Download or read book Brisbane Water Supply and Flood Prevention written by Queensland. Bureau Of Industry. Special Committee Appointed To Investigate And Report Upon Brisbane Water Supply And Flood Prevention and published by . This book was released on 1933 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Brisbane Water Supply and Flood Prevention written by Queensland. Bureau of Industry. Special Committee Appointed to Investigate and Report upon Brisbane Water Supply and Flood Prevention and published by . This book was released on 1933 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A River with a City Problem written by Margaret Cook and published by Univ. of Queensland Press. This book was released on 2019-09-03 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When floods devastated South East Queensland in 2011, who was to blame? Despite the inherent risk of living on a floodplain, most residents had pinned their hopes on Wivenhoe Dam to protect them, and when it failed to do so, dam operators were blamed for the scale of the catastrophic events that followed. A River with a City Problem is a compelling history of floods in the Brisbane River catchment, especially those in 1893, 1974 and 2011. Extensively researched, it highlights the force of nature, the vagaries of politics and the power of community. With many river cities facing urban development challenges, Cook makes a convincing argument for what must change to prevent further tragedy.
Download or read book Policy on Flood Plain Management written by and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Flood Damage Prevention written by and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Urban Water Systems Floods II written by S. Hernández and published by WIT Press. This book was released on 2018-08-21 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Developing an improved understanding of emerging flood risk management and urban water management was the goal set for research presented at the 6th International Conference on Flood and Urban Water Management, held in A Coruña, Spain. The published papers look to solve various challenges in this field by drawing on the expertise of numerous disciplines and considering a range of responses. Flooding is a global phenomenon that claims numerous lives worldwide each year. When flooding occurs in urban areas, it can cause substantial damage to property as well as threaten human life. In addition, many more people must endure the homelessness, upset and disruption that are left in the wake of floods. The increased frequency of flooding in the last few years, coupled with climate change predictions and urban development, suggest that these impacts are set to worsen in the future. How we respond and importantly, adapt to these challenges is key to developing our long-term resilience at the property, community and city scale. Apart from the physical damage to buildings, contents and loss of life, which are the most obvious, impacts of floods upon households, other more indirect losses are often overlooked. These indirect and intangible impacts are generally associated with disruption to normal life as well as long-term health issues including community displacements and stress-related illnesses. Flooding represents a major barrier to the alleviation of poverty in many parts of the developing world, where vulnerable communities are often exposed to sudden and life-threatening events. As our cities continue to expand, their urban infrastructures need to be re-evaluated and adapted to new requirements related to the increase in population and the growing areas under urbanization. The papers contained in this book consider these problems and deals with two main urban water topics: water supply systems and urban drainage.
Download or read book Flood Damage Prevention and Floodplain Regulation written by and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Benefits of Flood Mitigation in Australia written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the third publication contributing to the regional theme of natural disaster research identified in the BTRE's research program. This report follows on from Report 103 (Economic Costs of Natural Disasters in Australia), which examined natural disasters with an individual cost of more than $10 million. Report 103 found that floods are Australia's most costly disaster type and, on average, cost the Australian community over $300 million each year.
Download or read book Brisbane Backflow Prevention Measures Investigation written by and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The suburbs and surrounding areas of Brisbane have been built on a low lying flood plain vulnerable to water inundation. Storms, heavy seasonal rain and flooding are a natural part of living in Brisbane and Brisbane City Council is committed to reducing the risk of flooding in our city. During the January 2011 flood, some parts of Brisbane were affected by water which came up from the river through the drainage networks and into our streets. This is referred to as backflow flooding. Between July 2011 and May 2012, Council conducted technical investigations to look at the feasibility of installing backflow devices in areas where backflow flooding occurred. The pre-feasibility investigation was carried out for implementation of backflow prevention technology in the three case study areas of the CBD, Rosalie/Milton and New Farm. It included a city-wide desktop review of other affected areas along the Brisbane River.
Download or read book Flood Damage Prevention written by Mary A. Vance and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Brisbane Breached written by David Topp and published by . This book was released on 2024-01-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David Topp succinctly explains how a city built on a flood plain will never be flood free. - Peter Spearritt: Emeritus Professor of History, The University of Queensland. Brisbane Breached: The Story of a Drought Defaulted Floodplain delves into the intricate historical chronicles of Brisbane, meticulously exploring the city's enduring struggle against the dual forces of severe flooding and prolonged droughts. The narrative unfolds, juxtaposing the recurrent major flood events between 1841 and 2022 with intermittent, yet impactful, periods of drought. Such occurrences, inherently linked to Brisbane's geographical position constructed within a flood plain, present profound policy challenges that have persisted over time. In dissecting the prevailing beliefs in the efficacy of dam constructions as a panacea for Brisbane's water-related vulnerabilities, this book confronts the prevailing misconceptions. The inadequacies of solely relying on dam infrastructure become apparent in the face of the city's unique topographical limitations, prompting a necessary paradigm shift in policy considerations. Foreseeing an imminent population surge, projected to add one million residents by 2032, this book's discourse posits the urgency of transcending traditional water management strategies. This paradigmatic shift becomes a pivotal policy proposition to avert the existential threat of complete water depletion in a city susceptible to both drought and flooding. David Topp is a Queensland Barrister. His previous book Tennyson Breach was published in 2012.
Download or read book An investigation of methods of mitigating flood damage caused by Kedron Brook Brisbane written by Munro, Johnson and Associates and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Flood Damage Prevention written by Mary A. Vance and published by . This book was released on 1990-01-01 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Complex Disasters written by Anna Lukasiewicz and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-10-20 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Edited book introduces the concept of complex disasters and considers both disaster risks and impacts across the disaster management spectrum – Prevention – Preparation – Response and Recovery. Three types of complex disasters are analysed – ‘Compound’, ‘Cascading’ and ‘Protracted’. Case studies include hazards from fires, through to floods, sea level rise and typhoons are explored through case studies from Australia and the Asia Pacific region. Each is written by scholars and/or practitioners with acknowledged expertise in the field and most chapters are based on detailed case studies of ongoing or recent research projects. The book will be useful to researchers in climate, disaster, or environmental and economic policy, disaster risk reduction, and climate change studies, and practitioners and policy makers applying disaster theory and knowledge into policy and decision-making.
Download or read book APAIS Australian Public Affairs Information Service written by and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 1212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vol. for 1963 includes section Current Australian serials; a subject list.
Download or read book Selected Literature Pertaining to Flood Damage Prevention written by and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book An Investigation of Methods of Mitigating Flood Damage Caused by Kedron Brook Brisbane written by Munro, Johnson & Associates and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
