Key topics

communities

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

Item	Type		Key Topics
Disasters and economic resilience in small regional communities: the case of Toodyay	Biblio	save (1.7 MB)	communities, economics, fire impacts
Young people and the emergency services: working towards inclusive partnerships	Biblio	save (461.21 KB)	communities, diversity and inclusion, resilience
Using participatory mapping to harness local knowledge and increase community connectedness in bushfire preparation	Biblio	save (220.02 KB)	communication, communities, risk management
Utilisation of fire spread simulators to assess power network fire risk	Biblio	save (1.51 MB)	communities, modelling, warnings
A Culture of Burning: Social-Ecological Memory, Social Learning and Adaptation in Australian Volunteer Fire Brigades	Biblio		communities, prescribed burning, resilience
Children in the 2015 South Indian floods: community members’ views	Biblio		child-centred, communities, flood
Improved predictions of severe weather to reduce community risk	Biblio	save (5.46 MB)	communities, modelling, severe weather
Increasing residents' preparedness and planning for natural hazards: annual project report 2016-17	Biblio	save (894.56 KB)	communication, communities, preparedness
Understanding bushfire risk, warnings and responses: lessons from the 2018 Reedy Swamp fire	Biblio	save (2.47 MB)	communication, communities, warnings
Diversity and inclusion: building strength and capability – annual report 2019–2020	Biblio	save (876.55 KB)	capability, communities, diversity and inclusion
Building Resilient Remote Communities in Northern Australia Annual Report 2014	Biblio	save (732.25 KB)	communities, indigenous communities, local knowledge
Advancing public health in the context of natural hazards: normalising preparedness within a framework of adapted protection motivation theory	Biblio	save (4.87 MB)	communities, preparedness, vulnerability
Leading through crisis: the leadership experience of Major General Alan Stretton	Biblio	save (352.47 KB)	communities, cyclone, decision making
Community engagement for disaster preparedness: A systematic literature review	Biblio		communication, communities, 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
Mapping approaches to community engagement for preparedness in Australia - final report	Biblio	save (2.98 MB)	communities, multi-hazard, preparedness
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
Exploring the experiences of those who shelter in place during severe flooding	Biblio	save (6.08 MB)	communities, decision making, flood
Reimagining program monitoring and evaluation for disaster resilience outcomes	Biblio	save (981.44 KB)	communities, resilience, risk management
Social Media, Crisis Communication and Community-led Response and Recovery: An Australian Case Study Conference Paper 2014	Biblio	save (532.41 KB)	communication, communities
Bushfire survival preparations by householders in at-risk areas of south-eastern Australia	Biblio		communities, fire, planning
Did Harvey learn from Katrina? Initial observations of the response to companion animals during Hurricane Harvey	Biblio		animals, communities, cyclone
Using environmental criminology theories to compare ‘youth misuse of fire’ across age groups in New South Wales	Biblio		communities, fire
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
Perceptions of risk and connection to landscape	Biblio		communities, fire, risk management
Community organisation involvement in disaster management	Biblio	save (1.76 MB)	communities, emergency management, multi-hazard
Business involvement in natural disasters in Australia and New Zealand	Biblio	save (1.87 MB)	capability, communities, recovery
Enabling sustainable emergency volunteering: annual project report 2017-18	Biblio	save (1.31 MB)	communities, volunteering
Improved predictions of severe weather to reduce community impact: Annual project report 2014-2015	Biblio	save (816.16 KB)	communities, forecasting, severe weather
Navigating Uncertainty: community experiences of bushfire	Biblio	save (556.32 KB)	communities, decision making, recovery
Reviving people’s trust in Bamboo technology: A case-study of Orlaha settlement reconstruction in Bihar, after the 2008 Kosi floods	Biblio		communities, recovery, resilience
Community Understanding of Tsunami Risk and Warnings Systems in Australia	Biblio	save (1.23 MB)	communities, tsunami, warnings
Recognising and measuring competency in natural hazard preparation: A preparedness competency index	Biblio		communities, preparedness, response
Defining Sufficient Household Preparedness for Active Wildfire Defense: Toward an Australian Baseline	Biblio		communication, communities, preparedness
Capturing community experiences: South Australian bushfires January 2014	Biblio	save (8.35 MB)	communication, communities, decision making
Checks and balances: A business‐oriented lens on disaster management and warnings	Biblio		communication, communities, recovery
Valuing volunteers: better understanding the primary motives for volunteering in Australian emergency services	Biblio	save (1.86 MB)	communities, emergency management, volunteering
How do residents in bushfire prone areas view the risk of their local area and homes?	Biblio	save (676.88 KB)	communities, fire, risk analysis
Too good to be true? How a remote island community developed a 100% effective risk communication strategy and what Australia can learn from it	Biblio	save (424.75 KB)	communication, communities, resilience