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Displaying 15 of about 29 resultsThis report forms part of the output from Project A9 entitled “Cost-Effective Mitigation Strategy Development for Building Related Earthquake Risk” within the Bushfire and Natural Hazards Cooperative Research Centre.
It builds on previous work and provides the experimental estimates for different components of economic loss that might…
Recent high-profile building fires involving highly-combustible external cladding panels in
Australia as well as Dubai, China, and the United Kingdom have created a heightened awareness by
the public, government, and commercial entities to act on the risks associated with non-compliant
building structures. In this paper, a database of fire events inv…
The guideline identifies a suite of best practice building and landscaping measures, using tailored, site-specific solutions to adapt buildings for bushfire resilience. The guideline is based on extensive research into the attack mechanisms of bushfires and the different ways that buildings and gardens may be vulnerable to these attacks.
To help combat…
This document is the final report of the Commission of Inquiry into the Queensland floods of 2010/2011, established following the flooding of historic proportions in Queensland in December 2010, stretching into January 2011. It embodies both likelihood of flooding
and the consequences of flood when it comes.
The report begins with an examination of flo…
This report examines the impacts on the built environment of increased intensities in weather-related natural hazard events, in order to identify the possibilities of using the regulatory mechanisms of building construction, housing insurance and planning in climate change adaptation. The research findings are restricted to these three aspects of the bu…
This report presents the findings of a building codes resilience survey developed by the members of the Global Resiliency Dialogue – the Australian Building Codes Board (ABCB), the National Research Council of Canada, the New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment, and the International Code Council (ICC, based in the United States). T…
This book was produced to mark the end of the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR), a United Nations initiative to reduce the negative effects of natural disasters.
This volume communicates solutions to the problems associated with natural disasters, stimulating discussion and improvements in methods of protecting people and prop…
The Guidelines are based on the findings of two prior surveys and provide a framework for jurisdictions around the world to consider as they work to effectively integrate future‑focused climate science into building codes and standards. The Global Resiliency Dialogue (GRD) announced the publication of the Global Building Resilience Guidelines at the 27t…
This paper summarises the key changes in urban planning and building regulations that were introduced in Victoria over time to minimise the effects of bushfire on settlements. These have generally occurred within four main eras, being the independent origins of planning and bushfire risk management, the progressive emergence of bushfire risk management…
This report provides a high-level analysis and discussion of the responses close to thirty Australian building code stakeholders gave when they were invited to share their views and opinions on both the climate science and technical challenges and opportunities for enhancing resilience outcomes within the context of building codes and standards. Th…
This agreement between the Commonwealth of Australia and the State of Western Australia addresses risk priorities ranging from tropical cyclones, bushfires, floods, earthquake and tsunami, to climate change-related sea level rise and more intense storms threatening coastal housing and infrastructure by building on existing knowledge and increase underst…
This paper discusses community engagement in wind risk mitigation and reviews literature and existing mitigation programs as background for a smartphone mitigation tool being developed in Queensland, Australia, and Florida, United States of America (USA). Engineering solutions exist to prevent failures however, post-event observations hig…
This issue focuses on urban resilience and looks at recent occurrences of weather-related events causing widespread devastation and misery, including floods, typhoons and wildfires in Australia, severe winter weather in Colombia, snowstorms in Estonia and Scotland, hundreds of people and thousands of buildings lost to flash floods and mudslides in Brazi…
The purpose of this Guidance is to share innovative, practical and affordable solutions for adapting Queensland homes to be flood resilient. The guideline is based on lessons learned through consultation with the building industry, local governments and Queensland Government agencies.
The Guideline provides information about reducing the impact of flood…
This guide provides information about improving the wind resilience of Queensland homes located in cyclone prone areas. It contains information about the impacts of cyclones and guidance for strengthening the wind resilience of new and existing homes.
The guide is designed for use by homeowners as well as the building, design and construction industry.…