Rethinking bushfire management: from reactive to proactive

About this episode

This episode discusses reimagining bushfire resilience through a proactive, systems-based approach with insights from Dr Marta Yebra.

Bushfires are becoming more frequent, intense, far-reaching and complex. How can we reimagine bushfire resilience with a more proactive, systems-based approach? In this episode of Engineering Reimagined recorded live at the CAETS conference, Aurecon’s Santiago Estrada sits down with Dr Marta Yebra, a Professor at the Australian National University and Director of the Bushfire Research Centre of Excellence. Dr Yebra shares how engineering-led innovation is transforming the way we predict, prepare for and respond to fire and other natural hazards. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Guest: Dr Marta Yebra

Topics covered

• bushfire management
• resilience
• engineering
• natural hazards

Keywords

• bushfires
• innovation
• CAETS conference
• Australian National University

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