Community development
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Community wellbeing indicators: measures for local government
This research was conducted in partnership with the Local Government Association of Queensland (LGAQ) to support a Community Wellbeing Indicators Survey template. The tool can be adapted for use by local governments nationally to measure, analyse and assess the progress of community wellbeing.
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Adapting strata title communities for climate change: a stakeholder action list manual
AbstractThis manual provides 25 recommendations that are directed to better preparing strata titled communities for climate change. A grant received from the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Foundation supplemented by a grant received from CHU (a specialist strata title insurance company) has enabled the conduct of research that has culminated in the preparation of a...
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Auckland libraries te kauroa – future directions 2013-2023
Auckland Libraries is part of realising that vision for the people and city of Auckland. This document outlines the Te Kauroa – Future Directions for Auckland Libraries and the shifts we need to make over the next 10 years in order to contribute significantly to the lives of Aucklanders. It is clear from growth predictions...
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Adapting the community sector for climate extremes
Abstract People experiencing poverty and inequality will be affected first and worst by the impacts of climate change to infrastructure and human settlements, including those caused by increasingly frequent and intense extreme weather events and natural disasters. They have the least capacity to cope, to adapt, to move and to recover. Community service organisations (CSOs)...
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Impact Australia: investment for social and economic benefit
DEEWR, in collaboration with JBWere, has developed a report that establishes a foundation for understanding impact investing in the Australian context: what it is, why it matters, what is happening here and what could or should happen. The report showcases examples in Australia and internationally of people harnessing capital markets to: support community prosperity; encourage...