Killing two birds with one stone: Developing Northern Australian adaptive capabilities to sustainably develop competent and thriving communities capable of responding effectively to natural hazards

Killing two birds with one stone: Developing Northern Australian adaptive capabilities to sustainably develop competent and thriving communities capable of responding effectively to natural hazards Book Section

Lead from the North: Rethinking Northern Australia Development

• Author(s): Buergelt, Petra T, Paton, Douglas, Campbell, Andrew, Cottrell, Alison, James, Helen
• Secondary Author(s): Wallace, Ruth, Harwood, Sharon, Gerritsen, Rolf, Prideaux, Bruce, Brewer, Tom, Rosenman, Linda, Dale, Allan
• Published: 2021
• Publisher: ANU Press

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Abstract: Northern Australia has the potential to become a powerhouse within Australia (Australian Government, 2015). However, as the same report pointed out, the realisation of this potential is threatened by Northern Australia’s exposure to substantial natural hazards. These hazards include bushfires, cyclones and flooding as well as extreme heat and humidity for six months of the year. At the same time, the resources and capabilities required to mitigate the complex natural hazard risk are declining. Infrastructure issues that can be traced to how extreme weather and climatic conditions make construction and maintenance difficult and expensive. Social factors such as low population densities, communities of varying degrees of remoteness, low population diversity and population turnover compound to introduce other significant challenges to the human component of mitigation planning.

• Urls: https://researchers.cdu.edu.au/en/publications/killing-two-birds-with-one-stone-developing-northern-australian-a, https://ris.cdu.edu.au/ws/files/47967372/ch18.pdf
• Publisher Location: Canberra