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Disaster resilience

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An agenda for change: community-led disaster resilience

Kerry Jones, Francis Archer, Brian Martin, Peter Bragge, Jane Fisher, Rebecca Wickes, Helen Forbes-Mewitt, David Johnston, Simone Mandl, Carla Clarence, Lauren Anseline, Shirin Malekpour, Paul Satur, Caroline Spencer, Alyse Lennox

This report investigates the intersections between disaster, resilience and community and asks how we can harness community leadership and action during moments of crisis to create transformative change and foundations for future thriving.
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The connections that matter


This report outlines the findings from a longitudinal study of how survivors fared during the 12 months immediately after the fires decimated communities in Victoria’s East Gippsland Region. The report was prepared for Australia’s national energy consumer advocate, Energy Consumers Australia.
Guide

Preparing for the unimaginable: guidelines for organisational response and staff support before, during and after disaster


Affected communities need long-term support far beyond what many disaster relief volunteering organisation can often commit to. This project explores the phenomenon of support before, during and after disaster (specifically the floods in Townsville and North West Queensland), focusing on organisational support for staff to inform the development of guidelines to better prepare employer organisations...
Article

Unwelcoming and reluctant to help: bushfire recovery hasn’t considered Aboriginal culture — but things are finally starting to change


This article explores how First Nations methodologies can be applied in disaster affected Indigenous communities.
Report

Emergency resilience in culturally and linguistically diverse communities: challenges and opportunities


This two-year community engagement and research project found well-developed resilience capacities within CALD communities, with a strong potential for them to enrich disaster management knowledge and practices in wider Australia.