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Capacity building in the Solomon Islands

26 October 2023

A research team, led by CUR member Prof. Darryn McEvoy, has just returned from a week-long field trip to Honiara, Solomon Islands.

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Shaping Pacific Urban Futures

12 September 2023

CUR researchers have contributed to sessions on the climate action day at the 6th Pacific Urban Forum, held at the Pacific Island Forum Secretariat Conference Centre in Suva, Fiji (5–7 September). The event was attended by 300 delegates from across the region. The Pacific Urban Forum (PUF) is the premier event for urban practitioners, thinkers, […]

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Rebuilding a Place to Call Home: Sharing knowledge for the recovery of Ukraine

Oleksandr Anisimov, Pavlo Fedoriv, Oleksandra Tkachenko, , Edwin Buitelaar
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Ukraine’s housing recovery forum – rebuilding a place to call home

, Oleksandr Anisimov, Edwin Buitelaar

HOUSING FINANCE INTERNATIONAL

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Implementing nature-based solutions to reduce climate risks in informal settlements, Solomon Islands

06 December 2022

The Solomon Islands has been identified as one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change, with informal settlements and the urban poor particularly sensitive to weather-related extreme events. A multi-disciplinary scientific team from RMIT University, led by Prof. Darryn McEvoy, is engaged in several projects that aim to increase the climate resilience of marginalised communities in the capital city, Honiara.

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Climate Resilient Honiara helping bring safety and dignity to Honiaran women

08 March 2022

This International Women’s Day calls for gender equity today, for a sustainable tomorrow. Researchers on the Climate Resilient Honiara project are seeking to contribute to just these issues, in a city struggling against the realities of rapid urbanisation and climate change.

Publications

Inclusive and disaster resilient shelter guide: urban informal settlements, Honiara, Solomon Islands

Mittul Vahanvati, Darryn McEvoy, Deborah Kuh, Usha Iyer-Raniga
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Rethinking community hubs: community facilities as critical infrastructure

Ian McShane,

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

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Reframing resilience as resistance: Situating disaster recovery within colonialism

The Geographical Journal

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Rebuilding from the ashes of disaster: this is what Australia can learn from India

27 January 2020

A key question facing us all after Australia’s unprecedented bushfires is how will we do reconstruction differently? We need to ensure our rebuilding and recovery efforts make us safer, protect our environment and improve our ability to cope with future disasters.

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Current Projects

Enhancing urban resilience to climate change impacts and natural disasters: Honiara

2019 (ongoing)

The overarching aim of this project is to enhance the resilience of the city and its inhabitants to current and future climate impacts and natural disasters.

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