Australian Disaster and Emergency Management Conference - how good? and Managerial Strategies for Building Inter-agency Co-operation Workshop, Sydney 4-6 March 1991: proceedings of conference and workshop.

Australian Disaster and Emergency Management - how good? Conference held 4-5th March 1991; Post Conference Workshop; Managerial Strategies for Building Inter-Agency Co-operation held 6th March 1991

Vol. 1: Session 1A - Earthquakes. Australian seismicity and earthquake hazard by Marion Michael-Leiba; The strength, frequency content and duration of strong motion in Australia by Kevin McCue; The effect of earthquakes on structures, utilities and engineering services by Graham Hutchinson and Max Irvine; The disaster manager's role following earthquake in an urban environment by Douglas Bent; Newcastle : a structural engineer's response by George Walker; Newcastle : the immediate response by Don Geddes. Session 1B. - Hazardous materials. The process industries - sleeping problems and threats by Ted Pahlow; The current industry approach to hazardous materials by Neil Whittington; Transportation of hazardous materials by Tony Wood; Reducing the risks from industrial disaster by Mark Tweeddale; Emergency response to hazardous materials incidents by David McKenzie. Session 2A - Floods. The evolving flood hazard by John Handmer; Flood mitigation : some engineering perspectives by David Pilgrim; Preparation and planning by Rick Haines; Circumstances leading to the flooding of Nyngan in April 1990 by John Wood; Nyngan - the response experience by Don Moran; The Nyngan recovery : engineering aspects by Denis Barrett. Vol. 2. : Australian Disaster and Emergency management - How Good? (Continued). Session 2B - Land transportation. Saftey problems of heavy motor transport by Rodney Vaughan; Some solutions to the problems of heavy motor transport by Allan Jonas and Peter Makeham; Queensland non-urban railway system, emergency management problems and solutions by Barrie Griffiths and Mike Garrett; Urban rail saftey - problems and solutions by Tony Boland; Police control and co-ordination of major incidents by Don Coates by Geoff McDowell. Session 3 - Organization and mangement. Is our present system disaster management or disastrous management? by Paul Newnham; Sub-national actions and large scale social crisis : appraising state and local government involvement by Neil Britton; Emergency planning - its time for a professional approach by Joe Paul; Co-ordination - the vital element of disaster management by David Hunt; The role of non-government agencies in disaster welfare response by Frank Wilson; Dilemmas of United States' disaster policy and emergency management by Peter May; New emergency management arrangements for New South Wales by Hori Howard; Australian disaster management for the year 2000 : synergy with technology engineering and expert systems by Alex Kouzmin and Alan Jarman; Australian counter disaster arrangements overview : present and future by Clem Littleton. Concluding session. Managerial strategies for building inter-agency co-operation. Strategies for building inter-agency co-operation by Thomas Drabek; Emergency management in a low density population setting by Joe Paul; Emergency management in the metropolitan context by Hori Howard