Tag Archives: Australia

Brisbane floods: before and after

Posted on January 18, 2011 by Garry Peterson

From Australian Broadcasting Company the Brisbane floods: before and after: High-resolution aerial photos taken over Brisbane last week have revealed the scale of devastation across dozens of suburbs and tens of thousands of homes and businesses. The aerial photos of … Continue reading →

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Floods in Brisbane and Brazil

Posted on January 14, 2011 by Garry Peterson

The near simultaneous floods in Brazil and Brisbane provide a contrast in terms of their impact (and media coverage).  Brisbane is experiencing huge property damage, but relatively little loss of life – while Brazil is experiencing large loss of life, … Continue reading →

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Shaping Australia’s Resilience

Posted on February 21, 2010 by Garry Peterson

Australia 21 organized conference Shaping Australia’s Resilience: Policy development for uncertain futures (18-19 February 2010) at Australian National University in Canberra.  They quote my colleagues Steve Cork, who recently editted a book for Australia 21 – Brighter prospects: Enhancing the … Continue reading →

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A regional resilience assessment of the Goulburn-Broken Catchment

Posted on February 19, 2009 by Allyson Quinlan

Earlier this month one of the first integrated assessments of regional resilience based on the workbooks developed by the Resilience Alliance was published in Ecology and Society. Resilience, Adaptability and Transformability in the Goulburn-Broken Catchment, Australia, by Brian Walker, Nick … Continue reading →

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Australian firefighters on fire policy

Posted on February 12, 2009 by Garry Peterson

Peter Marshall, national secretary of the United Firefighters Union of Australia, writing in the Melbourne Age argues that the government needs to face the drivers of changes in fire riks, not only extinguishing fires in Face global warming or lives … Continue reading →

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Slow variables that shape bushfire resilience

Posted on February 12, 2009 by Garry Peterson

Creating the perfect firestorm on the BBC writes about two of the slow variables that produce a fire situation: climate and fuel accumulation: Current climate projections point to an increase in fire-weather risk from warmer and drier conditions. Two simulations … Continue reading →

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Tim Flannery on Australian bushfires

Posted on February 12, 2009 by Garry Peterson

Australian mammalogist and writer Tim Flannery on the Australian bushfires in a Guardian article Australian bushfires: when two degrees is the difference between life and death: The day after the great fire burned through central Victoria, I drove from Sydney … Continue reading →

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Australian fires

Posted on February 10, 2009 by Garry Peterson

The deadly Australian bushfires appear to have been so deadly because they were unusual.  The fires caught people before they new it was coming, and unlike many fires they were too strong to fight.  What made these fires unusual?  At … Continue reading →

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