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First Nations media organisations play a crucial role in emergency situations. However
The flood will exacerbate the housing crisis for people with disability and their carers. Here’s why – and six steps governments could take now.
The findings indicates natural disasters such as the current floods in southeastern Australia can influence election results.
About two-thirds of people affected by disasters such as floods return to their usual level of psychological well-being. But some people are at risk of lasting distress.
Simply providing passive information is not enough. Governments must find better ways to deliver important messages about natural hazards.
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Mark Maund on improving our resilience to deal with flood crises
Michelle Grattan speaks with Mark Maund from the School of Architecture and Built Environment at the University of Newcastle on the floods currently devastating NSW and QLD
Domestic violence surges during and after bushfires, pandemics, earthquakes, cyclones and floods. We need to start preparing for the next inevitable disaster.
One in 1,000 years style descriptions apply to probabilities that don’t change. The likelihood of severe floods is increasing.
As disasters become more frequent under climate change, building back damaged electricity poles and wires seems maddeningly futile.
Disasters are becoming more frequent and severe as the climate heats up – but Australia is badly under-prepared.
Australia’s east coast flooding is forcing people to confront challenges such as evacuations and loss of property. However, Aboriginal people are being left to find their own way through this crisis.
Food is a fundamental human right. But governments have left it to charities and food suppliers to step in after disasters. That has to change as climate change throws up greater stresses.
Decades of research shows disasters are caused human vulnerabilities rather than the climate itself.
Ironically, excess rain can lead to a shortage of clean drinking water in times of storms and flooding.
The damage from storms, droughts and sea level rise is in the news almost daily. Some money is flowing to help poor countries, but what isn’t clear is how much impact the funds are having.
The most affordable homes face the highest risks from disasters for three key reasons.
As more people move into high fire-risk areas, an architect explains what to do to keep properties as safe as possible.
We can’t prevent natural disasters from happening, but we can be better prepared for when they do.
After another devastating wildfire year in the West, the Biden administration has a plan to ramp up forest thinning and prescribed burns. Two foresters explain why these projects are so important.
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Honorary Professor of Hazards and Disaster Risk Sciences, University of Sydney
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Professor Emeritus of Geography, Louisiana State University
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Professor of Political Science, Public Policy and Urban Affairs and Director, Security and Resilience Program, Northeastern University
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