Across the divide: How an isolated community stayed connected
Download the PDF Description When severe Tropical Cyclone Debbie destroyed the main access road into the small, rural community of Sarina Range in 2017, it...
Asset-based Community Recovery Framework
Download the PDF Description This article explores an Asset-based Community Recovery Framework, based in Canada. Publication Details Published: 2020 Produced by: Tamarack Institute Authors: Jonathan Massimi,...
Can agencies promote bushfire resilience using art-based community engagement?
Download the PDF Description This paper presents evidence from an arts-based community engagement initiative that promoted disaster resilience in a regional Victorian town. Publication Details...
The Case for Cultivating Community Resilience
Download the PDF Description This paper explores cultivating community resilience through adapting to challenges and sustaining hope. Publication Details Published: 2016 Produced by: Tamarack Institute...
Fostering community bushfire preparedness through engagement and empowerment
Download the PDF Description In March, 2009, the Tasmanian Fire Service introduced a Community Development Pilot in an endeavour to use community engagement and empowerment...
Resilience in the Face of Disaster: evaluation of a community development and engagement initiative in Queensland
Download the PDF Description Sarah Dean details a case study of Queensland local councils and assesses if funded programs deliver long-lasting community resilience. Unprecedented hydro-meteorological...
The Missing Link in Emergency Management: evaluating community engagement
Download the PDF Description A study with 30 community engagement practitioners and managers from Australian emergency management organisations, councils and not-for-profit organisations was undertaken to...
Theory of Change: Facilitators Source Book
Download the PDF Description A Theory of Change is an organization’s “theory”, or story, of how it will make change in the world. A theory...
Operationalising Community Disaster Resilience: The role of place-based community organisations
Download the PDF Description This thesis examines how place-based community organisations can play an effective role in the operationalisation of community disaster resilience. This study...