Disaster resilience
Report
An agenda for change: community-led disaster resilience
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.
Report
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.