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Supporting the risk management process with land information: a case study of Australia
Author(s) -
Potts Katie Elizabeth,
Rajabifard Abbas,
Bennett Rohan Mark
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
disasters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.744
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1467-7717
pISSN - 0361-3666
DOI - 10.1111/disa.12195
Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , government (linguistics) , business , risk management , premise , environmental resource management , land administration , land management , land use , environmental planning , scale (ratio) , emergency management , process (computing) , information management , knowledge management , geography , engineering , computer science , political science , civil engineering , economics , philosophy , linguistics , cartography , archaeology , finance , law , operating system
It is frequently argued that, at the parcel level, stakeholders are capable of and well supported in managing their land‐related risks. Yet, evidence from the contemporary Australian context suggests otherwise: numerous large‐scale disaster events have revealed that citizens are ill‐prepared to respond and recover adequately. This paper begins with the premise that information, specifically land information, could better support parcel‐level risk preparation, mitigation, response, and recovery. State land administration organisations in Australia primarily maintain this information and make it accessible. Land information is used regularly across all levels of government to support risk management activities; however, such application has not always occurred at the parcel and citizen level. Via a case study approach, this paper initially explores the land information available in Australia to stakeholders interested in parcel‐level detail, and then goes on to propose how the utilisation of parcel‐level land information could serve to enhance risk management practices.