Prof John Handmer

Prof John Handmer
Principal Scientific Adviser, Program Leader, Project Leader, Researcher

John Handmer is also the Director of Centre for Risk and Community Safety at RMIT University.

Publications authored

2012

Changing the rules of the game: mechanisms that shape responsibility-sharing from beyond Australian fire and emergency management.
McLennan, BJ, Handmer, J
Journal Article

Estimating the economic, social and environmental impacts of wildfires in Australia
Stephenson, C, Handmer, J, Betts, R
Journal Article

Exploring the capacity to adapt to climate change in the fire management sector of Victoria, Australia
Bosomworth, K, Handmer, J, Dovers, S
Conference Proceedings

From risk to resilience? Reframing shared responsibility in Australian disaster policy

McLennan, BJ, Handmer, J
Conference Proceedings

Reframing responsibility-sharing for bushfire risk management in Australia after Black Saturday
McLennan, BJ, Handmer, J
Journal Article

Responding to bushfire risk: the need for transformative adaptation
O’Neill, SJ, Handmer, J
Journal Article

Vulnerability to bushfires in rural Australia: A case study from East Gippsland, Victoria
Whittaker, J, Handmer, J, Mercer, D
Journal Article

2011

A review of operations research methods applicable to wildfire management
Minas, JP, Hearne, JW, Handmer, J
Journal Article

Concept review Framing challenges for sharing responsibility
McLennan, BJ, Handmer, J
Report

Policy review Mechanisms for sharing responsibility A report of the Sharing Responsibility project
McLennan, BJ, Handmer, J
Report

2010

Australian bushfire fatalities 1900-2008: exploring trends in relation to the `Prepare, stay and defend or leave early' policy
Haynes, K, Handmer, J, McAneney, J, Tibbits, A, Coates, L
Journal Article

Community Bushfire Safety: A Review of Post-black Saturday Research
Whittaker, J, Handmer, J
Journal Article

2009

The value of volunteers in State Emergency Services
Ganewatta, G, Handmer, J
Journal Article

Urban–wildland fires: how California and other regions of the US can learn from Australia
Stephens, SL, Adams, MA, Handmer, J, Kearns, FR, Leicester, R, Leonard, JE, Moritz, MA
Journal Article

2008

Preparing for Bushfires: The public education challenges facing fire agencies
Paton, D, Wright, L
Book Chapter

Blog posts

A long history of staying to defend

02-Dec-2010

In the summer of 1909/10, my Great Grandparents faced the risk of losing everything to a bushfire.  Emily and Charles Handmer lived on a farm 6 kms north of Knowsley near Bendigo, by the state forest on a road now known as Handmer Track.  All the...

Project Leader

Researcher

Resources credited

Poster

A case study of Hobart's urban interface

A climate for change? Adaptive capacity of the fire management sector

A climate for change? Fire management's capacity to adapt to climate change: an institutional perspective

Children’s Knowledge of Bushfire Risk

Community resilience to climate change and policy networks

Cost of fire in Australia

Economics of bushfires and bushfire management

Economics of bushfires and bushfire management

Evaluation of the stay or go policy

Exploring A Capacity For Adaptive Governance In The (Bush) Fire Management Policy Sector: The Role Of Bureaucrats & Reflexive Learning

Moving beyond the blame game: Sharing risk and responsibility

NSW fire brigade's Community Fire Unit

Policy and community bushfire resilience in light of climate change

Sharing Responsibility – So What About It?

Stay and defend or leave early

The Complex Network within Bushfire Investigation Strategy an International Comparative Analysis of Communicational Dynamics Between Post-Bushfire Investigative Departments

The costs and benefits of bushfire management and research

The economics of bushfires and bushfire management

The true cost - a bushfire economic model

What Is The Problem With Sharing Responsibility?

Product

Community Bushfire Safety Book

Research Report

Reviewing research for policy-making and practice A discussion paper for for the Australian emergency management industry

Sharing Responsibility - Project Statement

The first year of the Sharing Responsibility Project - Annual Report

The second year of the Sharing Responsibility Project - Annual Report

Presentation

The Sharing Responsibility project… so far

The Sharing Responsibility project… so far

External resource

Video - Sharing the responsibility of bushfire risk

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