2007

Journal Articles

Barclay, J., Haynes, K., Mitchell, T., Darnell, A., et al., 2008.  Framing volcanic risk communication within disaster risk reduction: Finding ways for the social and physical sciences to work together. Journal of the Geological  Society (special issue -in press)

Bouwer, L.M., Crompton, R.P., Faust, E., Höppe, P.and R.A. Pielke Jr., 2007. Confronting Disaster Losses. Science, Vol. 318 Issue 5851, p753-753.

Crompton, R.P. and K.J. McAneney, 2008. Normalised Australian Insured Losses from Meteorological Hazards: 1967-2006. Environmental Science and Policy (in press)

Crompton, R., McAneney, J., Chen, K., Leigh, R. and L. Hunter, 2007. Property losses due to natural hazards. In: Newton, P. (Ed.). Transitions: Pathways Towards More Sustainable Urban Development in Australia.  CSIRO Publishing Melbourne (in press).

Handmer, J. and K. Haynes, (2008) Community Bushfire Safety. Edited volume. CSIRO publishing.

Haynes, K., Barclay, J. and N.F. Pidgeon, 2008. Whose reality counts? Factors affecting the perception of volcanic risk. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2007.12.012.

Haynes, K., Barclay, J. and N.F. Pidgeon, 2008. The issue of trust and its influence on risk communication during a volcanic crisis. Bulletin of Volcanology. Currently available online before publication. DOI 10.1007/s00445-007-0156-z

Jenkins, S., Magill, C., McAneney,K. J. and T. Hurst, 2007.  Multi-stage volcanic events: Tephra hazard simulations for the Okataina Volcanic Centre, New Zealand. Geophysical Research (submitted).

Lowe, T., Haynes, K. and G. Byrne, 2008. Resilience at the urban interface: the ‘Community Fire Unit’ approach. In Handmer, J. and K. Haynes (Eds.) Community bushfire safety. CSIRO publishing.

Lowe, T., Haynes, K. and J. Handmer, 2007. Are tsunami warning systems hanging by a wire? Letter to the editor, Disasters 31 (1)

McAneney, K.J., Chen, K., Crompton, R.P., and A.J. Pitman, 2007. Australian bushfire losses: past, present and future. Environ. Science & Policy (submitted for publication).

McGregor, S., N. J. Holbrook and S. B. Power, 2007a: Interdecadal sea surface temperature variability in the equatorial Pacific Ocean. Part I: the role of off-equatorial wind stresses and oceanic Rossby waves. J. Climate, 20:2643-2658.

McGregor, S., N. J. Holbrook and S. B. Power, 2007b: Interdecadal sea surface temperature variability in the equatorial Pacific Ocean. Part II: the role of equatorial/offequatorial wind stresses in a hybrid coupled model. J. Climate (in press).

McGregor, S., N. J. Holbrook and S. B. Power, 2007c: The response of a stochastically forced ENSO model to observed off-equatorial wind-stress forcing. J. Climate (submitted).

Magill, C.R., (2007) Reply to comments on “Probabilistic tephra fall simulation for the Auckland Region, New Zealand by Magill et al. (2006)”.  Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 159(4): 423-424.

Mitchell T., and Haynes K., (2007) Children’s voices in Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation.  In FOCUS 02.3 Adaptation: Linking Climate Adaptation. IDS.

Mitchell T., and K. Haynes, 2007. Routes to island disaster resilience. The Island advantage: Practises for prospering in isolation. Id20 Insights, issue 70, November. Available online http://www.id21.org/insights/insights70/index.html.

Mitchell, T., Tanner, T. and K. Haynes, 2007.  Children’s voices for disaster risk reduction: lessons from El Salvador and the Philippines’. IDS working paper (in press).

Mitchell, T., Haynes, K., Hall, N., Choong, W., and K. Oven, 2008. The role of children and youth in communicating disaster risk. Children Youth and Environment, Vol 18, (in press).

Perkins, S.E., Pitman, A. J., Holbrook, N. J., McAneney, J. Evaluation of the AR4 Climate Models' Simulated Daily Maximum Temperature, Minimum Temperature, and Precipitation over Australia Using Probability Density Functions. American Meteorological Society Journal of Climate. Vol 20, pp 4356-4376. Click here to view.

McAneney, K.J., Crompton, R., Chen, K., Leigh, R.J., Hunter, L.J. A Century of Damage - Property losses due to natural hazards. Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance Journal . Vol 30, No. 3, June/July 2007. click here to view

Stephen W. Yeo, Russell J. Blong & K. John McAneney, Flooding in Fiji: findings from a 100-year historical series. Hydrological Sciences-Journal -des Sciences Hydrologiques, 52(5) October 2007, pp.1004-1015.

Jenkins, S., Magill, C., McAneney, K.J., (2007). Multi-stage volcanic events: A statistical investigation.
Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 161, 275-288. Click here to view.

Haynes, K., Barclay. J. and Pidgeon, N.F. (2007). Volcanic hazard communication using maps: an evaluation of their effectiveness. Bulletin of Volcanology.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00445-007-0124-7

Conference Papers & Presentations

Ashe B. (2007). The cost of fire on the Australian economy, Cost of Fire Conference, Sydney, 29-30 May, 2007.

Leigh R.J. (2007). Hail storm - one of the costliest natural hazards, Coastal Cities Natural Disasters Conference, Sydney, 20-21 February, 2007.

Leigh R.J. (2007). Modelling flood risk using FloodAUS, Flood Impact Conference, Sydney, 14-15 June, 2007.

Magill C., McAneney K.J. and Blong R.J. (2007). Wider benefits from an industry approach to catastrophe risk calculation, Australasian Natural Hazards Management Conference, Brisbane, 2-3 July 2007.

McAneney K.J. (2007). Flood risk assessment or analytical pork-barrelling, Floodplain Management Authorities of NSW 47th Annual Conference, Gunnedah, 28 Feb to 1 March, 2007.

McAneney K.J. (2007). Tsunami risk - east and west of Australia vulnerability, Flood Impact Conference, Sydney, 14-15 June, 2007.

McAneney K.J. (2007). The risks of living near the urban interface, Cost of Fire Conference, Sydney, 29-30 May, 2007.

H. K. Thio, P. Somerville and G. Ichinose, 2007. Probabilistic Analysis of Strong Ground Motion and Tsunami Hazards in Southeast Asia. Proceedings from 2007 NUS-TMSI Workshop, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 7-9 March, 2007. Click here to view.

McAneney, J., Chen, K., Crompton, R. and Pitman, A. (2007). Australian Bushfire Losses: Past, Present and Future. Proceedings of the Wildfire 2007 4^a Conferencia Internacional sobre Incendios Forestales , Spain, 13-17 May, 2007. (click here to view).

2006

Journal Articles

Haynes, K., (2006). Volcanic island in crisis: Investigating environmental uncertainty and the complexity it brings. Australian Journal of Emergency Management, Vol 21, no.4 pp21-28. http://www.ema.gov.au/ajem

Chen, K. and McAneney, K.J.,2006. High-resolution estimates of Australian coastal population. Geophysical Research Letters, 33, L16601, doi:10.1029/2006GL026981.

Haynes, K., Barclay. J. and N. Pidgeon. (2006) Trust during a volcanic crisis, an exploration of the public, scientists and authorities: A case study of Montserrat, WI. Bulletin of Volcanology (in press)

Haynes, K., Barclay. J. and N. Pidgeon. (2006) An investigation of the perception of risk during a volcanic crisis and its impact on risk communication: Lessons from Montserrat, WI. Special issue of the Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, (in press).

Ichinose, G., R. Graves, P. Somerville, and H.K.Thio (2006).  A re-examination of the 1964 M 9.2 Alaska earthquake rupture process from the combined inversion of seismic, tsunami, and geodetic data and a comparison with the 2004 Sumatra earthquake.  Seismological Research Letters 77, 214.

Magill, C.R., 2006.  Reply to comments on “Probabilistic tephra fall simulation for the Auckland region, New Zealand by Magill et al. (2006)”. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research (available online)

Magill, C.R., Blong, R.J., McAneney, K.J., 2006.  VolcaNZ - a volcanic loss model for Auckland, New Zealand.  Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 149: 329-345

Magill, C.R., Hurst, A.W., Hunter, L.J. and Blong, R.J., 2006. Probabilistic tephra fall simulation for the Auckland Region, New Zealand. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 153, 370-386.

Perkins, S.E., Pitman, A.J., Holbrook, N.J. and J. McAneney. 2006. Evaluation of the AR4 climate models’ simulated daily maximum temperature, minimum temperature and precipitation over Australia using probability density functions. J. Climate (in press).

Pitarka, A., P. Somerville, N. Collins, R. Graves, and H.K. Thio (2006).  Variation of recorded and simulated near-fault ground motion considering the fault rupture process.  Seismological Research Letters 77, 227.

Pitman, A.J., Narisma, G.T. and K.J. McAneney. 2006. The impact of Climate Change on the risk of forest and grassland fires in Australia. Climatic Change (in press).

Schuster, S. S., Blong, R.J. and K.J. McAneney. (2006)  Relationship between radar-derived hail kinetic energy and damage to insured buildings for severe hailstorms in Eastern Australia. Atmospheric Research 81, 215-235.

Schuster, S. S., Blong, R. J., Speer, M. S. and Leigh, R., (2006)  Hail swath, radar reflectivity and damage characteristics of severe storms in the Sydney metropolitan area, Australia. Special issue of Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics (submitted).

Somerville, P. and W. Leith (2006). Reduced earthquake risk and losses as a consequence of improved seismic monitoring.  Seismological Research Letters 77, 230.

Thio, H.K. and P. Somerville (2006). A probabilistic analysis of extensional ground cracking along the MacArthur Park Escarpment, Los Angeles.  Seismological Research Letters 77, 302.

Zhao, J.X., J. Zhang, A. Asano, Y. Ohno, T. Oouchi, T. Takahashi, H. Ogawa, K. Irikura, H.K. Thio, P.G. Somerville, Yasuhiro Fukushima, and Yoshimitsu Fukushima. (2006). Attenuation relations of strong ground motion in Japan using site classification based on predominant period. Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 96, 898-913.

Zhao, J.X., Irikura, K., Zhang, J., Fukushima, Y., Somerville, P.G., Asano, A., Ohno, Y., Oouchi, T., Takahashi, t. and Ogawa, H. (2006b).  An empirical site classification method for strong motion stations in Japan using H/V response spectrum ratio.  Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 96, 914-925.

Commissioned Reports (sorry not publicly available) :

Leigh R.J. 2006, Residential Flood Damage Claim Estimates, Risk Frontiers Report, January 2006.

Leigh R.J. and Chen K. 2006, A National Coastal Vulnerability Study, Risk Frontiers Report, March 2006.

Leigh R.J. 2006, Review of DIP Risk Assessment Project: Financial and Economic Consequences Estimation Methodology, Risk Frontiers Report, May 2006.

Leigh R.J. 2006, National Residential Flood Loss Distributions, Risk Frontiers Report, May 2006.

Selection of conference presentations

Crompton, R.P., McAneney, K.J. and Leigh, R.J., 2006. Natural disaster losses and climate change: an Australian perspective. Proceedings of the Workshop on Climate Change and Disaster Losses - Understanding and Attributing Trends and Projections. Hohenkammer, Germany, 25-26 May 2006, 11 pages.
http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/sparc/research/projects/extreme_events/munich_workshop/crompton.pdf

Chen, K., 2006. A national coastal vulnerability study. Insurance Council of Australia Flood Seminar Series, 16 February 2006, University and Schools Club, Sydney.

Chen, K., and McAneney, K.J., 2006. High-resolution estimates of coastal population vulnerable to significant sea level rise: A global and national impact assessment. 22 March 2006. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, Hobart.

Crompton, R. and K.J. McAneney. (2006) Increasing Australian Natural Disaster Losses – What is to blame? Australian Earth Sciences Convention. Melbourne, July 6.

Fisher, J., P. Somerville, J. Zhao and J. Zhang (2006).  Bounds on the Distribution of Amplitudes in Ground Motion Prediction Models.  Proceedings of the 2006 Annual Meeting of the Australian Earthquake Engineering Society.

Hunter, L., Haynes, K., Leigh, R., and Chen, K., 2006. Are the poor more at risk in flood-prone areas? New analysis. Proceedings of the 46th Management Authorities Conference, 28 February - 2 March 2006, Lismore, NSW, 12 pages.

Jenkins, S., Magill, C., Blong, R. and K. J. McAneney. Volcanic risk modelling for the North Island of New Zealand. Australian Earth Sciences Convention, Melbourne, 2 to 6 July 2006.

Jenkins, S., McAneney, K.J., Magill, C.R., Blong, R.J., 2006.  The impact of multi-phase volcanic eruptions: A framework for probabilistic modelling of risk.  Abstract Volume, Fourth Conference, Cities on Volcanoes, Quito-Ecuador 2006.  Instituto Geofisico de la Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Quito, Ecuador, p.40.

Leigh R.J. and Gissing A. 2006, How many flood-prone properties are there in Australia? Proceedings of 46th Floodplain Management Authorities of NSW Conference, Lismore, 28 February to 2 March 2006.

Leigh R.J. and Brigstock C. 2006, Riverine flood: indicative risk premiums and flood risk modelling, ICA Flood Briefing, Sydney, 1 June 2006.

Leigh R.J. 2006, Quantifying flood risk to properties in Australia, Australian Earth Sciences Convention, Melbourne, 2 to 6 July 2006.

McAneney, K.J. (2006) Risk Analysis or Analytical Pork barrelling. Australian Earth Sciences Convention. Melbourne, July 6.

McAneney, K.J. (2006). Catastrophe games. Annual Conference, Australian & New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance. Hong Kong, October 19.

Magill, C.R., Blong, R.J., McAneney, K.J., 2006.  VolcaNZ – Volcanic loss model for New Zealand.  Abstract Volume, Fourth Conference, Cities on Volcanoes, Quito-Ecuador 2006.  Instituto Geofisico de la Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Quito, Ecuador, p.131.

Somerville, P., J. Fisher, D. Rhoades, and M. Leonard (2006).  Preliminary Test of the EEPAS Long Term Earthquake Forecast Model in Australia.  Proceedings of the 2006 Annual Meeting of the Australian Earthquake Engineering Society.

Somerville, P.G. and A. Pitarka (2006).  Differences in earthquake source and ground motion characteristics between surface and buried earthquakes.  Proceedings of the Eighth National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, San Francisco, California.

Somerville, P., N. Collins, R. Graves, A. Pitarka, W. Silva, and Y. Zeng (2006).  Simulation of Ground Motion Scaling Characteristics for the Next Generation Attenuation Project.  Proceedings of the Eighth National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, San Francisco, California.

Somerville, P., H.K. Thio and G. Ichinose (2006).  Probabilistic Tsunami Hazard Analysis.  Proceedings of the Australian Earth Science Congress, Melbourne, March 2006.

Thio, H.K., P. Somerville, J. Polet and G. Ichinose, 2007. Application of Probabilistic Tsunami hazard Analysis to Ports and Harbors, Proceedings of “Ports 2007”, San Diego, March 25-28, organized by the American Society of Civil Engineers.

2005

Journal Articles

Magill, C.R., McAneney, K.J. and I.E.M. Smith. 2005. Probabilistic assessment of vent locations for the next Auckland volcanic field event. Mathematical Geology 37(3), 227-242. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11004-005-1556-2

Magill, C.R. and Blong, R.J. 2005a. Volcanic risk ranking for Auckland, New Zealand. I. Methodology and hazard investigation. Bulletin of Volcanology 10.1007/s00445-004-0374-6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00445-004-0374-6

Magill, C.R. and Blong, R.J. 2005b. Volcanic risk ranking for Auckland , New Zealand . II. Hazard consequences and risk calculation. Bulletin of Volcanology 10.1007/s00445-004-0375-5. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00445-004-0375-5

Schuster, S.S., Blong, R.J. and Speer, M.S. 2005. A hail climatology of the Greater Sydney area and New South Wales, Australia. International Journal of Climatology , 25(12), 1633-1650

Chen, K. and McAneney, K.J., 2005. The bushfire threat in urban areas. Australasian Science, 26(1): 14-16. Click here to view.

McAneney, J. 2005. Australian bushfire: Quantifying and pricing the risk to residential properties. Proceedings of the Symposium on Planning for Natural Hazards – How Can We Mitigate the Impacts? University of Wollongong, 2-5 February 2005, 10 pages. Click here to view.

Chen, K., 2005. Counting bushfire-prone addresses in the Greater Sydney region. Proceedings of the Symposium on Planning for Natural Hazards – How Can We Mitigate the Impacts? University of Wollongong, 2-5 February 2005, 10 pages. Click here to view.

Chen, K., 2005. Decision support tools for managing rising disaster risk: A survey. The 5th Annual IIASA-DPRI Forum on Integrated Disaster Risk Management: Innovations in Science and Policy, 14-18 September 2005, Beijing, China.

Schuster, S.S., Blong, R.J., Speer M.S. and Leigh, R.J., 2005. Climatology of hailstorms in eastern Australia and implications for estimating property damage with weather radar. Proceedings of the Symposium on Planning for Natural Hazards – How Can We Mitigate the Impacts? University of Wollongong, 2-5 February 2005.

2004

Anderson-Berry L., Keenan T., Bally J., Pjelke R., Leigh R., and King D., 2004. The societal, social and economic impacts of the World Weather Research Programme Sydney 2000 Forecast Demonstration Project (WWRP S2000 FDP). Weather and Forecasting, 19(1), 168-178.

Blong, R. 2004. Residential building damage and natural perils: Australian examples and issues. Building Research & Information 32 (5), 379-390.

Crompton R. and McAneney, K.J., 2004. A Sydney CAT Bond: Simply a Matter of Time? Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance Journal, 27(2), 32-34.

Chen, K., and McAneney, K.J. 2004. Quantifying bushfire penetration into urban areas in Australia. Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, June Issue, L12212, doi:10.1029/2004GL020244. Click here to view.

Chen K., Jacobson C., and Blong R. 2004. Artificial neural networks for risk decision support in natural hazards: A case study of assessing the probability of house survival from bushfires. Environmental Modeling & Assessment, 9, 189-199.

Chen, K., McAneney, K.J., Blong, R., Leigh, R., Hunter, L., and Magill, C. 2004. Defining area at risk and its effect in catastrophe loss estimation: A dasymetric mapping approach. Applied Geography, 24(2), 97-117.

Chen, K. 2004. Catastrophe modelling and its major overseas developers. Journal of Natural Disasters, 13(2), 1-8. (Chinese Journal)

Leigh, R. and McAneney, K.J. 2004. Return on Investment in Flood Risk Ratings for Managing Flood Exposure. Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance Journal, 27(4), 36-37.

McAneney K.J. and Berkman H., 2004. Valuing New Product Development and Analysing License Agreements for Intellectual Property. Int. Journal of Biotechnology, 6(2/3), 105-115.

Edwards, M.R., Robinson, D., McAneney, K.J. and Schneider, J. Vulnerability of residential structures in Australia. 13 th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering. Vancouver, BC, Canada. 1-6 August, 2004.

Magill, C.R., Blong, R.J., McAneney, K.J. Probabilistic risk assessment for the Auckland volcanic field, New Zealand. 17th Australian Geological Convention , Hobart, Australia, 8-13 February 2004.

Magill, C.R., Blong, R.J., McAneney, K.J. Volcanic loss modelling for the Auckland Region. Statistics in Volcanology Workshop, Bristol, United Kingdom, 22-26 March 2004.

Magill, C.R., Blong, R.J., McAneney, K.J., Smith I.E.M. A tephra fall loss model for Auckland, New Zealand. IAVCEI General Assembly, Pucon, Chile, 14-19 November 2004.

Magill C.R., Blong, R.J., McAneney, K.J., Smith I.E.M., Hurst A.W. Volcanic loss modelling for the Auckland Region. 6th New Zealand Natural Hazards Management Conference. Tauranga, New Zealand, 10-11 August 2004.

Schuster, S.S. Sydney hailstorms: climatology and a case study . International Conference on Storms, Brisbane, Australia, 5-9 July 2004.

Schuster, S.S. and Blong, R.J. Hailstorms and the estimation of their impact on residential buildings using radar. Sixth International Symposium on Hydrological Applications of Weather Radar, Melbourne, 2-4 February 2004.

Schuster, S.S., Blong, R.J. and Speer, M. S. Climatological aspects of south-eastern Australian hailstorms and applications using radar data. 22nd Conference on Severe Local Storms, Hyannis, Massachusetts, USA, 4-8 October 2004.

Chen, K. PerilAUS Relative Risk Ratings for Local Government Areas, Victoria . Risk Frontiers Report, February 2004.

Chen, K. and McAneney, K.J. FireAUS Bushfire Risk Ratings for Perth. Risk Frontiers Report, November 2004.

Crompton, R. and McAneney, K.J. Cost Benefit Analyses for APEC Project TP01/2002T - Sea and Air Container Track and Trace Technologies, Risk Frontiers Report, August 2004.

Leigh, R. Itochu Wool Limited and others v. Wooldumpers Australia Pty Limited and Trust Company of Australia. Risk Frontiers Expert Witness Report, October 2004.

Leigh, R., Hunter, L. and McAneney, J.K. Hail and Flood PMLs for a NSW Housing Portfolio. Risk Frontiers Report, April 2004.

Leigh, R., Hunter, L., Fisher, J., and Chen, K. Risk Accumulation Zone and Natural Perils Web Site for the Insurance Council of Australia. Risk Frontiers Report, May 2004.

Leigh, R. and McAneney, J.K. A National Hail Risk Assessment. Risk Frontiers Report, June 2004.

Leigh, R. and McAneney, J.K. A National Hail Risk Assessment. Part 2: Verification of Simplified Hail Risk Methodology. Risk Frontiers Report, December 2004.

McAneney, J.K., Magill, C.R. and Blong, R.B. Volcanic Risk to Pleasurecraft in Auckland, Risk Frontiers Report, March 2004.

McAneney, J.K., Leigh, R., and Crompton, R. Liabilities for Launceston City Council in Respect of Flooding in Invermay. Risk Frontiers Report, December 2004.

2003

Blong, R. 2003. A review of damage intensity scales. Natural Hazards, 29, 57-76.

Blong, R. 2003. A new damage index. Natural Hazards, 30, 1-23.

Chen, K., Blong, R., and Jacobson, C. 2003. Towards an integrated approach to natural hazards risk assessment using GIS: with reference to bushfires. Environmental Management , 31(4), 546-560.

Chen, K., and Blong, R. 2003. Identifying the characteristic scale of scene variation in fine spatial resolution imagery with wavelet transform-based sub-image statistics. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 22(9), 1983-1989.

Gissing, A. 2003. Flood action plans - making loss reduction more effective in the commercial sector. Australian Journal of Emergency Management, 18 (3), 46-54.

Yeo, S. W. 2003. Flood risk management for caravan parks in NSW. Australian Geographer, 34(2), 195-209.

Yeo, S.W. 2003. Effects of disclosure of flood-liability on residential property values. Australian Journal of Emergency Management 18(1), 35-44. (click here to view)

Chen, K., McAneney, K.J., and Blong, R., 2003. Three statistics for quantifying bushfire penetration into urban areas. Proceedings of the 30 th International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment (CD-ROM) – Information for Risk Management and Sustainable Development , 10-14 November 2003, Honolulu, Hawaii, 4 p.

Chen, K., 2003. Scale analysis for remotely sensed images and areal census data: Stressing objects. Proceedings of the 30 th International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment (CD-ROM) – Information for Risk Management and Sustainable Development , 10-14 November 2003, Honolulu, Hawaii, 4 p.

Chen, K., Hunter, L., Leigh, R., Blong, R., and Yeo, S., 2003. Are the poor more at risk in flood-prone communities in eastern Australia ? Proceedings of the 2003 Australian Disaster Conference (CD-ROM) – Community Safety is Everyone's Business , 10-12 September 2003, Canberra , Australia , 6 p.

Magill C.R. and K.J. McAneney . 2003. Probabilistic assessment of future vent locations and eruption styles for the Auckland volcanic field, New Zealand . International Association of Mathematical Geology, September, Portsmouth , UK .

Magill C.R., Blong, R. and I. Smith . 2003. Scenario modelling for the Auckland volcanic field, New Zealand . Cities on Volcanoes Conference 3, Hilo , Haw aii , 14-18 July.

Blong, R. 2003. Revelations. Risk Frontiers Seminar Series. 23rd October, 2003. Click here to view abstract.

Schuster, S., 2003. Hail Damage on the Radar. Risk Frontiers Seminar Series 23rd October, 2003. Click here to view abstract.

Crompton, R. 2003. Return on the Catastrophe. Risk Frontiers Seminar Series 23rd October, 2003. Click here to view abstract.

McAneney, J., Chen, K., 2003. 2003 Canberra Bushfires: What can we learn? Risk Frontiers Seminar Series 23rd October, 2003. Click here to view abstract.

Blong, R. 2003. Natural Perils Review: Fiji . Risk Frontiers' Report.

Blong, R and J. McAneney. 2003. Residential Flood Damage . Risk Frontiers' Report.

Chen, K., 2003. PerilAUS Relative Risk Ratings for States and Territories. Risk Frontiers' Report.

McAneney, K.J. 2003. Probable Maximum Losses for Earthquake Risk In Indonesia . Risk Frontiers' Report.

Leigh, R and L. Hunter. 2003. Flood Inundation Risk Rating: Lower Hunter River , NSW. Risk Frontiers' Report.

Leigh, R and L. Hunter. 2003. Flood Inundation Risk Rating: Mackay , Queensland . Risk Frontiers' Report.

Leigh, R and L. Hunter. 2003. Flood Inundation Risk Rating: Shepparton , Victoria . Risk Frontiers' Report.

Leigh, R and L. Hunter. 2003. Flood Inundation Risk Rating: Dalby , Queensland . Risk Frontiers' Report.

Leigh, R and L. Hunter. 2003. Flood Inundation Risk Rating: Ballarat , Victoria . Risk Frontiers' Report.

Leigh, R and R.Blong. 2003. Hailstorm loss estimates for Sydney and Brisbane vehicle and household portfolios. Risk Frontiers' Report.

Leigh, R. 2003. Economic analysis of identified impacts of climate change: residential flood damage. Risk Frontiers' Report.

2002

Chen, K., 2002. An approach to linking remotely sensed data and areal census data. International Journal of Remote Sensing , 23(1), 37-48.

Lagourde J-P., Bonnefond J-M., Kerr Y.H., McAneney K.J., Irvine M., 2002. Integrated sensible heat flux measurements of a two-surface composite landscape using scintillometry. Boundary-Layer Meteorol., 105: 5-35.

Lagouarde J-P., Jacob F., Gu X.F., Olioso A., Bonnefond J-M., Kerr Y.H., McAneney K.J., Irvine M., 2002. Spatialization of sensible heat flux over a heterogeneous landscape. Agronomie, 22: 627-633.

Yeo, S. W. 2002. Flooding in Australia: a review of events in 1998. Natural Hazards, 25(2); 177-191.

Chen, K., Jacobson, C., and Blong, R., 2002. Use of remotely sensed imagery for selecting spatial analysis units in natural hazards risk assessment: a case study. Proceedings of the 11 th Australasian Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Association Conference (CD-ROM) – Images to Information , 2-6 September 2002, Brisbane , Australia , 12 p.

Chen, K., and Blong, R., 2002. Integrating remotely sensed images and areal census data for building new models across scales. Proceedings of IEEE IGARSS'02 and 24 th Canadian Symposium of Remote Sensing (CD-ROM) – Remote Sensing: Integrating Our View of the Planet , 24-28 June 2002, Toronto , Canada , 3 p.

Chen, K., and Blong, R., 2002. Extracting building features from high resolution aerial imagery for natural hazards risk assessment. Proceedings of IEEE IGARSS'02 and 24 th Canadian Symposium of Remote Sensing (CD-ROM) – Remote Sensing: Integrating Our View of the Planet , 24-28 June 2002, Toronto , Canada , 3 p.

Chen, K., Blong, R., Hunter, L., Andrews, K., and Siciliano, F., 2002. PerilAUS relative risk ratings in natural hazards, Australia . Proceedings of Geoinformatics' 2002 (CD-ROM) – Geoinformatics for Global Change Studies and Sustainable Development , 1-3 June 2002, Nanjing , China , 10p.

Gissing, A. 2002. Business in the Macleay: Commercial Flood Damage in Kempsey 2001, Proceedings of 42nd Floodplain Management Authorities of NSW Conference, 30 April-3May, Kempsey, 16pp.

Leigh, R. 2002. Risk-adjusted Premiums - Lessons from Flood Risk Modelling. Risk Frontiers Seminar Series 29th October, 2002.Click here to view abstract.

Magill, C. 2002. Ashes to Ashes - Volcanic Risk in Auckland. Risk Frontiers Seminar Series 29th October, 2002. Click here to view abstract.

Yeo, S., 2002. Fact, Fiction and Flooding? Effects of Disclosure on Housing Markets. Risk Frontiers Seminar Series 29th October, 2002. Click here to view abstract.

McAneney, J. 2002. The Catastrophe Game: Earthquake Risk Modelling. Risk Frontiers Seminar Series 29th October, 2002. Click here to view abstract.

Leigh R. and Blong R. 2002, Estimated cost of potential flood damage to residential property portfolio caused by failure of Warragamba Dam due to terrorist attack , Risk Frontiers' report, February 2002, 7pp.

Leigh R., Hunter L. and Blong R. 2002, Flood inundation risk rating: Nerang River , Queensland Risk Frontiers' Report , January 2002, 15pp.

Leigh R., Hunter L. and Blong R. 2002, Flood inundation risk rating: Brisbane River , Queensland , Risk Frontiers' Report, January 2002, 18pp.

Leigh R., Hunter L. and Blong R. 2002, Flood inundation risk rating: Ipswich , Queensland , Risk Frontiers' Report, January 2002, 15pp.

Leigh R., Hunter L. and Blong R. 2002, Flood inundation risk rating: Barron River , Queensland , Risk Frontiers' Report, February 2002, 13pp.

Leigh R., Hunter L. and Blong R. 2002, Flood inundation risk rating: Benalla , Victoria, Risk Frontiers' Report, March 2002, 13pp.

Leigh R., Hunter L. and Blong R. 2002, Flood inundation risk rating: Wangaratta , Victoria , Risk Frontiers' Report, March 2002, 13pp.

McClure D, McAneney J and Blong R, 2002, Indonesia – preliminary report on earthquake risk rating, Risk Frontiers' Report, 29p.

Blong R and McAneney J, 2002, Residential Flood Damage, Risk Frontiers' Report, 30p.

McAneney J, 2002, Probable Maximum Losses for Earthquake Risks in Australian Cities, 1: Sydney Residential Portfolio.

McAneney J, 2002, Probable Maximum Losses for Earthquake Risks in Australian Cities, 2: Adelaide Residential Portfolio.

McAneney J, 2002, Probable Maximum Losses for Earthquake Risks in Australian Cities, 3: Perth Residential Portfolio.

McAneney J, 2002, Probable Maximum Losses for Earthquake Risks in Australian Cities, 4: Melbourne Residential Portfolio.

2001

Yeo, S. W. 2001. A Review of Flooding in Apia, Samoa: April 2001, SOPAC Technical Report 338, SOPAC, Suva.

Yeo, S. W. 2001. A Review of Flooding in Macuata Province, Fiji Islands: April 2000, SOPAC Technical Report 328, SOPAC, Suva.

Hearn, G.J., Blong, R. and Humphreys, G. 2001, Terrain hazard around the Ok Tedi copper mine, Papua New Guinea, in J S Griffiths (ed), Land surface evaluation for engineering practice , Geological Society of London, Engineering Geology Special Publications, 18, 143-149.

Chen, K., Blong, R.J., Jacobson, C. 2001, MCE-RISK: Integrating Multicriteria Evaluation and GIS for Risk Decision-Making in Natural Hazards, Environmental Modelling and Software , 16, 387-397.

Leigh, R. and Kuhnel, I. 2001, Hailstorm Loss Modelling and Risk Assessment in the Sydney Region, Australia, Natural Hazards, 24:171-185.

Simkin, T., Siebert, L. and Blong, R. 2001, Volcano fatalities – lessons from the historical record, Science , v291 (12 January), p255.

Blong, R.J. 2001, Insurability of residential flood losses. Planning for the Inevitable, 2nd Victorian Flood Management Conference , Traralgon, Victoria, 10-12 October 2001. 8p.

Blong, R.J. 2001, Estimating residential Flood Damage, Proceedings of the Residential Flood Insurance Workshop , Smith D I and Handmer J (eds.), CRES (ANU), 7-9 February 2001, 25p.

Blong, R.J. 2001, Estimating Residential Flood Damage, Stormwater Industry Association: Hawkesbury-Nepean Stormwater Management Workshop , Windsor , Sydney , 6 th March 2001 , 25p.

Blong, R., Leigh, R., Hunter, L. and Chen, K. 2001, Hail and Flood – understanding the risks, in N R Britton (ed.), AON Re Hazards and Capital Risk Management Conference Series , Gold Coast, 23-25 September, Southwood Press, Sydney, 25-39.

Chen, K., Jacobson, C., and Blong, R. 2001. Using NDVI image texture analysis for bushfire-prone landscape assessment. Proceedings of the 22nd Asian Conference on Remote Sensing, 5-9 November 2001, Singapore , Vol 1, pp. 532-537.

Leigh, R., Chen, K., Hunter L., and Blong, R. 2001, Flood risk modeling and approaches to Average Annual Damage Estimation, 41st Floodplain Managers' Conference, NSW , Wentworth, 8-11 May 2001, 7p.

Gissing, A. 2001. Soggy Business - commercial flood damage in Kempsey, 2001. Risk Frontiers Seminar Series. 4th October 2001. Click here to view abstract.

Blong, R. 2001. A 100-year Rain - RACQ losses in a Brisbane Storm. Risk Frontiers Seminar Series. 4th October 2001. Click here to view abstract.

Chen, K. 2001. Eye Spy - the identification of building features using high-resolution imagery. 4th October 2001. Click here to view abstract.

Leigh, R., Hunter, L., 2001. AAD - Average Annual Damage or Any Answer Do? 4th October 2001. Click here to view abstract.

Commissioned Reports (sorry, not publicly available)

Blong R, Hunter L and Leigh R, 2001, Flood inundation risk rating – Hawkesbury-Nepean River (Penrith to Sackville Gorge), NSW , Risk Frontiers Report, February, 2001, 20 p.

Blong, R.J. 2001, Residential Building Damage , NHRC Report, 21p

Blong R and Hunter L, 2001, Earthquake PML estimates – HBF Perth Portfolio, September 2001, 8p.

Leigh R and Blong R, 2001, Hailstorm Loss Estimates: Unidentified Building and Contents Portfolios in Sydney and Brisbane, October 2001, 11 p.

Leigh R and Blong R, 2001, Hail Loss Risk Assessment for Greater Sydney Motor Vehicle and Building & Contents Portfolios , December 2001, 77p.

Leigh R, Hunter L and Blong R, 2001, Flood inundation risk rating – Narrabri, NSW, Risk Frontiers Report, May 2001, 14p.

Leigh R, Hunter L and Blong R, 2001, Flood inundation risk rating – Kempsey, NSW, Risk Frontiers Report, May 2001, 14p.

Leigh R, Hunter L and Blong R, 2001, Flood inundation risk rating – Murwillumbah, NSW, Risk Frontiers Report, May 2001, 14p.

Leigh R, Hunter L and Blong R, 2001, Flood inundation risk rating – Grafton, NSW, Risk Frontiers Report, July 2001, 15p.

Leigh R, Hunter L and Blong R, 2001, Flood inundation risk rating – Queanbeyan, NSW, Risk Frontiers Report, July 2001, 13p.

Leigh R, Hunter L and Blong R, 2001, Flood inundation risk rating – Wagga Wagga, NSW, Risk Frontiers Report, July 2001, 13p.

Leigh R, Hunter L and Blong R, 2001, Flood inundation risk rating – Deniliquin, NSW, Risk Frontiers Report, July 2001, 15p.

Leigh R, Hunter L and Blong R, 2001, Flood inundation risk rating – Launceston, Tas, Risk Frontiers Report, October 2001, 13p.

Leigh R, Hunter L and Blong R, 2001, Flood inundation risk rating – Rockhampton, Qld, Risk Frontiers Report, October 2001, 13p.

Leigh R, Hunter L and Blong R, 2001, Flood inundation risk rating – Wyong & Tuggerah Lakes, NSW, Risk Frontiers Report, November 2001, 15p.

Osuchowski M, 2001, 1998 Katherine flood – a brief assessment , NHRC Internal Report, 20p.

Osuchowski M, 2001, The Cloncurry Flood – damage assessment , NHRC Internal Report, 24p.

Yeo, S.W. 2001. Flood Risk Assessment and Management Strategies for Caravan Parks in NSW: Report to Emergency Management Australia. Department of Physical Geography, Macquarie University, Sydney. Click here to view.

2000

Blong R J, Sinai D and Packham C, 2000, Natural Perils in Australia and New Zealand , Swiss Reinsurance, Sydney , 120p.

Papadopolous G, Murty T, Venkatesh S, Blong R (eds.), 2000, Natural Hazards – State of the Art at the end of the Second Millennium , Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht.

Blong R J, 2000, Volcanic Hazards and Risk Management, Chapter 77 in Encyclopedia of Volcanology , (eds. H Sigurdsson, B Houghton, S McNutt , H Rymer and J Stix), Academic Press, 1215-1228.

McMaster H J, 2000, Grain Production and Yield in Australia, in An Introduction to the Australian Grains Industry, Eds. L O'Brien and AB Blakeney, Royal Australian Chemical Institute, North Melbourne, 1-35.

Blong R J and Hunter L, 2000, Ground zonation scale and loss estimation: Sydney, Australia, Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Seismic Zonation (6ICSZ), November 12-15, 2000, Palm Springs, California, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute CD-ROM.

Blong R J, 2000, Internal flood damage to residential buildings, Proceedings 40 th Annual Conference, NSW Floodplain Management Authorities, 57-63.

Blong R J, 2000, Internal flood damage to residential buildings, 40 th Annual Conference, NSW Floodplain Management Authorities, Parrramatta, 9-12 May 2000.

Blong R J and Hunter L, 2000, Ground zonation scale and loss estimation: Sydney, Australia, Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Seismic Zonation (6ICSZ), November 12-15, 2000, Palm Springs, California, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (poster)

Blong R J, 2000, Hail, Floods, Wind, Quakes and Eruptions – the wrath of the earth and damage to our homes, National Science Week, 4 May 2000 , Macquarie University .

Leigh R, 2000, A hail loss model for Sydney and Brisbane , Physical Geography Seminar, Macquarie University , 26 October 2000 .

Kuhnel I and Leigh R, 2000, Probabilistic hail loss model for Sydney with an experimental ENSO cycle, European Geophysical Society Conference, Nice, 25-29 April 2000, (poster).

Blong R J, 2000, Disaster Mitigation – challenges for the next 10 years, Presidential address, Natural Hazards Society, Tokushima , Japan , 22 May 2000 .

Blong R J, Natural Hazards Research Centre 1994 – 2000, Presentation to World Bank, Canberra , 30 May 2000 .

Blong R J, 2000, Flood Insurance in Australia , Presentation to UK Under 35 Reinsurers World Tour, HIH Insurance, 2 June 2000 .

Blong R J, 2000, Risk assessment for the reinsurance industry, Presentation to UK Under 35 Reinsurers World Tour, Meridien Hotel, Sydney, 6 June 2000.

Commissioned Reports (sorry, not publicly available)

Chen K and Blong R, 2000, Relative Risk rating (RRR) for postcodes and CRESTA/ICA Zones – PerilAUS II, NHRC Report in PerilAUS II software, 49p.

Blong R J, 2000, Probable Maximum Loss Estimates for Australian Cities, NHRC report 24p.

Kuhnel I and Leigh R, 2000, Hail loss risk assessment for Brisbane motor vehicle portfolios, NHRC report, 44p.

Blong R and Hunter L, 2000, Flood inundation risk rating, Georges River , NSW, NHRC report, 22p.

Blong R, 2000, Insurance industry perspectives on flood losses, NHRC report for Department of Land and Water Conservation, Hawkesbury-Nepean Flood Strategy.

Kuhnel I and Leigh R, 2000, Hail loss risk assessment for Brisbane – Motor Vehicle and Buildings and Contents Portfolios, NHRC Report.

1999

Blong R J, 1999, Damage – the truth but not the whole truth, Australian Journal of Emergency Management, 13[4], 7-12.

Blong R J, 1999, The Management of Volcanic Hazards, Natural Disaster Management, ed. J Ingleton, Tudor Rose, London, 55-57.

Blong R, 1999, A new damage intensity scale: Australian experience, Proceedings of the Australian Disaster Conference, Disaster Prevention for the 21^st century, Canberra 1-3, 1999, Emergency Management Australia, 117-122.

Blong R and Siciliano F, 1999, Postcodes, geocodes and floods, Australian Insurance Institute Journal, 22[1] 2831.

Coates L, 1999, Flood fatalities in Australia, 1788-1996, Australian Geographer, 30[3], 391-408.

Hearn G, Blong R J and Humphreys G S, 1999, Geomorphological techniques in the assessment of terrain hazard around the Ok Tedi Copper Mine, Papua New Guinea, Geological Society of London, Land Surface Evaluation in Engineering Practice, Working Party Report, [in press]

Hunter L and Blong R, 1999, Floodplain inundation risk model, Proceedings of the Australian Disaster Conference, Disaster Prevention for the 21^st century, Canberra 1-3, 1999, Emergency Management Australia, 167-172.

Kuhnel I. and Coates L., Fatalities from natural perils in eastern Australia - a function of ENSO?, Proceedings of the International Congress of Biometeorology & International Conference on Urban Climatology, CD-ROM Format, ICB15.1, Sydney, November 1999.

Kuhnel I and Coates L, Risk assessment of ENSO-related flood and bushfire fatalities in eastern Australia. Proceedings of the Asian-Pacific FRIEND and GAME joint workshop on ENSO, floods and droughts in the 1990's in southeast Asia and the Pacific, Hanoi, Vietnam, March 1999.

Leigh R and Kuhnel I, 1999, Hailstorm risk assessment in New South Wales, Proceedings of the Australian Disaster Conference, Disaster Prevention for the 21^st century, Canberra 1-3, 1999, Emergency Management Australia, 275-280.

McMaster H M, 1999, Hailstorm risk assessment in rural New South Wales, Proceedings of the Australian Disaster Conference, Disaster Prevention for the 21^st century, Canberra 1-3, 1999, Emergency Management Australia, 281-286.

Nakken, M.; 1999. Environmental Change and Flooding in the Bogan River Catchment NSW. Ph.D. Thesis, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia, 354 pp.

Nakken M, 1999, Wavelet analysis of rainfall-runoff variability isolating climatic from anthropogenic patterns, Environmental Software and Modelling, 14[4], 283-295.

Nakken M and Cripps E, 1999, Under water litigation: applying the precautionary principle as a floodplain management strategy in inland New South Wales, Australian Jnl of Environmental Management, 6, 16-27.

Nakken M and Mitchell P B, 1999, Sustained trends as an alternative to the hydroclimatological role of alternating flood regimes for inland river systems, Australian Geographer [submitted]

Newhall C, Aramaki S, Barberi F, Blong R, Calvache M, Cheminee J-L, Punongbayan R, Siebe C, Simkin T, Sparks S, Tjetjep W, 1999, Professional conduct of scientists during volcanic crises, Bulletin of Volcanology, 60, 323-334.

Pittock B A, Allan R J, Hennessy K J, McInnes K L, Suppiah R, Walsh K J, Whetton P H, McMaster H, Taplin R, Climate change, climatic hazards and policy responses in Australia, in T E Downing, Olsthoorn A J, and R S J Tol [eds], 1999, Climate, change and risk, Routledge, London, 19-59.

Yeo S W, 1999, A review of Australian flood disasters in 1999, Proceedings of the Australian Disaster Conference, Disaster Prevention for the 21^st century, Canberra 1-3, 1999, Emergency Management Australia, 287-292.

Yeo S, Leigh R, and Kuhnel I, 1999, The April 1999 Hailstorm, Australian Journal of Emergency Management, 14[4], 23-25.

Blong R J, 1999, Natural Hazards and Risk in Australia – place your bets, Linnean Society, Sydney, 20 October 1999.

Blong R J, 1999, Deconstructing damage, Institute of Actuaries of Australia, 12^th General Insurance Seminar, Sanctuary Cove, November 1999.

Blong R J, Hay A, Siciliano F, 1999, PerilAUS – a CD-ROM of natural perils in Australia from 1900 to 1999, Poster, Proceedings of the Australian Disaster Conference, Disaster Prevention for the 21^st century, Canberra 1-3, 1999, Emergency Management Australia, p415.

Blong R, 1999, A new damage intensity scale: Australian experience, Proceedings of the Australian Disaster Conference, Disaster Prevention for the 21^st century, Canberra 1-3, 1999.

Hunter L and Blong R, 1999, Floodplain inundation risk model, Proceedings of the Australian Disaster Conference, Disaster Prevention for the 21^st century, Canberra 1-3, 1999.

Kuhnel I. and Coates L., Fatalities from natural perils in eastern Australia - a function of ENSO?, Proceedings of the International Congress of Biometeorology & International Conference on Urban Climatology, CD-ROM Format, ICB15.1, Sydney, November 1999.

Kuhnel I. and Coates L. 1999, Risk assessment of ENSO-related flood and drought fatalities in eastern Australia. Proceedings of the Asian-Pacific FRIEND and GAME joint workshop on ENSO, floods and droughts in the 1990's in southeast Asia and the Pacific, Hanoi, Vietnam, March 1999.

Kuhnel I., Leigh R.J., Siciliano F., Coates L. and Andrews K 1999, Databases, risk assessment and ENSO - the Australian experience, European Geophysical Society Conference, Den Hague, April 1999.

Leigh R and Kuhnel I, 1999, Hailstorm risk assessment in New South Wales, Proceedings of the Australian Disaster Conference, Disaster Prevention for the 21^st century, Canberra 1-3, 1999.

McMaster H M, 1999, Hailstorm risk assessment in rural New South Wales, Proceedings of the Australian Disaster Conference, Disaster Prevention for the 21^st century, Canberra 1-3, 1999

Yeo S W, 1999, A review of Australian flood disasters in 1998, Proceedings of the Australian Disaster Conference, Disaster Prevention for the 21^st century, Canberra 1-3, 1999.

Yeo S, Leigh R, and Kuhnel I, 1999, The April 1999 Hailstorm, Australian Journal of Emergency Management, 14[4], 23-25.

Barr J and Blong R, 1999, Disaster Management is your Business, Rabaul Volcano Observatory, 15-18 March, 1999, Workshop Report, For Australian Geological Survey Organisation, NHRC Report 34p.

Blong R and Barr J, 1999, Disaster Management is your Business, Rabaul Volcano Observatory, 15-18 March, 1999, Course Notes, For Australian Geological Survey Organisation, NHRC Report.

Blong R J, 1999, Floodplain Management Manual [FMM]: A Review, Report to the Insurance Council of Australia, NHRC Report, 10p.

Blong R, Hunter L and Yeo S, 1999, Flood Inundation Risk Model, FIRM 1, NHRC Report, 8p.

Yeo S, Jacobson C and Blong R, 1999, Assessment of Flash Flood Risk using Geographical Information Systems, NHRC Report, 27p.

1998

Blong R J, 1998, Catastrophe insurance - Managing future insurance risks, Economic Bulletin, Singapore International Chamber of Commerce, 27[3], 16-18.

Blong R J, 1998, Damage - the truth but not the whole truth, Disaster Management, Crisis and Opportunity - hazard management and disaster preparedness in Australasia and the Pacific Region, Volume 1, Conference Proceedings, James Cook University, 1-4 November 1998, 46-58.

Leigh R, 1998, Hail damage to motor vehicles; an examination of the economic costs, Disaster Management, Crisis and Opportunity - hazard management and disaster preparedness in Australasia and the Pacific Region, Volume 1, Conference Proceedings, James Cook University, 1-4 November 1998, 194-203.

Kuhnel I, 1998, The use of a multifactor Southern Oscillation Index for the estimation of annual hailstorm frequencies in the Sydney area, International Journal of Climatology, 18, 841-858.

Kuhnel I, 1998, ENSO's Moving Thresholds, Water Resources Journal, UN, Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, June 1998, 100-110.

Kuhnel I, 1998, Are seasonal hailfalls predictable? - relationship between the Southern Oscillation Index and the annual hailfall activity in the Sydney region, Proceedings [CD-ROM] of the European Conference on Applied Climatology, Vienna, 19-23 October 1998, 6p.

Kuhnel I, 1998, Dos and DONTs of an El Niño conscious crop insurer, Proceedings of the Australian Crop Insurance Seminar, Sydney, July 1998, 17p.

Hunter L, 1998, GIS and Natural Hazard Loss Assessment, [ed. P Firns] Proceedings of The 10th Annual Colloquium of the Spatial Information Research Centre, Dunedin, University of Otago, New Zealand, 16-19 November 1998, 147-152.

Chen K, 1998, Correlations between Census Dwelling Data and Remotely Sensed Data, [ed. P Firns] Proceedings of The 10th Annual Colloquium of the Spatial Information Research Centre, Dunedin, University of Otago, New Zealand, 16-19 November 1998, 53-62.

Blong R J, 1998, Hail and flood - small catastrophes on the bottom line, Reinsurance Rendezvous, Melbourne, October 1998,13p.

Blong R J, 1998, Catastrophe exposure in Asia - risk denial or risk assessment?, Australia Forum, 6-10 March 1998, Gold Coast, 13p.

Blong R J, 1998, Damage - the truth but not the whole truth, Disaster Management, Crisis and Opportunity - hazard management and disaster preparedness in Australasia and the Pacific Region, James Cook University, 1-4 November 1998.

Chen K, 1998, Correlations between Census Dwelling Data and Remotely Sensed Data, [ed. P Firns] Proceedings of The 10th Annual Colloquium of the Spatial Information Research Centre, Dunedin, University of Otago, New Zealand, 16-19 November 1998, 53-62.

Hunter L, 1998, GIS and Natural Hazard Loss Assessment, [ed. P Firns] Proceedings of The 10th Annual Colloquium of the Spatial Information Research Centre, Dunedin, University of Otago, New Zealand, 16-19 November 1998, 147-152.

Leigh R, 1998, Hail damage to motor vehicles; an examination of the economic costs, Disaster Management, Crisis and Opportunity - hazard management and disaster preparedness in Australasia and the Pacific Region, James Cook University, 1-4 November 1998.

Siciliano F, 1998, Perils by postcode, Natural Hazards Research Center Seminar Series, 8 December 1998. Click here to view abstract.

Coates L, 1998, Deaths and ENSO: fate, chance or change? Natural Hazards Research Center Seminar Series, 8 December 1998. Click here to view abstract.

Leigh R, 1998, Dissection of a dent: modelling motor vehicle hail losses, Natural Hazards Research Center Seminar Series, 8 December 1998. Click here to view abstract.

Nakken M, 1998, Inundated by uncertainty; flood risk in inland NSW, Natural Hazards Research Center Seminar Series, 8 December 1998. Click here to view abstract.

Commissioned Reports (sorry, not publicly available)

BlongR J, 1998, Damage to solar panels, For Pacific Solar, NHRC Report, 4 p.

Blong R J and Yeo S, 1998, PML estimates for Vanuatu, Report for Commercial Union, NHRC Report, 28p.

Blong R J, 1998, Natural Perils on Guam - a brief review, For QBE Insurance Group, NHRC Report, 16p.

Siciliano F 1998, Building Materials Project, NHRC Report, 16p + Appendices.

Blong R J, 1998, Assessment of risks to the drinking water quality for Sydney Water Corporation - natural hazards and consequences, for Parametrix, NHRC Report, 11p.

Blong R J and Hunter L J, 1998, Earthquake PML estimates - Strata Title Buildings, Sydney, For QBE insurance Group, NHRC Report, 26p.

Blong R J and Hunter L J, 1998, Earthquake PML estimates - Household Buildings, Sydney, For QBE insurance Group, NHRC Report, 24p.

Kuhnel I, 1998, Climatological Report [with a special emphasis on the 27^th December 1997 Mungindi Hailstorm, Agririsk Insurance Brokers, NHRC Report, 15p.

Yeo S and Blong R, 1998, PML estimates for Christmas Island, Report for Commercial Union, NHRC Report, 26p.

1997

Blong R J, 1997, Managing catastrophic exposures in Asia, Singapore International Insurance and Actuarial Journal, 1, 137-147.

Blong R J, 1997, Thunderstorms as insured hazards, in Financial Risk Management for Natural Catastrophes, N R Britton and J Oliver [eds.], Proceedings of a Conference sponsored by Aon Group Australia Ltd, 59-84.

Blong R J, 1997, A geography of natural perils, The 1996 Griffith Taylor Lecture, Australian Geographer, 28(1), 7-27.

Blong R J, 1997, Natural Perils and Business Interruption, NHRC Report to NHRC Partners, 31p.

Blong R J, 1997, Israel Earthquake Risk Profiles, NHRC Report to Reinsurance Australia, 32p.

Blong R J, 1997, South American Earthquake Risk Profiles, NHRC Report to Reinsurance Australia, 65p.

Blong R J, 1997, Natural Perils in Jakarta, NHRC Report to QBE Insurance [International], 52p.

Blong R J, Earthquake PML - Household Buildings - Sydney II, Greig Fester Australia, 84p.

Blong R J, 1997, Volcanic risk, NHRC Report to Douglas Partners and BP Developments regarding proposed Hides LNG Pipeline, Papua New Guinea, 13p.

Blong R J, 1997, Earthquake-triggered landslides, NHRC Report to Douglas Partners and BP Developments regarding proposed Hides LNG Pipeline, Papua New Guinea, 23p.

Coates L, Blong R and Kuhnel I, 1997, GIO - Flood rating for NSW, NHRC Report to GIO Insurance, 4 vols.

Kuhnel, I., 1997, Hail risk assessment for Colly Farms' properties, NHRC report to Minet Agricultural, Insurance Brokers Pty. Ltd., Sydney.

Michael-Leiba M, Andrews K and Blong R J, 1997, The impacts of landslides in Australia, The Australian Journal of Emergency Management, 12(1), 23-26.

Nakken, M., 1997, Temporal and spatial relationships between rainfall, runoff, land-use and climatic variability in the Bogan River drainage system, McDonald, D. and McAleer, M. [eds.], Proceedings of International Congress on Modelling and Simulation (MODSIM 97), Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia, 8-11 December 1997.

Nakken, M. and P.B. Mitchell; 1997, Reflections on flooding in central NSW: Learning from history and assessing the future. The Australian Journal for Emergency Management, 11(4), 44-48.

Yeo, S.W., 1997, Disasters, dredging and development: approaches to flood management in the Ba River Valley, Fiji, in Islands in the Pacific Century, 8th Pacific Science Inter-Congress, 13-19 July 1997, The University of the South Pacific, Suva, Natural Disaster Session.

Blong R J, 1997, Volcanic hazards, human vulnerability and risk assessment, Workshop on Volcanic Hazards and Emergency Management in the South West Pacific, Port Vila, Vanuatu, 24-28 February 1997, 8p.

Blong R J, 1997, Security and siting, Survive! 6th Annual Pacific Conference and Exhibition, Hotel, Melbourne, 23-24 April.

Blong R J, 1997, Thunderstorms as insured hazards, Financial risk management for natural catastrophes, sponsored by Aon Group Australia Ltd, Gold Coast, September 1997.

Blong R J, 1997, The strange case of the geographer who lost his discipline and found the insurance industry, Department of Geography, University of Melbourne, 22 April, 1997.

Blong R J, 1997, Managing catastrophic exposures in Asia, Singapore College of Insurance, Senior Executive Seminar, Sentosa Island, Singapore, 12-15 May 1997.

Blong R J, 1997, Making cents of natural perils and Business Interruption, Natural Hazards Research Centre Seminar Series, 9 December 1997.

Kuhnel I, Blong R and K Andrews, 1997, Hailfalls in the Sydney region, APOC-AMOS Conference, 10-12 February, 1997, Macquarie University, Sydney.

Kuhnel I, 1997, Hail risk assessment for Colly Farms's properties, Presentation of results of NHRC consultancy to the board members of Colly Farms' properties, 14 August 1997, Sydney.

Kuhnel I, 1997, Waiting for the customer: ENSO and the insurance industry, Natural Hazards Research Center Seminar Series, 9 December 1997.

McMaster H, 1997, A Tale of Hail - Lessons from 77 Years of Experience, Natural Hazards Research Center Seminar Series, 9 December 1997.

Yeo S W, 1997, Stone or sand?: foundations for flood insurance at Ba, Fiji, Natural Hazards Research Center Seminar Series, 9 December 1997.

1996

Allport J K and Chambers B E A, 1996, Australian IDNDR Natural Hazards Research Directory, 201p.

Andrews K E and Blong, R J, 1996, Lifeline Vulnerability - a review, Report prepared for AGSO, September 1996, 2 vols.

Blong R J, 1996, Geological hazards and risk assessment, 9th Edgeworth David Day Symposium, Geology and the Community, University of Sydney, 6 September 1996, (ed. R A Facer), 1-2, (and 2nd edition) 14p.

Blong R J, 1996, The South West Pacific - Perfect Paradise or Perilous Pacific?, Proceedings, NDR96 Conference on Natural Disaster Reduction, 29 September-2 October 1996, Gold Coast, ed. R L Heathcote, C Cuttler and J Koetz. 23-28.

Blong, R J, 1996, A geography of natural perils, The 1996 Griffith Taylor lecture, Australian Geographer, (in press), 27p.

Blong, R J, 1996, PML events - one coming to a place near you, real soon now! Proceedings of the Tenth General Insurance Seminar, The Institute of Actuaries of Australia, Country Club, Launceston, November 1995, 386-397.

Blong R J, 1996, Volcanic hazards risk assessment, in Scarpa R and Tilling R, (eds.), Manual of volcano monitoring, Springer-Verlag (in press)

Blong R J, 1996, Book review: The Volcanic Earth, Lin Sutherland, UNSW Press, Australian Geographer (in press),

Coates L, 1996, An Overview of Fatalities from Some Natural Hazards, Proceedings, NDR96 Conference on Natural Disaster Reduction, 29 September-2 October 1996, Gold Coast, ed. R L Heathcote, C Cuttler and J Koetz. 49-54

Kuhnel, I., 1996: Relationships of Australian sugarcane yields to various climatic variables. Theor. and Applied Climatology, 54, 217-228.

Machida H, Blong R J, Moriwaki H, Specht J, Torrence R, Hayakawa Y, Talai B, Lolok D, and Pain C F, 1996, Holocene explosive eruptions of Witori and Dakataua caldera Volcanoes in West New Britain, Papua New Guinea, Quaternary International (in press)

Radford D, Blong R, d'Aubert A M, Kuhnel I, Nunn P, 1996, The incidence of tropical cyclones in the Southwest Pacific Region, 1920-1994, Greenpeace International report, 32p

Yeo, S, 1996, A Tale of Two Floods: 1931 & 1993, Ba River, Fiji, Proceedings, NDR96 Conference on Natural Disaster Reduction, 29 September-2 October 1996, Gold Coast, ed. R L Heathcote, C Cuttler and J Koetz. 287-292.

Conference Presentations & Talks

Blong R J, 1996, Geological hazards and risk assessment, 9th Edgeworth David Day Symposium, Geology and the Community, University of Sydney, 6 September.

Blong R J, 1996, The South West Pacific - Perfect Paradise or Perilous Pacific?, NDR96 Conference on Natural Disaster Reduction, Gold Coast, 29 September-2 October.

Blong, R J, 1996, A geography of natural perils, The 1996 Griffith Taylor lecture, 16 August.

Blong R J, 1996, Natural hazards - If I were an underwriter, Mercantile Mutual Executive Conference, Return to Shareholders, Mona Vale Conference Centre, 5 February.

Blong R J, 1996, Random Thoughts, Natural Hazards Research Center Seminar Series, 28 November 1996, Macquarie University.

Coates L, 1996, 200 Years of Deaths in Natural Hazards, Natural Hazards Research Center Seminar Series, 28 November 1996, Macquarie University.

Coates L, 1996, An Overview of Fatalities from Some Natural Hazards, Proceedings, NDR96 Conference on Natural Disaster Reduction, Gold Coast, 29 September-2 October.

Hunter L, 1996, Natural Perils and GIS, Natural Hazards Research Center Seminar Series, 28 November 1996, Macquarie University.

Miliauskas B, 1996, Newcastle, NSW: A Testing Ground for Microtremor Analysis, Natural Hazards Research Center Seminar Series, 28 November 1996, Macquarie University.

Nakken, M, 1996. Lifeline Vulnerability to Natural Hazards: An Application to Flooding in New South Wales. Lifelines Workshop, Australian Emergency Management Institute, Mt. Macedon, Victoria, Australia, 8-10 July 1996.

Yeo, S. 1996, A Tale of Two Floods: 1931 & 1993, Ba River, Fiji, Proceedings, NDR96 Conference on Natural Disaster Reduction, Gold Coast, 29 September-2 October.

Yeo, S., 1996, Living (and dying) with floods: Rarawai Sugar Mill, Ba, Fiji, in Flood Management Workshop Proceedings, 4-6 November 1996, Centre for Disaster Studies, James Cook University of North Queensland, Cairns.

1995

Allport J K and Blong R J, 1995, The Australian Tsunami Database (ATDB) , Volume 1, Summary Report, Australian Geological Survey Organisation Contract, 93p

Allport J K and Blong R J, 1995, The Australian Tsunami Database (ATDB),

Volume 2, ATDB, pages 1-199
Volume 3, ATDB, pages 200-399
Volume 4, ATDB, pages 400-569

Andrews K E and Blong R J, 1995, The Australian Landslide Database, Volume 1, Summary report, Australian Geological Survey Organisation Contract, 121p

Andrews K E and Blong R J, 1995, The Australian Landslide Database,

Volume 2, Landslide Numbers 1-99, p1-200
Volume 3, Landslide Numbers 100-199, p201-398
Volume 4, Landslide Numbers 200-299, p399-598
Volume 5, Landslide Numbers 300-399, p599-800
Volume 6, Australian Landslide Area Database, 100p

Andrews K E, Byrnes C H and Blong R J, 1995, Thunderstorms in Sydney, Part 1: Thunderstorm climatology, for QBE Insurance Ltd, AMP General Insurance Ltd, Swiss Reinsurance (Australia) and Greig Fester Australia Pty Ltd

Andrews K E, Byrnes C H and Blong R J, 1995, Thunderstorms in Sydney, Part 2: The 18 March 1990 hailstorm, for QBE Insurance Ltd, AMP General Insurance Ltd, Swiss Reinsurance (Australia) and Greig Fester Australia Pty Ltd

Blong R J and McKee C O, 1995, The Rabaul eruption, 1994 - destruction of a town, Macquarie University Natural Hazards Research Centre Report, 52p

Blong R J, 1995, Evaluation of the Australian IDNDR Program, International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction, Australian Committee, 16 August 1995, 46p.

Blong R J and Tanaka T, 1995, Paiam Townsite - rockfall hazards, A report to Geotechnical Engineering, Porgera Joint Venture, Porgera, PNG, 26p

Blong R J, 1995, Earthquake PML - household buildings, Adelaide, Greig Fester Australia Pty Ltd, 68p

Blong R J, 1995, Reassessing the physical impacts of the Newcastle earthquake and looking at the implications of an earthquake in Sydney, in Britton N, McDonald J and Oliver J (eds). Insurance Viability and Loss Mitigation: Partners in Risk Resolution, Proceedings of a seminar sponsored by Alexander Howden Reinsurance Brokers (Aust) Limited, Gold Coast, Queensland, Griffith University, Brisbane, 143-162.

Blong R J, 1995, Damage estimates for the Perth Metropolitan Area, in Sulc G.(ed) Earthquake 1995, Report of Proceedings 16-17 November 1995, Western Australian State Emergency Service, 55-64.

Yok, David, 1995, The Anawe Spoil Dump: It's Mudslide Behaviour, Porgera Gold Mine, Papua New Guinea. MSc (Hons) Thesis.

Andrews, K E, 1995, Severe thunderstorms and risk rating - wind damage to buildings, a project based on the January 1991 windstorms, Natural Hazards Research Center Seminar Series, 14 November 1995, Macquarie University.

Blong R J, 1995, The Rabaul eruption, 1994 - death of a town?, The Australian Museum Society, Sydney, 28 February.

Blong R J, 1995, The Rabaul eruption - 1994, Flinders University School of Social Sciences, Adelaide, 21 March.