Natural Hazards in Australia
Identifying Risk Analysis Requirements
No State or Territory in Australia is immune to the impact of natural disasters. As well as having an enormous economic cost, natural disasters inflict a massive social cost on the community. Although disaster response, recovery and mitigation are reasonably developed in Australia, risk analysis, which provides the foundation for risk reduction, has received less attention.
As Australia's population and density of living continue to grow, so does the potential impact of a natural disaster on the Australian community. Increasing numbers of people, buildings and infrastructure assets are being exposed to natural hazards as the pressures for urban development extend into areas of higher risk.
This report provides an overview of the rapid onset natural hazards which impact on Australian communities, including tropical cyclone, flood, severe storm, bushfire, landslide, earthquake and tsunami events. Emphasis is placed on identifying risk analysis requirements for these hazards and the phenomena that they cause, with a particular focus on likelihood and consequence.
- Natural Hazards in Australia - Complete Report [PDF 11.4MB]
- Cover, Foreword & Acknowledgements [PDF 2.5MB]
- Abbreviations [PDF 1.1MB]
- Executive Summary & Contents [PDF 1.1MB]
- Chapter 1 - Introduction [PDF 758kB]
- Chapter 2 - Impact of Natural Disasters [PDF 2MB]
- Chapter 3 - Risk Analysis [PDF 1MB]
- Chapter 4 - Tropical Cyclone [PDF 2.3MB]
- Chapter 5 - Flood [PDF 2.1MB]
- Chapter 6 - Severe Storm [PDF 1.8MB]
- Chapter 7 - Bushfire [PDF 1.4B]
- Chapter 8 - Landslide [PDF 1.5MB]
- Chapter 9 - Earthquake [PDF 1.3MB]
- Chapter 10 - Tsunami [PDF 1.1MB]
- Glossary [PDF 121kB]
- References [PDF 1MB]
Bibliographic reference: Middelmann, M. H. (Editor) (2007) Natural Hazards in Australia: Identifying Risk Analysis Requirements. Geoscience Australia, Canberra.