Australia

This paper assesses how the Himawari-8 satellite can be used for active fire detection. Satellite sensors are an important source of observations of fire activity. Next generation geostationary satellites provide earth observations very frequently.

This contributing paper takes a look at how Australia is actively learning to navigate governance and capability challenges to create environments in which all sectors are enabled to reduce complex systemic risks.

This contributing paper aims to review the impact of drug addiction, domestic violence and suicide in Australia through the lens of disaster risk reduction.

This report outlines the top 20 most at-risk federal electorates to climate change-related extreme weather events, providing a brief profile of the top 10. The report also outlines the most at risk electorates for each state and territory.

This document sets out 12 policy areas that insurers have identified as requiring reform, modernisation, or investment, and is the result of collaboration and consultation across the membership of the Insurance Council with stakeholders and policymakers.

This study builds on natural hazards behavior, community development, participatory, and codesign research to understand current community engagement approaches in an Australian context.

This paper draws out the gendered factors that affected the resilience of 56 women and men in Australia, and in so doing, begins to address the dearth of research related to gendered aspects of long-term disaster resilience.

This article presents findings from a study that investigated flood response and energy needs of two riparian communities in Greece and Nepal.