Inaugural Victorian Flood Management Conference : floodplains - risks and rewards : Conference Proceedings, 8-10 September 1999, main auditorium, Goulburn Ovens Institute of TAFE Wangaratta.

Includes bibliographical references

"Strengths and weaknesses of floodplain management in Australia / Dingle Smith -- A review of floodplain management in Victoria this century / B.J. Williams and B.L. Finlayson -- Role of local government in flood management: Wangaratta Rural City Council as a case study / Malcolm Styles -- Victoria State Emergency Service roles and responsibilities / Bob Cowling -- Managing flood risks in the Melbourne area / N.M. Ronan -- Tailoring improvements to your flood warning system / Kevin Songberg; Alan Baker; Elma Kazazic and Peter Zimmermann -- CMA's role in statutory planning / Graham Hall -- Land development guidelines: to lead or lag / G.L. McFarlane -- Application of a decision support tool in flood management / Andy Marr; Mark Pearse; Jason Martin and Neil Benning -- Remote sensing for flood mapping / David Moore and Adrya Kovarch -- Flood warning improvement: new opportunities / Jim Elliott -- Flood warning for urban flash flooding / Christopher Wright -- Flood warning alert: a practical solution / Neville McPherson -- Documentation of a flood event / Simon Nazaretian and Mark Boyce -- Water and computers do mix: the Victorian Flood Data Transfer Project / Michael Cawood and Ian Gauntlett -- Development of standardised economic models to facilitate the rapid estimation of costs associated with flooding in Victoria / Mike Read, Read Sturgess and Associates -- How good are our design flood estimates?: how can they be improved? / Erwin Weinmann and Russell Mein -- Miri River catchment flooding control scheme / Michael Bain -- Three floodplain management strategies in Victoria: a comparative assessment / J