Vision
Decision-makers tasked with assessing and managing natural hazard risks to rural communities and assets have access to information that is targeted, authoritative, understandable, and usable.
Project description
People making decisions about risk management need to understand the hazards, and the exposure and vulnerability of communities and assets to those hazards. By quantifying the risks and anticipating the potential impacts of hazards, governments, industries, communities, and individuals can make informed decisions on resilience. Such information can be used to set priorities for mitigation and adaptation strategies, sector plans, programmes, projects, and budgets.
This project is being carried out in two workstreams:
Our goal is to support rural decision-makers with practical and applicable new knowledge, to improve event planning, preparedness and response for rural Aotearoa New Zealand.
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