Logan City’s new risk-based flood map identifies the City’s full floodplain for the first time.
Tag: natural-disaster
$349m of NSW council assets damaged by natural disasters
Natural disasters damaged almost $350 million worth of NSW council infrastructure between 2021-22.
Resilience planning needed for future infrastructure
The Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering wants planners to take heed of the risks from worsening natural disasters.
Natural disaster guide for NSW councils
The NSW Government is working closely with councils to help keep communities safe from natural disasters.
More disasters looming – governments ‘play a major role’
The total costs of natural disasters in Australia are forecast to more than double in real terms to $39 billion per year by 2050, according to the latest annual report…
Pop-up prison could flood: Labor
Flood plain risk.
What Australians want from urban planning and design
By Mark Bruzzone* The concept of ‘liveable cities’ has become an increasingly used term when talking about planning and designing urban areas. The desire to tackle challenges such as population…
NSW State Emergency Service dials up BAI for digital radio upgrade
By Julian Bajkowski Radio infrastructure services provider BAI has scored a significant deal with the New South Wales State Emergency Service (NSW SES) to project manage the responder’s communications equipment…
Scholar sent to aid Hurricane Sandy recovery
By Paul Hemsley The University of Sydney (USyd) has sent Honorary Professor in Urban Policy, Edward Blakely, to New York to help its recovery efforts caused by October’s monster storm…
Negotiations underway for extra NDRRA funding
By Angela Dorizas Queensland Premier Anna Bligh has taken up local government’s campaign for additional funding under the Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements (NDRRA). Ms Bligh met with Prime Minister Julia…
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