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  • To Be Beside the Seaside: Urban Resilience to Climate-Related Disasters in Coastal Cities

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    Author(s)
    Torabi, Elnaz
    Primary Supervisor
    Dedekorkut, Aysin
    Other Supervisors
    Howes, Michael
    Year published
    2017
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    Abstract
    Climate change increases the intensity, duration and/or frequency of climate-related events such as floods. These events can become major disasters when they occur in vulnerable urban regions. Coastal resort towns and tourism cities can be particularly vulnerable to these disasters due to their geography and highly variable seasonal populations. Moreover, despite the increasing risk, urban development in many coastal cities continues to take place on low-lying land, aggravating existing exposure and vulnerabilities. Resilience has become a popular concept in urban planning and policy especially in the context of adaptation ...
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    Climate change increases the intensity, duration and/or frequency of climate-related events such as floods. These events can become major disasters when they occur in vulnerable urban regions. Coastal resort towns and tourism cities can be particularly vulnerable to these disasters due to their geography and highly variable seasonal populations. Moreover, despite the increasing risk, urban development in many coastal cities continues to take place on low-lying land, aggravating existing exposure and vulnerabilities. Resilience has become a popular concept in urban planning and policy especially in the context of adaptation to climate change but it is not an easy concept to understand and articulate in policy goals. These difficulties, coupled with the increasing risks associated with climate-related disasters, call for a reconsideration of the concept and its application in the field of urban planning. Responsibility for building resilience usually falls to local governments but they may lack the necessary resources and struggle to respond. In Australia, there is also a lack of a consistent policy direction across different local government areas.
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    Thesis Type
    Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
    Degree Program
    Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
    School
    Griffith School of Environment
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.25904/1912/606
    Copyright Statement
    The author owns the copyright in this thesis, unless stated otherwise.
    Subject
    Climate change
    Urban planning, Coastal areas
    Building regulations, Coastal areas
    Flooding, Urban areas
    Building collapse, Ocean areas
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/365471
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    • Theses - Higher Degree by Research

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