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Contested futures: Lessons from New Orleans in disaster recovery and planning for future climate resilience 

  • Living Lab Northern Rivers 11 Woodlark Street Lismore (map)

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This session shines a light on the difficult questions confronting communities as they seek to rebuild more resilient settlements in the wake of devastating natural disasters. Drawing on the experiences of flood urbanist Professor Elizabeth Mossop, and community leader Dan Etheridge, both of whom were at the front line of the New Orleans Hurricane Katrina response and rebuilding process, this special event asks what lessons can be learned from that experience and what planning, design, governance, and financial frameworks are needed to help other communities affected by catastrophic disaster and ongoing climate risk. 


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Professor Elizabeth Mossop, Dean of School of Design, Architecture and Building, University Technology Sydney  

Dan Etheridge, Director Living Lab, Northern Rivers 

Jamie Simmonds, Principal Consultant, Water Technology

Chaired by

Nicole Gurran, Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, Director, Henry Halloran Research Trust, the University of Sydney 


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