Measuring vulnerability to hazards is necessary to understand the true extent of risk. Determining social vulnerability relies on the integration of quantitative and qualitative methodologies. Qualitative approaches explore the capacity of communities to manage risk. Quantitative methods integrate data and analytical processes to develop vulnerability measures. Geoscience Australia (GA) has developed tools for modelling natural hazards and assessing vulnerability, building exposure (NEXIS) and infrastructure resilience (CIPMA). Work on social vulnerability began with the Cities Project in 1996. In 2008 GA developed a new method for assessing social vulnerability, within the Critical Infrastructure Project (CIP). CIP takes an all hazards approach to vulnerability, to include impacts like lifeline disruption. This paper discusses a quantitative method for measuring social vulnerability to hazards. The method uses nationally available data to assess individual communities - relative vulnerability. The method allows for a standard approach to identifying highly vulnerable areas.

Map produced for the Australian Government Solicitor in December 2008 showing the Torres Strait Regional Claim (Q6040 of 2001) as mofidied and the Western Skipjack Fishery. For confidental/internal use by AGS and not for general release.

DIGITAL NUMBER TO RADIANCE CALIBRATION CONSTANTS FOR ACRES LANDSAT MULTISPECTRAL SCANNER DATA

Brecciation in the Eastern Succession

Map produced for the Australian Federal Police showing the logged positions of Vessel Immacolata on the 2nd and 3rd October 2007 on a background on AUS808 and AUS809 and the Cable Protection Zone.

Map produced for the Australian Government Solicitor in December 2008 showing the Torres Strait Regional Claim (Q6040 of 2001) as mofidied and the Northern Prawn Fishery. For confidental/internal use by AGS and not for general release.

Modelling the effects of granitic intrusions in the EGST: Magmatic volatiles, contact metamorphism and mechanical effects

Map produced for the Australian Government Solicitor in December 2008 showing the Torres Strait Regional Claim (Q6040 of 2001) as mofidied and the Eastern Skipjack Fishery. For confidental/internal use by AGS and not for general release.

What controls the formation of giant porphyry Cu-Au deposits? A case study of Ok Tedi, Papua New Guinea

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