Rethinking disaster risk management and climate change adaptation Authors: Michael Howes, Deanna Grant-Smith, Kim Reis, Karyn Bosomworth, Peter Tangney, Michael Heazle, Darryn McEvoy and Paul BurtonYear: 2013 A more iterative approach to policymaking and planning and reconceptualizing terms such as community and resilience may be necessary to allow for more tailored responses to varying circumstances… Read More
Future change in ancient worlds: Indigenous adaptation in northern Australia Authors: Deanne Bird, Jeanie Govan, Helen Murphy, Sharon Harwood, Katharine Haynes, Dean Carson, Stephen Russell, David King, Ed Wensing, Nicole Tsakissiris and Steven LarkinYear: 2013 This report examines the underlying vulnerabilities, adaptive capacities and population movements of Indigenous people in four communities in northern Australia… Read More
Planning, building and insuring: Adaptation of built environment to climate change induced increased intensity of natural hazards 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 Planning has been directed more… Read More
Impact of the 2010-11 floods and the factors that inhibit and enable household adaptation strategies Deanne Bird, David King, Katharine Haynes, Pamela Box, Tetsuya Okada and Kate NairnYear: 2013 Looking at three flood affected communities (Brisbane and Emerald, Queensland; and Donald, Victoria) a greater number of factors inhibit adaptation to flooding that enable adaptive behaviour.… Read More
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
