Community Engagement for Disaster Risk Reduction

27/11/2017

The importance of connecting for all facets of life in the city.

The secret of creating attractive, liveable places sounds deceptively simple: connect people to places, people to transport and people to people.

11/11/2017

A lovely presentation by Gretchen Krampf about the importance of "being present to one another" and "working collaboratively through inspired actions"

In these times of global challenge, how do we meet the needs of individuals, families and local communities while nurturing a sense of belonging, a capacity ...

09/11/2017

Changing weather patterns triggers shifts in disaster extremes. Preparing and responding together increases our resilience to these extremes.

This year is poised to go down as the hottest non-El Niño year ever recorded, with record low polar ice and extreme weather that left many regions battling bushfires and hurricanes.

07/11/2017

Learning together to prepare for future risks is a key component of the CEDRR Project: "Social learning means bringing people of different expertise and experience together to learn from one another to solve problems."

Science and 'social learning' key to reduce climate disaster risks.

02/11/2017

An older article but still very relevant. Is stronger policy the answer? Are people unaware of the risks? The CEDRR Project explores these questions and many more. These are open for further exploration...

Federal Attorney-General Robert McClelland has said that Australia needs to rethink its natural disaster policies if it wants to reduce disaster costs in the future and avoid becoming the insurer of last…

29/10/2017

What role does psychology play in disaster evacuation?
Hint: Quite a lot...

Promoting individual resilience will contribute to reductions in disaster threats for at-risk communities globally.

26/10/2017

Tweet Tweet! Our Twitter is up and running! Follow Us and Tweet your thoughts and encounters with Community Engagement for Disaster Risk Reduction using the twitter handle

https://twitter.com/CEDRR_Project

25/10/2017

Today is the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction - Together we are working towards reducing the number of people affected by disasters

The UN General Assembly called for the International Day for Disaster Reduction in 1989 as a way to promote a global culture of risk-awareness and disaster reduction. That includes disaster prevention, mitigation and preparedness. It was originally celebrated on the second Wednesday of October (Reso...

25/10/2017

Risk is a complex, highly subjective phenomenon. This article provides an interesting insight into the way our understandings of, and research into, risk continues to change.

People aren't the perfectly rational, number-crunching risk-takers that traditional theory suggests. Research shows a whole variety of factors feed into risk-taking.

23/10/2017

Why do people stay in, and rebuild areas subject to high levels of risk? In a rapidly changing world the answer to this question will be important in planning for future disasters.

There's something in the old adage, 'there's no place like home'.

20/10/2017

Based on your feedback, the CEDRR website is currently undergoing some changes for the launch of version 2.0. We look forward to bringing this to you soon.

19/10/2017

Why participation? Why CEDRR? Lead researcher and developer of the CEDRR concept Dr Brian Cook presents at the 2015 CFA SES Community Engagement & Hazard Awareness State Forum.

Brian Cook (University of Melbourne) discusses Community Participation in Emergency Management Why and how we should and shouldn’t do it at the 2015 CFA SES ...