Relocation is not the answer for flood-prone remote communities, says an engineering expert

Who: Charles Darwin University’s engineering expert Dr Cat Kutay

Topics:

• Recent flooding and evacuations across Northern Territory has bought up the debate about relocating vulnerable communities.
• Evacuation has not exposed remote community’s vulnerabilities, but the lack of preparedness that can avoid these issues
• Where homes are built in remote areas is not the bigger issue, but how it is built