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Bibliography

This section provides recent references compiled from our bibliographic database about emergency management relating to Indigenous environmental health. This information is of particular relevance to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander environmental health practitioners. References include journal articles, reports, theses and other literature. To access our complete database please use our bibliography.

2012

Environmental Health Committee (enHealth) (2012)

The role of environmental health officers in emergencies: stories from the front line.

Canberra: Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing

Howitt R, Havnen O, Veland S (2012)

Natural and unnatural disasters: responding with respect for Indigenous rights and knowledges.

Geographical Research; 50(1): 47–59

Langton M, Parsons M, Leonard S, Auty K, Bell D, Burgess P, Edwards S, Howitt R, Jackson S, McGrath V, Morrison J (2012)

National climate change adaptation research plan for Indigenous communities.

Gold Coast, Qld: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility

McIntyre-Tamwoy S, Fuary M, Buhrich A (2012)

Understanding climate, adapting to change: Indigenous cultural values and climate change impacts in North Queensland.

Local Environment: The International Journal of Justice and Sustainability; iFirst Article(http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13549839.2012.716415)

Retrieved 28 August 2012 from http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13549839.2012.716415

Nakashima D, Galloway MK, Thulstrup H, Ramos CA, Rubis J (2012)

Weathering uncertainty: traditional knowledge for climate change assessment and adaptation.

: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision (2012)

Report on government services 2012: attachment tables.

Retrieved 31 January 2012 from http://www.pc.gov.au/gsp/rogs/2012

2010

Centre for Appropriate Technology (2010)

National Indigenous infrastructure guide.

Alice Springs: Centre for Appropriate Technology

This publication provides a framework to facilitate an understanding of the issues which arise in the provision of infrastructure for remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. The main focus of the guide is the installation and maintenance of infrastructure which is appropriate and sustainable for remote Indigenous communities. The importance of community in this process is highlighted in the guide.

The National Indigenous infrastructure guide complements the existing National Indigenous Housing Guide and the Environmental Health Handbooks. The guide provides information on:

  • existing research
  • codes and standards
  • resources
  • community infrastructure

The guide was produced by the Centre for Appropriate Technology (CAT) with funding from the Australian Government Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA).

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Centre for Appropriate Technology (2010)

National Indigenous infrastructure guide: stormwater.

In: Centre for Appropriate Technology, ed. National Indigenous infrastructure guide. Alice Springs: Centre for Appropriate Technology: 21

This publication provides a framework to facilitate an understanding the issue of stormwater management which arises in the provision of infrastructure for remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. The main focus of the guide is the installation and maintenance of infrastructure which is appropriate and sustainable for remote Indigenous communities. The importance of community in this process is highlighted in the guide.

The National Indigenous infrastructure guide complements the existing National Indigenous Housing Guide and the Environmental Health Handbooks. The guide provides information on:

  • existing research
  • codes and standards
  • resources
  • community infrastructure

The guide was produced by the Centre for Appropriate Technology (CAT) with funding from the Australian Government Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA).

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Kiwirrkurra - the Kiwirrkurra flood recovery project (2010)

Emergency Management in Australia

This set of three factsheets was developed as a result of a project involving Emergency Management Australia, in consultation with the Fire and Emergency Services Authority of Western Australia (FESA), who together documented the experiences of the Kiwirrkurra Aboriginal community which was devastated by a major flood in 2001. The purpose of these resources was to identify the lessons learned so that other communities and emergency managers can benefit.

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Environmental Health Needs Coordinating Committee (2010)

Environmental health needs of Aboriginal communities in Western Australia: the 2008 survey and its findings.

Perth: Western Australian Department of Health, Public Health Division

The Environmental Health Needs Survey was conducted over 2007 and 2008 and is the third survey in a series which surveyed housing, services, utilities, community infrastructure and the immediate living environment in discrete Aboriginal communities in Western Australia. Data collected related to over 15,000 residents from 232 communities. This publication reports the outcomes of this survey and provides a comparison with the outcomes of the 1997 and 2004 surveys.

The survey was conducted by environmental health practitioners who work with and in discrete Aboriginal communities. The practitioners visited the communities to survey existing infrastructure. Information was also collected about levels of community satisfaction and any concerns with the provision of essential, municipal and allied services which influenced and affected environmental health in the communities.

The core environmental health and infrastructure issues covered in the report were:

  • water
  • electricity
  • housing
  • solid waste disposal
  • sanitation
  • dust
  • dog health programs
  • emergency management

The report provides an evidence base which highlights the continued environmental health issues faced by many of the communities who participated in the survey. It is the foundation for the future direction of service plans and delivery in discrete communities.

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Indigenous Expenditure Report Steering Committee (2010)

2010 Indigenous expenditure report.

Canberra: Productivity Commission

This report provides thorough information on expenditure on both Indigenous specific services and the estimated Indigenous share of mainstream services by the Australian, state and territory governments. The report highlights the difficulties in providing this information and sets out ways that this information can be better collected and analysed by jurisdictions.

The report is arranged around the seven Closing the gap building blocks: early childhood; schooling; health; economic participation; healthy homes; safe communities; and governance and leadership. Total Indigenous expenditure in 2008-09 was estimated to be $21.9 billion or 5.3 per cent of total general government expenditure. Estimated expenditure per head of population was $40,228 for Indigenous Australians, compared with $18,351 for non-Indigenous Australians.

Expenditure on services related to Indigenous Australians is thought to be greater than for non-Indigenous Australians because of differences in levels of disadvantage, more intensive use of services by Indigenous Australians, and the greater cost of providing these services (because of factors such as more Indigenous Australians living in remote areas).

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Torres Shire Council (2010)

Torres Shire Council local disaster management plan.

Thursday Island, Qld: Torres Shire Council

Veland S, Howitt R, Dominey-Howes D (2010)

Invisible institutions in emergencies: evacuating the remote Indigenous community of Warruwi, Northern Territory Australia, from Cyclone Monica.

Environmental Hazards; 9(2): 197-214

2009

Green D, Jackson S, Morrison J, eds. (2009)

Risks from climate change to Indigenous communities in the tropical north of Australia: a scoping study for the Commonwealth Department of Climate Change.

Canberra: Department of Climate Change

Alzheimer's Australia (2009)

“Flying saucer” camp fire guard.

Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Dementia News; July 2009(6): 1

Bender K, McKrill T, Lane J (2009)

Indigenous communities emergency risk management project, eastern Goldfields.

Paper presented at the 7th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Environmental Health Conference Kalgoorlie, WA. 12-15 May 2009, Kalgoorlie, WA

Bushfire Cooperative Research Centre (2009)

Aboriginal wetland burning in Kakadu.

Melbourne: Bushfire Cooperative Research Centre

Emergency Management Australia (2009)

Kiwirrkurra: the flood in the desert: report.

The Australian Journal of Emergency Management; 24(1): 67-70

Emergency Management in Australia (2009)

Improving emergency management outcomes for remote Indigenous communities in northern Australia.

Canberra: Emergency Management in Australia

Green D, Alexander L, Mclnnes K, Church J, Nicholls N, White N (2009)

An assessment of climate change impacts and adaptation for the Torres Strait Islands, Australia.

Climatic Change; 102(3-4): 405-433

North Australian Indigenous Land and Sea Management Alliance (2009)

A policy statement on north Australian Indigenous water rights .

Darwin: North Australian Indigenous Land and Sea Management Alliance

2008

Bushfire Cooperative Research Centre (2008)

Bushfire smoke and public health.

Melbourne: Bushfire Cooperative Research Centre

2007

Klessa B, Schobben X, Mullins A, O'Brien K, Cufley J, Luthy C, Bethune M (2007)

The big wet: Kunbarllanjnja (Oenpelli), Jabiru Outstations (Patonga and Mudginberri), Corroboree, Marrakai and Adelaide River Township floods March 2007: public health response.

Northern Territory Disease Control Bulletin; 14(1): 28-31

 
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