Resilience in Action: Brisbane's Flood Resilient Homes Program
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The BCC Flood Resilient Homes Program is the first topic on our LiveStream series - check out the engaging presenation
An author's insight - Rising from the Flood:Moving Grantham
Future threats from naturla perils will mean not all settlements can stay where they are now. What needs to happen to enable and empower a community to want to relocate. Key lessons from the Grantham resettlement via Jamie Simmonds recently published book - provide invaluable insights on what can make it happen.
Probing the Book - River with a City Problem
A new local book on the History of Flood in Brisbane has created a fresh insight into the evolution of issues over time and how well adapted we may or may not be!!!
Queensland experiences will actively feature at Floodplain Management Australia Conference 2019
Queensland colleagues are active at this years FMA National Conference with 20 presentations and 4 award nominations
Managed Retreat from the Floodplain - Lessons from USA case studies and what it might mean for Australia?
What dos over 100 years of 30 managed retreat from the floodplain in the USA tell us? Nichols Pinter from Unibersity of California, Davis takes us on a guided historic tour of what has been possible - with both the good and the poor highlighted.
Tools for water sensitive cities – what can they tell us & what can “we” do?
A rapid tour of tools that bring decision making and design of water sensitive cities into the reaches of professionals with a desire to have good alternatives rather than business as usual
A deep dive into the meaning of "resilience of people and places to natural hazards" - what does it look like & how can policy translate into action
Initial highlights from our Friday 21 workshops on Resilience of people and places to natural hazards – policy to action? More to come
Front of Mind - Engagement
A real bonus to explore what I have experienced through Engagement and how it underpins the essence of the Flood Community of Practice. Check out this interview with Jack Mullay