annual report 2018-2019	Biblio	save (1.16 MB)	emergency management, governance, risk management
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
Accredited qualifications for capacity development in disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation	Biblio		emergency management, environments, risk management
Vehicle‐related flood fatalities in Australia, 2001–2017	Biblio	save (2.97 MB)	emergency management, flood, warnings
Identifying and resolving coordinated decision making breakdowns in emergency management	Biblio		decision making, emergency management
What human capacity demands should inform the development and appointment of an emergency manager?	Project		communication, emergency management
Describing adaptation tipping points in coastal flood risk management	Biblio		emergency management, flood, forecasting
A theoretical framework for negotiating the path of emergency management multi-agency coordination	Biblio		emergency management, fire
Experiences in the in-field utilisation of fuels3D	Biblio	save (601.76 KB)	emergency management, fire, fuel reduction
Advances in the remote sensing of active fires: a review	Biblio	save (1.79 MB)	emergency management, fire, remote sensing
Progress report on costing of limited ductile reinforced concrete buildings	Biblio	save (578.13 KB)	earthquake, emergency management, engineering
Animal Emergency Management in Australia	Biblio	save (3.13 MB)	animals, emergency management