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Australian Flood Studies Database - Cataloguing and Uploading Guidelines
The Australian Flood Studies Database is available on line by Geoscience Australia. The database provides metadata on Australian flood studies and information on flood risk with... -
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Tropical Cyclones: Hazard Modelling and Risk Assessment
A tropical cyclone (or hurricane in North America, typhoon in Asia) is an intense tropical low-pressure weather system where, in the southern hemisphere, winds circulate... -
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Quantifying social vulnerability: a methodology for identifying those at...
Australia is exposed to a wide range of natural hazards, including earthquake, cyclone, landslide, flood, storm surge, severe wind, bushfire, coastal erosion, hail storm and... -
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Using Spatial Information for Natural Hazard Risk Analysis of a Megacity
The Greater Metro Manila Area is one of the world's megacities and is home to about 12 million people. It is located in a region at risk from earthquakes, volcanic eruptions,... -
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Flinders Ranges Earthquakes 3D VRML Model 2007
Geographic extent The Flinders Ranges region is located in South Australia to the north of Adelaide. The data in this model covers the majority of South Australia. Contents This... -
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Earthquake risk in Newcastle and Lake Macquarie
In addition to the devastating 1989 Newcastle earthquake, at least four other earthquakes of magnitude 5 or greater have occurred in the surrounding Hunter region since European... -
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Tools and Datasets of the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for...
The Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) System plays a primary alerting role for global earthquake disasters as part of the U.S. Geological Surveys... -
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Floods: Hazards, modelling and risk assessment
Floods are estimated to be the most costly natural disaster in Australia. The average direct annual cost of flooding between 1967 and 1999 has been estimated at A$314 million... -
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Reliable assessment of flood impact: an urban stormwater case study of a...
The flood risk in many urban catchments is poorly understood. Legacy stormwater infrastructure is often substandard and anticipated climate change induced sea level rise and... -
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Site Classification for Earthquake Hazard and Risk Assessment in Australia
One of the more important observations from the 1989 Newcastle earthquake in Australia was the spatial distribution of earthquake damage, which was strongly related to... -
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Strengthening natural hazard risk assessment capacity in the Philippines: ...
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) and Geoscience Australia (GA) have developed a long-term partnership in order to better understand and reduce... -
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Immigration Detention Facilities
The dataset contains spatial locations in point format as a representation of Immigration Detention Facilities in Australia. Definition: Immigration detention centres primarily... -
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Climate Futures for Tasmania: Severe wind hazard and risk: Technical Report
We have applied new modelling and analysis techniques to develop a revised understanding of the regional wind hazard across the Tasmanian region. This modelling builds on... -
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Natural hazard risk in Perth, Western Australia - Cities Project Perth Report - 2005
This report is a major risk assessment project based on metropolitan Perth, the capital city of Western Australia. Completed in June 2005, the report is the final publication in... -
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Australian Flood Risk Information Portal - Data Entry Guidelines November 2014
The Australian Flood Studies Database is available on line by Geoscience Australia via the Australian Flood Risk Information Portal. The database provides metadata on Australian... -
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Impacts of Climate Change on Human Settlements and other Nationally...
An assessment of the potential impacts of climate change on coastal communities has been undertaken in collaboration with the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency... -
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Correctional Facilities
The dataset contains spatial locations in point format as a representation of correctional facilities in Australia. -
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Storm Tides
Historical settlement patterns have resulted in Australia having most of its major city developments situated on the coastline. Storm tides are a major natural hazard for... -
National Coastal Maritime Navigation Lights Database
This point dataset contains the Australian Coastal Maritime Navigation Aids including 'traditional-type' lighthouses and the newer solar powered automated lights. You can also... -
Impacts of Climate Change on Human Settlements and other Nationally...
An assessment of the potential impacts of climate change on coastal communities has been undertaken in collaboration with the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency...