National Disaster Recovery Monitoring and Evaluation Database

Built Domain

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"The built environment is broadly defined as those human-made assets that underpin the functioning of a community"

Community Recovery Handbook p. 92

Outcome: Infrastructure is built in accord with changing recovery needs

Activities:

Asbestos safety inspections and clean-up
Clean-up, hazard inspection, and waste removal
Community grants for repairing and upgrading community facilities, with community involved in prioritising the projects to be funded
Council provided rate and fee relief
Inspect and assess damage to public assets (buildings and infrastructure)
Inspect and assess damage to transport infrastructure
Local governments modify development approval and other processes to support timely recovery
Regulatory changes - land use planning, building standards, development guidelines, or other requirements
Repair and rebuild - fences
Risk assessment to inform future plans and policies

Indicators:

Building approvals issued, by building type
Construction statistics as measured by the ABS (e.g. total construction by type and ownership, alterations to buildings)
Farms have necessary equipment to support operations
Housing projects that have secured financing

Outcome: Infrastructure is built in accord with current knowledge and practices for mitigating disaster impact

Activities:

Communication to the community about recovery activities - in writing (newsletters, fact sheets, websites, social media, etc)
Community rebuilt homes to higher bushfire safety standards
Community-led project to install new fire water storage tanks, with the local water authority donating the first filling of each tank
Construct shelters and safe places for use in future disasters
Grants to households - to assist with costs of clean-up, repair or rebuilding
Grants to local government - to restore and improve infrastructure
Inspect and assess damage to private buildings
Plan for future disasters and build resilience and responsive capability for future disasters
Regulatory changes - land use planning, building standards, development guidelines, or other requirements
Repair and rebuild - drainage, irrigation and storm water management systems
Repair and rebuild - roads and bridges
Risk assessment to inform future plans and policies
Utilities (energy, water, etc) review and improve their infrastructure to be more resilient to future disasters

Indicators:

People awarded grants to undertake resilience-building repairs to homes
People who had undertaken resilience-focused rebuilding measures
Proportion of water transport facilities that have been upgraded to meet new standards
Rebuilt properties have increased fire safe design

Outcome: Infrastructure is built with regard to local disaster risks

Activities:

Land buy-back or land-swap schemes
Plan for future disasters and build resilience and responsive capability for future disasters
Plan repair and rebuilding, and prioritise according to community needs and values
Regulatory changes - land use planning, building standards, development guidelines, or other requirements
Repair and rebuild - disaster monitoring infrastructure (e.g. flood gauges, fire spotting towers)
Repair and rebuild - rail infrastructure
Risk assessment to inform future plans and policies

Indicators:

Households that have properties in a safer location as a result of land swap or buy-back scheme
Infrastructure developed or rebuilt in line with disaster risk standards
Properties acquired by government under land swap or buy-back scheme

Outcome: Provide infrastructure that delivers essential services to the community

Activities:

Clean-up, hazard inspection, and waste removal
Demolition of unsafe buildings and structures
Employment, training and work experience programs for repair and rebuilding
Grants to local government - to assist with costs of recovery from the impacts of the disaster
Grants to local government - to restore and improve infrastructure
Inspect and assess damage to private buildings
Inspect and assess damage to water supply and sewerage infrastructure
Plan repair and rebuilding, and prioritise according to community needs and values
Repair and rebuild - disaster monitoring infrastructure (e.g. flood gauges, fire spotting towers)
Repair and rebuild - homes
Repair and rebuild - public assets (infrastructure or buildings)
Repair and rebuild - rail infrastructure
Repair and rebuild - roads and bridges
Repair and rebuild - tourist facilities
Secure unsafe buildings and structures
Utilities (energy, water, etc) provide assistance to customers who have lost supply
Volunteer programs for clean-up, fence-building and repairs

Indicators:

Affected homes and businesses where power was restored
Customers without electricity as identified by the relevant utility provider
Customers without gas as identified by the relevant utility provider
Customers without telecommunications as identified by the relevant utility provider
Damaged public/essential service type assets rebuilt and operating
Damaged residential/commercial/industrial assets rebuilt
Households with internet access
Main roads and bridges which have been closed as a result of the disaster event, as reported by the relevant authority
Other roads and bridges which have been closed as a result of the disaster event, as reported by the relevant authority
People who cannot access, or have difficulty getting to the places needed
Ports restored to full operation
Proportion of ferry terminals and services that have been reopened
Proportion of sewerage schemes operating to regulatory standards
Proportion of the affected electricity network restored to service
Proportion of the affected rail network restored to service
Proportion of the affected roads and bridges that have been reopened
Proportion of water supply schemes operating to regulatory standards
Rail lines that are closed as a result of the emergency or disaster event, resulting in an interruption to rail passenger or freight movements.
Re-establishment of key services (banks, Australia post)
Repair status of damaged water supply schemes
Repair status of ports, marinas and other water facilities
Time taken for fuel crisis to be mitigated