As the 2018 Hurricane season begins this is a MUST READ for everyone in low income, Black, Brown, and disenfranchised communities with the U.S. and globally.
...bureaucratic disaster-response system built up over decades that experts nearly universally agree is failing to provide critical support to low-income, minority communities when catastrophe strikes. “People just give up,” said Keith Downey, president of a local organization called Kashmere Gardens Super Neighborhood, which has been helping local residents recover. A POLITICO investigation found that...
Pacific
Island countries are fast-urbanisation, with unplanned, informal low-income
settlements rapidly growing in size. Such growth increases the risk of disaster
from natural hazards, which is worsened by climate change. To combat this,
resilience has been widely adopted across the world, not least in Sustainable
Development Goal 11 (‘the urban SDG’).
This
PhD concerns the practical application of resilience, including its policy
implications, in low-income settlements in the Pacific. The work will link with
current activities at UNSW. Key to the PhD will be employing multi-disciplinary
approaches, such as social enterprise, urban design, social science and
development.
The ideal candidate will possess a combination
of research and practical experience. They will need experience of qualitative
data collection and analysis and of conducting research in different cultural
contexts to enable the collection of data in a culturally sensitive and respectful
manner. A good first degree in a relevant subject is needed. Ideally, they will
also have had some practical experience of working in urban low-income
settlements in the Pacific region.
UNSW Sydney NSW 2052 Australia Telephone +61 2 9385 1000 | Email unsw2025@unsw.edu.au
