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    • Professor Greg Foliente

    Enterprise Professor, Melbourne School of Engineering, and Deputy Director, Centre for Disaster Management and Public Safety, University of Melbourne

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    Environment

    Preparing for our new extremes

    The new global norm of extreme weather-related disasters and climate change requires a new type of disaster-resilience modelling

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    Sciences & Technology

    The hard science behind surviving a zombie attack

    Build a defensive ring or run as fast as you can - the disaster modelling that could help you survive a killer zombie outbreak in Australia

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    Environment

    Does it pay to improve your home's efficiency?

    The vast majority of Melbourne’s housing stock is wasting energy and money; new research reveals how long it will take homeowners to pay off an efficiency retrofit

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