Probing the Book – River with a City Problem
A new local book on the History of Flood in Brisbane has created a fresh insight into the evolution of issues over time and how well adapted we may or may not be!!!
What is in the Strategic Floodplain Management Plan for the Brisbane River, our communities and us, as professionals?
Since the Floods of January 2011, there has been an extended effort to initiate, undertake and finalize a Strategic Floodplain Management Plan for the Brisbane River floodplain and catchments. In March 2019, the SFMP was launched and over the last 5 years the Flood CoP network has had a long interest on what it might entail and what it means for professional working in sectors that overlap with the actions arising out of the Plan.
Managed Retreat from the Floodplain – Lessons from USA case studies and what it might mean for Australia?
What dos over 100 years of 30 managed retreat from the floodplain in the USA tell us? Nichols Pinter from Unibersity of California, Davis takes us on a guided historic tour of what has been possible - with both the good and the poor highlighted.
Evaluating flood risk and climate change impacts – Dr Hans de Moel
An excellent presentation from Dr Hans de Moel provides examples of various evaluation of flood risk adaptation and mitigation measures.
Integrating flood issues into other programs – 27 October 2015
How do we best integrate flood risk management into resource management, regional land use and infrastructure programmes?
Collaboration on technical and social flood issues – March 5, 2015
Collaboration that feeds technical and social issues into flood risk management solutions - how is this going
Dealing with uncertainty in hydrological studies – September 9, 2014
Dealing with uncertainty in hydrologic studies and its application to the Brisbane River Catchment Flood Studies
Flood information – July 23, 2014
Astute use of flood information - ways to access, analyse and present flood information as a component of Flood Risk Management
Role of levees – May 15, 2014
Levee Management - Regulatory needs, international practices and the role of levees in an integrated approach to flood risk management.
House design to deal with flood impacts – March 18, 2014
Dr James Davidson is an architect with an interest in housing design in flood impacted parts of the world. James is a Churchill Fellow who recently travelled to the USA, UK and the Netherlands to gain knowledge in best practice flood-resilient housing.