Student researcher

Caroline Wenger
Dr Caroline Wenger Research Leader

This project concluded in 2017. The research was conducted by PhD student Caroline Wegner who looked at flood management in a changing climate: integrating effective approaches.

As an undergraduate, Caroline majored in archaeology and anthropology from 1986-1989 and for her honours thesis, she analysed shell midden material from Papua New Guinea. This led to a research assistant position to carry out similar work for another researcher as part of the Lapita homeland project. The results of her research were published by respective researchers.

Caroline now works in natural resource management where she's been a landcare volunteer for over twenty years.

In September 2015 she took part in ANU's Three Minute Thesis competition. Watch her presentation below.

Year Type Citation
2017 Journal Article Wenger, C. The oak or the reed: how resilience theories are translated into distaster management policies. Ecology and Society 22, (2017).
2017 Report Wenger, C. Translating resilience theories into disaster management policies. (Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC, 2017).
2017 Thesis Wenger, C. Flood management in a changing climate. 405 (2017). at <https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/handle/1885/117237>
2015 Journal Article Wenger, C. Better use and management of levees: reducing flood risk in a changing climate. Environmental Reviews 23, (2015).
2015 Journal Article Wenger, C. Building walls around flood problems: The place of levees in Australian flood management. Australian Journal of Water Resources 19, 3-30 (2015).
2014 Book Chapter Wenger, C. River Basin Management in the Twenty-First Century: understanding people and place pp. 418-445 (RC Press, 2014).
2013 Conference Paper Wenger, C., Hussey, K. & Pittock, J. Living with floods: key lessons from four Australian flood reviews and similar reviews from the Netherlands, China and the USA. 53rd Floodplain Management Association Conference, Tweed Heads (Floodplain Management Association Conference, 2013).
2013 Report Wenger, C. Climate change adaptation and floods: Australia’s institutional arrangements. (National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility, 2013). at <https://www.nccarf.edu.au/sites/default/files/attached_files_publications/Wenger_2013_Case_study.pdf>
2012 Journal Article Wenger, C., Hussey, K. & Pittock, J. The use of the 1:100 year standard in the United States: insights for Australia?. Australian Environment Review 27, pp. 337-346 (2012).
Flood management in a changing climate
25 Aug 2014
Flooding is Australia's most expensive natural hazard and record damages resulting from the 2010-11 floods...
Is 'Resilience' the Same as 'Adaptation'?
18 Aug 2015
Flooding is Australia's most expensive natural hazard. Climate change scenarios predict increasing flood...
Caroline Wenger Conference Poster 2016
12 Aug 2016
Flooding is Australia's most expensive natural hazards
Policy transfer: between countries, between disciplines
30 Jun 2017
Flooding is Australia's most expensive natural hazard. Climate change scenarios predict increasing flood...