Network governance and climate change adaptation: Collaborative responses to the Queensland floods Authors: Susan Kinnear, Kym Patison, Julie Mann, Elizabeth Malone and Vicki RossYear: 2013 The project was designed to compare social networks across a range of different geographical, functional, and institutional and regulatory contexts, within the communities of Rockhampton, Emerald and Brisbane, through studying… Read More
Heat-Ready: Heatwave awareness, preparedness and adaptive capacity in aged care facilities in three Australian states: New South Wales, Queensland and South Australia Authors: Deborah Black, Craig Veitch, Leigh Wilson and Alana HansenYear: 2013 Planning for the health effects of extreme heat in elderly residents is critical to ensure wellness in this population group is maintained.… Read More
Structural resilience of core port infrastructure in a changing climate. Work Package 3 of Enhancing the resilience of seaports to a changing climate report series Authors: Daniel Kong, Sujeeva Setunge, Tom Molyneaux, Guomin Zhang and David LawYear: 2013 An analysis of simulated deterioration of port infrastructure under 6 different climate change scenarios suggest that while… Read More
Urban food security, urban resilience and climate change Author: Paul Burton, Kristen Lyons, Carol Richards, Marco Amati, Nicholas Rose, Lotus Des Fours, Victor Pires and Rochelle BarclayYear: 2013 Extreme weather events are the main source of major disruptions to urban food supplies. Viability and productivity of existing food production systems is also likely to be… Read More
Community adaptation strategies to floods Authors: Deanne Bird, David King, Katherine Haynes, Pamela Box, Tetsuya Okado and Kate NairnYear: 2013 This factsheet summarises the key findings from a project that looked at the factors inhibiting and enabling household adaptation strategies in the flood-affected communities of Brisbane, Emerald (QLD) and Donald (VIC) in the aftermath of… Read More
Functional resilience of port environs in a changing climate – Assets and operations. Work Package 2 of Enhancing the resilience of seaports to a changing climate report series Authors: Prem Chhetri, Jonathan Cocoran, Victor Gekara, Brian Corbitt, Nilmini Wickramasinghe, Gaya Jayatilleke, Fatima Basic, Helen Scott, Alex Manzoni and Chris MaddoxYear: 2013 Seaports are critical gateways… Read More
Aboriginal responses to climate change in arid zone Australia: Regional understandings and capacity building for adaptation Authors: Paul Memmott, Joseph Reser, Brian Head, James Davidson, Daphne Nash, Tim O’Rourke, Harshi Gamage, Samid Suliman, Andrew Lowry and Keith MarshallYear: 2013 This report records the establishment of a climate adaptation group and adaptation strategy for five Aboriginal… Read More
Adaptor of last resort? An economic perspective on the Government’s role in adaptation to climate change Authors: Leo Dobes, Frank Jotzo and Patrick DoupéYear: 2013 The primary objective of this project was to investigate the issues associated with government assuming the role of insurer of last resort with respect to adaptation to climate change.The authors… Read More
A framework for adaptation of Australian households to heat waves Authors: Wasim Saman, John Boland, Stephen Pullen, Richard de Dear, Veronica Soebarto, Wendy Miller, Barbara Pocock, Martin Belusko, Frank Bruno, David Whaley, John Pockett, Helen Bennetts, Barbara Ridley, Jasmine Palmer, Jian Zuo, Tony Ma, Nicholas Chileshe, Natalie Skinner, Janine Chapman, Natalija Vujinovic, Moira Walsh, Christina… Read More
Adapting our built environment to a changing climate Authors: David King, John Ginger, Stewart Williams, Alison Cottrell, Yetta Gurtner, Cam Leitch, David Henderson, Nandana Jayasinghe, Peter Kim, Kate Booth, Carl Ewin, Kenneth Innes, Keith Jacobs, Marianne Jago-Bassingthwaighte and Luke JacksonYear: 2013 Global warming is projected to increase the impacts of climate-related natural hazards, especially floods… Read More
