Build Back Better involvement in the National Science Challenge
Resilience to Nature’s Challenges
Build Back Better are actively engaged in the National Science Challenge – Resilience to Nature’s Challenges. As one of the New Zealand Government’s National Science Challenges, Resilience to Nature’s Challenges (RNC) aims to enhance New Zealand’s resilience to natural disasters.
The Build Back Better team is engaged in the RNC as part of the Urban Programme. See https://resiliencechallenge.nz for all the RNC research updates.
Publications
Mannakkara, S., Wilkinson, S. & Milicich, M. (Eds.) (2017). Building Urban Resilience in New Zealand: Lessons from our Major Cities. Centre for Disaster Resilience, Recovery and Reconstruction, University of Auckland, Auckland.
Elkhidir, E., Mannakkara, S. & Wilkinson, S. (2019) Developing a National Inter-City Resilience Network. i-Rec, June 5-7, 2019, Florida.
Elkhidir, E., Wilkinson, S. & Mannakkara, S. (2018) Urban Resilience: Exploring the benefits of a National Inter-City Collaboration and Knowledge Platform for New Zealand. In Proceedings from the International Urban Design Conference, Nov 12-14, 2018, Sydney.
