TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Supporting the risk management process with land information: a case study of Australia
JO  - Disasters
A1  - Potts, Katie Elizabeth
A1  - Rajabifard, Abbas
A1  - Bennett, Rohan Mark
SP  - 352
EP  - 364
VL  - 41
IS  - 2
N2  - It is frequently argued that, at the parcel level,(1) 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.<br><br>© 2016 The Author(s). Disasters © Overseas Development Institute, 2016.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0361-3666
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/disa.12195
ID  - ref1
ER  -