Resilience Live Episode 5: Identifying Archetypes of Participatory Flood Risk Governance under Climate FuturesÂ
Date: January 25, 2024
Speaker: Aaron Opdyke
Bionote: Dr Aaron Opdyke is a Senior Lecturer in Humanitarian Engineering in the School of Civil Engineering at the University of Sydney. His research seeks to understand the interface of infrastructure and social systems, examining solutions for effective disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation. Aaron’s work looks at how participatory processes that integrate local and scientific knowledge can support safer and more inclusive infrastructure.
Presentation Abstract:
The Philippines is expected to see the highest rise in population exposure to coastal flooding under climate change of any country globally by 2100. More robust flood risk models that incorporate climate change are vital to protecting both people and infrastructure, however, mobilising this information requires new collaborative approaches that enable communities to make risk-informed planning decisions. This talk will explore the role of co-producing knowledge with communities to solve entrenched issues in disaster risk. Drawing on new research which examines how local governments make disaster risk reduction decisions, this talk will examine the catalysts for building more resilient infrastructure and communities.