Australia

In this paper, the authors analyze governmental inquiries and actions undertaken regarding three past catastrophic disasters—2005 Hurricane Katrina (USA), the 2009 Victorian Bushfires (Australia), and the 2011 Queensland Floods (Australia). They assess

This paper reports a national-scale assessment of disaster resilience, using the Australian Disaster Resilience Index. The index assesses resilience at three levels: overall capacity for disaster resilience; coping and adaptive capacity; and, eight themes

This research focuses specifically on the role and involvement of community organisations in disaster management. Severe to catastrophic disasters pose the potential to overwhelm traditional emergency management approaches, necessitating the adoption of a

This research collaborated with diversity and inclusion practitioners in the sector to develop an evidence-based Diversity and Inclusion Framework for Emergency Management Policy and Practice. Diversity is the blend of different people in an organisation

This contribution to the GAR Special Report on Drought 2021 focusses on Australia's progression in drought risk management. Drought has long been regarded as a recurring feature of the Australian landscape with impacts on agriculture and food systems.

In this paper, the authors develop a risk prediction model based on two composite indicators of social vulnerability. The school of social vulnerability in disaster sciences offers an alternative perspective on the current COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic

This paper examines the impact of COVID-19 and the associated restrictions on Stolen Generations survivors. It highlights how the restrictions aimed at protecting survivors are at the same time negatively impacting their physical and mental health and

This review focuses on preparedness and response to the K’gari bushfire event. K’gari is the world’s largest sand island, listed as a World Heritage Area in 1992 to recognise its internationally significant features. It is the traditional land of the