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
Experiences of Police and Emergency Services Employees with Workers’ Compensation Claims for Mental Health Issues	Biblio		emergency management, mental health, organisational
Earthquake Scenario, Melbourne	Biblio	save (3.44 MB)	earthquake, emergency management, scenario analysis
From research outcome to agency change: mapping a learning trajectory of opportunities and challenges	Biblio	save (421.2 KB)	decision making, emergency management, policy
Model for assessing the vulnerability of Australian housing to windstorms - VAWS	Biblio	save (7.38 MB)	cyclone, emergency management, severe weather
Proposed tools for monitoring teams in emergency management	Biblio	save (1.05 MB)	decision making, emergency management, scenario analysis
Emergency management and policy: research impact and utilisation	Biblio	save (397.64 KB)	emergency management, governance, policy
Practical Decision Tools for Improved Decision-Making in Complex Situations Annual Report 2014	Biblio	save (584.65 KB)	decision making, emergency management, scenario analysis
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
A guide to non-technical skills in emergency management	Biblio	save (7.57 MB)	decision making, emergency management, scenario analysis
Flood levee influences on community preparedness: a paradox?	Biblio		communities, emergency management, flood
Quantification of inter-regional differences in risk mitigation from prescribed burning across multiple management values	Biblio		emergency management, fire impacts, fire severity
Improving volunteer recruitment and retention: Annual project report 2015-2016	Biblio	save (1.46 MB)	emergency management, recruitment, volunteering
Transformative culture of disaster risk management as an enabler to resilience	Biblio	save (741.25 KB)	emergency management, multi-hazard, risk management
Managing problematic visual media in natural hazard emergencies	Biblio		communication, emergency management, warnings
Capability Maturity Assessment facilitators guide	Biblio	save (753.18 KB)	capability, emergency management, policy
Utilisation funding: South Australia stretch thinking project	Biblio	save (944.59 KB)	decision making, emergency management, scenario analysis
Influence of road characteristics on flood fatalities in Australia	Biblio	save (1.22 MB)	emergency management, flood, preparedness
Incident Management Approaches above the Incident Management Team Level in Australia	Biblio		decision making, emergency management
Flood vulnerability functions: detailed vs generalised approach	Biblio	save (1.65 MB)	emergency management, flood, modelling
We have not lived long enough: Sensemaking and learning from bushfire in Australia	Biblio		emergency management, governance, policy
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
Implications of climate change for emergency services operations - insights from the literature	Biblio	save (10.6 MB)	climate change, emergency management, governance
Estimating rainfall time series and model parameter distributions using model data reduction and inversion techniques	Biblio		communities, emergency management, flood
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
Wellington’s Earthquake Resilience: Lessons from the 2016 Kaikōura Earthquake	Biblio		earthquake, emergency management, resilience
Evaluation of pre-intervention data: divergent thinking and brain plasticity	Biblio	save (526.36 KB)	decision making, emergency management, scenario analysis
A lidar-derived fuel map for the ACT	Biblio	save (2.82 MB)	emergency management, fire weather, fuel reduction
Overcoming Ambiguity: Conflict Between Emergency Warning Messages and Socio-Environmental Cues	Biblio		communication, emergency management, warnings
We have not lived long enough: Sensemaking and learning from bushfire in Australia	Biblio		decision making, emergency management
Learning for emergency services: looking for a new approach	Biblio	save (1.91 MB)	emergency management, governance, policy
Cost-Effective Mitigation Strategy Development for Building Related Earthquake Risk Annual Report 2017-2018	Biblio	save (3.04 MB)	earthquake, emergency management, mitigation
How can business share responsibility for disaster resilience?	Biblio	save (649.4 KB)	emergency management, resilience
Emergency volunteering 2030: Views from the community sector	Biblio	save (1.05 MB)	emergency management, volunteering
Decision making, team monitoring and organisational performance: Part two decision making research stream	Biblio	save (1.45 MB)	decision making, emergency management, scenario analysis
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
The recalibration of our relationships with science (and nature) by natural hazard risk mitigation practitioners	Biblio		emergency management, risk management
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
Long-term solutions to improve emergency management services in remote communities in northern Australia	Biblio		communities, emergency management, Northern Australia