Lessons in resilience: what city planners can learn from Hobart's floods
- Written by Jason Byrne, Professor of Human Geography and Planning, University of Tasmania
A storm caused flooding in the CBD as it swept through Hobart.Patrick Gee/The Mercury. Used with permission
Hobart is a city known for its risk of catastrophic fire, such as the devastating wildfires of 1897-98 and 1967. As the second-driest city in Australia, until last week it was easy to forget that Hobart is also vulnerable to serious flooding....
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