Building Resilience to the Impacts of Heatwaves in Australia

This project investigates the health impacts of extreme heat events and ways to strengthen community health resilience during heatwaves.

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The aim of this project is to explore the wide-ranging health impacts of power outages during extreme heat events, the current adaptative capacity of population to manage heat related health risk from power outages, the challenges and opportunities for strengthening community health resilience to power outages in the context of climate change.

Members

Researcher

Professor Hilary Bambrick

Director - National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health

Dr Michael Tong

Senior Research Fellow