Cairns Community Risk Report
Community Risk in Cairns - 1999
This was the first Cities Project case study to be finalised and considerable emphasis has been placed on describing and explaining the methodologies which were developed. Cairns is the most northerly of Queensland's cities and has one of the fastest growing communities in Australia. Although it has a resident population of around 120,000, this number can exceed 150,000 at the height of the tourist season between May and October.
- Community Risk in Cairns - Summary Booklet [PDF 4250kB
- Cover, table of contents, acknowledgements and overview [PDF 250kB]
- Chapter 1 - Urban geohazard risk assessment [PDF 191kB]
- Chapter 2 - The Cairns setting [PDF 146kB]
- Chapter 3 - The elements at risk and their vulnerability [PDF 484kB]
- Chapter 4 - Earthquake risks [PDF 297kB]
- Chapter 5 - Landslide risks [PDF 175kB]
- Chapter 6 - Flood risks [PDF 329kB]
- Chapter 7 - Cyclone risk [PDF 629kB]
- Chapter 8 - A multi-hazard risk assessment [PDF 675kB]
- Appendix A-G [PDF 364kB]
- Appendix F-K [PDF 401kB]
- References [PDF 107kB]
- Online Risk Mapping









