Amid fears that parts of Townsville and other Australian cities might become “uninsurable”, making urban areas more resilient and adaptable to flooding is becoming more urgent.
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The rhetoric of ‘smart cities’ is dominated by the economic, with little reference to the natural world and its plight. Truly smart and resilient cities need to be more in tune with the planet.
By working together, social insects are able to fix a small failure before it becomes a larger one.
The root cause of our vulnerability is the structure of the global economy: highly interconnected, complex and filled with turbulence.
Communities that rate highly for liveability share certain essential features. We can identify and build these key ingredients into our cities to create thriving places where people want to live.
Study finds higher risk of flooding from a combination of storm surge and heavy precipitation, particularly along the East Coast of the US.
The climate is changing. Development patterns that have hardly served us well in the past certainly won’t serve us well in the future. Now is the time to adapt.
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Assistant Professor, University of Central Florida
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Senior Ecologist, University of Sydney
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Director, Social & Global Studies Centre, RMIT University
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Distinguished Professor and Director, Urban Futures Enabling Capability Platform, and Director, Healthy Liveable Cities Group, RMIT University
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Executive Director, Sustainable & Resilient Economy, The Ohio State University
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Associate Professor of Architecture, New Jersey Institute of Technology
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Adjunct Professor, Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University
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Professor, Director Australian Urban Observatory, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University
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Housing Policy Researcher, Expert Advisor, Housing Assessment Resource Tools and Adjunct Professor, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Maine
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Lecturer in Architecture, Griffith University