Book contents
- Natural Disasters and Adaptation to Climate Change
- Natural Disasters and Adaptation to Climate Change
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management: Challenges and Opportunities
- Part I Case Studies from North America
- Part II Case Studies from Australia
- 7 Drought and Water in the Murray-Darling basin: From Disaster Policy to Adaptation
- 8 After ‘Black Saturday’: Adapting to Bushfires in a Changing Climate
- 9 Cyclone Tracy and the Road to Improving Wind-Resistant Design
- 10 Adaptation and Resilience in Two Flood-Prone Queensland Communities
- Part III Case Studies from Europe
- Part IV Case Studies from the Developing World
- Part V Synthesis Chapters
- Index
10 - Adaptation and Resilience in Two Flood-Prone Queensland Communities
from Part II - Case Studies from Australia
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 October 2013
Book contents
- Natural Disasters and Adaptation to Climate Change
- Natural Disasters and Adaptation to Climate Change
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management: Challenges and Opportunities
- Part I Case Studies from North America
- Part II Case Studies from Australia
- 7 Drought and Water in the Murray-Darling basin: From Disaster Policy to Adaptation
- 8 After ‘Black Saturday’: Adapting to Bushfires in a Changing Climate
- 9 Cyclone Tracy and the Road to Improving Wind-Resistant Design
- 10 Adaptation and Resilience in Two Flood-Prone Queensland Communities
- Part III Case Studies from Europe
- Part IV Case Studies from the Developing World
- Part V Synthesis Chapters
- Index
- Type
- Chapter
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- Natural Disasters and Adaptation to Climate Change , pp. 95 - 106Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013