Open AccessCommunity-led disaster resilience in Nauiyu Aboriginal community
Author(s) -
Annie Ingram
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the humanitarian leader
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2653-1011
DOI - 10.21153/thl2021volnoart1490
Subject(s) - resilience (materials science) , community resilience , citizen journalism , emergency management , public relations , community engagement , flooding (psychology) , order (exchange) , environmental planning , sociology , political science , geography , business , engineering , psychology , physics , redundancy (engineering) , law , reliability engineering , psychotherapist , thermodynamics , finance
There is a need for emergency management systems in Australia to shift to a more collaborative model that involves working with communities rather than simply delivering to communities. This research paper argues that in order to address this, emergency services organisations in Australia need to continue to shift from a service delivery approach to a more localised, participatory and consultative model that acknowledges and harnesses local leadership, knowledge, skills and experience creating opportunities for community driven and fit-for-purpose emergency management. The paper makes the case for why localised approaches are important in places with diverse populations such as the Northern Territory (NT). The NT Aboriginal community of Nauiyu’s experience of evacuations due to flooding in 2015 and 2018 will be used as a case study to offer an example of locally led approaches to disaster resilience.