Australia; ACT
The losses felt following Australia's 2019–2020 Black Summer fires were not felt evenly, with poorer and more rural communities facing greater losses in well-being, while economic losses were most severe in urban-wildland zones during peak tourism periods. The study found that while government disaster payments temporarily offset income loss in some areas, poorer and heavily burned communities experienced more significant long-term declines in well-being. Housing pressures increased, with rising rents and overcrowding in low-income neighbourhoods, exacerbated by slow rebuilding efforts, underinsurance, and pandemic-driven supply-chain disruptions. The study also found that women faced a higher burden of unpaid domestic work after the fires.
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