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Thoughts on resilience proofing SEQ and NE NSW from flooding, drought and fire
Royal Society of Queensland. Proceedings, Vol.133, pp.109-116
2025
Abstract
This paper presents a hypothetical integrated strategy using a whole-system framework in a time of increasing human population density and accelerating climate change. Right now a whole-system perspective is needed to integrate spatial and temporal strategies (Hynes, 2020, pp. 176 and 181; 2021, p. 95) for resilience proofing these geographical regions2 (Hynes, 2022, pp. 164-166). However, contradictions emerge as management prescriptions suitable for flood and drought control and ecosystem resilience can conflict with wildfire control strategies. The following hypothetical case focuses on the period of the 2019-2020 drought conditions and fires and the recent period of exceptional rainfall and flooding 2020-2022. It assumes that preparation to address these events commenced around 1960 and that the judicious recognition of scale in achieving relevant management systems has been accommodated in planning and development strategies.
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- Title
- Thoughts on resilience proofing SEQ and NE NSW from flooding, drought and fire
- Authors
- Ross Hynes (Corresponding Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast
- Publication details
- Royal Society of Queensland. Proceedings, Vol.133, pp.109-116
- Publisher
- Royal Society of Queensland
- Date published
- 2025
- Copyright note
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- Organisation Unit
- Tropical Forests and People Research Centre
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 991214551202621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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