Itbayat Local Government Recognises Hadlos’ Research

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The Office of the Sangguniang Bayan of the Local Government Unit (LGU) of Itbayat, Batanes in the Philippines has recognised Arvin Hadlos' research work, "Pathways for multi-hazard post-disaster housing reconstruction among Ivatan Indigenous households". Under Resolution No. 24-0657, the work was acknowledged as among those documentations and initiatives that contribute to the heritage keeping of Itbayat, ensuring appreciation of local heritage for future generations. The research work is part of Hadlos' PhD thesis and is published in the Journal of Building Engineering, co-authored by Dr Aaron Opdyke and Dr Ali Hadigheh.

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New Colombo Plan Grant to Support Undergraduate Disaster Research in the Philippines

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Dr Aaron Opdyke has been awarded a New Colombo Plan Mobility Grant (AUD 33,000) from the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. The grant will support the placement of six undergraduate students over the next two years in the Philippines for six weeks as part of their final year honours research projects.

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New APN Grant to Advance Flood Risk Decision-Making Under Climate Change

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The Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research Collaborative Regional Research Programme has awarded funding (USD 70,000) to a team led by Dr Aaron Opdyke to build decision-making capacity for flood risk under climate change. The project “Advancing Local Flood Decision-Making for Disaster Risk Reduction” aims to transform disaster risk assessments by understanding how climate change will impact localised flood risk and unpack how these assessments can be better incorporated into local planning processes. The project team will accomplish this through an in-depth study of two catchment basins located in the Municipality of Carigara (Leyte, Philippines) and the Regency of Singkil…

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Opdyke and Team Awarded Sydney Southeast Asia Centre Partnership Grant on Urban Informality in the Philippines

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Dr Aaron Opdyke, along with a cross-disciplinary team from the University of Sydney, Ateneo de Manila University, and Mindanao State University Marawi, was recently awarded a Partnership Grant from the Sydney Southeast Asia Centre to investigate the how informality is increasingly shaping post-disaster and post-conflict responses. The research team includes Associate Professor Paul Jones (Urban and Regional Planning, School of Architecture, Design, and Planning, The University of Sydney), Mr Benigno (Ninoy) Balgos (Development Studies, Department of Development Studies, School of Social Sciences, Ateneo de Manila University), Associate Professor Acram Latiph (Economics, Department of Economics, Institute for Peace and Development in…

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