Researcher Graeme Riddell shows SA end-users aspects of the decision support system. Photo Tim Allan
A better understanding of the economic costs of disasters and their risks, and the risk-reducing benefits of mitigation, can build a more compelling case that improves the likelihood of mitigation options being resourced and implemented. The Economics and strategic decisions cluster is focusing on developing the tools required to undertake sound analysis of the costs and benefits of different disaster risk reduction strategies.
In the two short videos below, Prof Holger Maier (University of Adelaide) and end-user Ed Pikusa (Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources SA) outline the aim of the cluster, while Prof Mehmet Ulubasoglu (Deakin University) explains a case study on the economic impacts of the 2010-2011 Queensland floods.