Futures of greater Adelaide 2050: an exploration of disaster risk and the future

Research outputs and artefacts

12 Aug 2016

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Graeme Riddell Conference Poster 2016
Graeme Riddell Conference Poster 2016

Risk is a complex combination of hazards, exposure and vulnerability.

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Key Topics

decision making
economics
policy

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Graeme Riddell
PhD Student
graeme.riddell@adelaide.edu.au
Adj A/Prof Hedwig van Delden
Researcher
hvdelden@riks.nl
Prof Holger Maier
Project Leader
holger.maier@adelaide.edu.au
Aaron Zecchin
aaron.zecchin@adelaide.edu.au
Graeme Dandy
Researcher
graeme.dandy@adelaide.edu.au
Jeff Newman
Researcher
jeffrey.newman@adelaide.edu.au

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