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Canberra coastal resilience group
Building resilience of coastal communities to climate change and human-induced impacts
Research group
The UNSW Canberra Coastal Resilience Group brings academics and stakeholders together to exchange knowledge and ideas that will strengthen coastal resilience across the Indo-Pacific region .
The group conduct multidisciplinary research on community disaster relief and resilience against coastal hazards and climate change , including sea level rise , land subsidence , coastal erosion , flooding , and livelihood losses .
> Developed a professional education course that can be delivered to DFAT Marine and Coastal Resilience Hub
> Submitted an ARC Industrial Transformation Research Program ( ITRP ) bid – Transformation of Ports ( TOP ) for Enhanced Blue Economy and / or an Ocean Decade Programme under United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development 2021-2030 - Marine Ecosystem Restoration and Management
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