What is betterment?

Betterment allows local governments and state agencies to rebuild essential public assets to a more resilient standard to help them withstand the impacts of future natural disasters.

QRA's Betterment case studies demonstrate how the following projects have provided benefits for Queensland communities and success in relation to avoided costs from subsequent disaster events.

Disaster resilience line of sight

Queensland's Strategy for Disaster Resilience aligns with global, national, state, regional and local resilience policies and initiatives as outlined in the diagram below showing the resilience line of s

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Purpose

The $2.35 million Community engagement and education material (WP1) is part of the Flood Risk Management Program (FRMP) - a component of the jointly funded Australian and Queensland Government (50:50)&nbs

Purpose

$12.4 million in funding was available for the LiDAR capture and floor level database (WP2) as part of the Flood Risk Management Program (FRMP) - a component of the jointly fu