Authors / CoAuthors
Nadimpalli, K. | Dunford, M.A. | Power, L. | Fu, F.
Abstract
Geoscience Australia (GA) embarked on the development of the National Exposure Information System (NEXIS) project in response to the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) reform commitment on Australia's ability to manage natural disasters and other emergencies. The COAG commitment was for the establishment of a nationally consistent system of data collection, research and analysis to ensure a sound knowledge base on natural disasters and disaster mitigation - (DOTARS 2002). NEXIS has also been identified as an important component for improving several projects of national interest within Geoscience Australia (GA). These include the Risk Analysis Methods Section (RAMS), Climate hazards and Risk Section (CHRS) and the Vulnerability Section (VS) which investigate natural and man-made risks and their impacts on the community. The NEXIS was developed by the Exposure Information Section (EIS), National Geographic Information Group (NGIG), formerly the Engineering, Economic and Exposure Project (E3P), Risk and Impact Analysis Group (RIAG), within Geoscience Australia. It has a key role to gather accurate and up-to-date exposure information about Australia's resident population and buildings. This information is used when calculating the risk from natural and man-made disasters in order to inform policy and operational decision makers of the impact on Australian communities. In order to understand the effects a natural or man-made disaster could have on a community we need to know as much as we can about the people and buildings that occupy that area. This includes information about: People: how many people will be affected and where they live Buildings: the type of construction materials used, the number of storeys, and age all contribute to how a building withstands damage Cost : how much will it cost to rebuild a house or replace contents if damaged This information is used to not only investigate physical impacts of a disaster, but also forms base information that is needed to help inform the socio-economic impacts, such as loss to the business community when impacted by severe cyclonic wind storms. The National Exposure Information System (NEXIS) aims to maintain building level detail for all residential, commercial and industrial building in Australia. NEXIS information is available at Local Government Are (LGA) & Statistical Local Area (SLA)
Product Type
dataset
eCat Id
73071
Contact for the resource
Custodian
Owner
Custodian
Cnr Jerrabomberra Ave and Hindmarsh Dr GPO Box 378
Canberra
ACT
2601
Australia
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- Resource
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- risk analysis
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- data
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- AU
- Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC)
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- Earth Sciences
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- Published_Internal
Publication Date
2011-01-01T00:00:00
Creation Date
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Maintenance Information
annually
Topic Category
geoscientificInformation
Series Information
Lineage
NEXIS utilises best available information from data custodians including: -The Geocoded National Address File (G-NAF®) for spatial locations of known addresses supplied by Pitney Bowes Software Pty Ltd -The Property Cadastre for cadastral parcel size and location supplied by Pitney Bowes Software Pty Ltd -StreetPro Australia for commercial and industrial building location and use supplied by Pitney Bowes Software Pty Ltd -Geoscience Australia's National Mapping 1:25,000 scale homestead data -The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) administrative boundaries 2006 - 2010 and 2006 Census of Population and Housing Survey data. -Altus Group Cost Management Pty Ltd, 2010. Costing Modules for Residential Buildings. -Turner & Townsend Pty Ltd, 2010. CBD and Industrial Building Costing Modules. -Cityscope for detailed property information about the nations capital cities supplied by RP Data Ltd -The Census of Land Use and Employment (CLUE) provides information about land use, employment and economic activity across the entire City of Melbourne -The Tasmanian Department of Primary Industries and Water, Office of the Valuer General. -The South Australian Department for Transport, Energy and Infrastructure, Office of the Valuer General.
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Extents
[-44.0, -10.0, 112.0, 154.0]
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Spatial Resolution
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