Flood warning / Emergency Management Australia.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [76])

Chapter 1. The place and purpose of effective flood warning -- Introduction -- The manageability of flooding -- The Value of flood warnings ch. 2. The total flood warning system -- Inroduction -- System Components -- System design -- Critical issues for Building flood warning systems -- Effective consultation at the design stage -- Ongoing planning and maintenance -- Continues community engagement -- Handling Extreme eventsch. 3. Flood prediction -- Catchment monitoring -- Early prediction and the Question of accuracy -- The element od flood prediction -- Flood height and time -- Warning lead time -- 'Prediction frequency -- User requirements -- Key agency responsibilities and requirements -- Coordination and communication -- The role of technology -- Data communication -- Model based prediction -- Flood information -- Computer systems -- Automated systems -- Informal prediction systems -- setting up informal systems --ch. 4 -- Interpreting flood predictions -- Information needs for warning -- Gathering, updating and displaying the data -- Geographic Information Systems -- Flood classifications -- Recording information for a gauage reference area. -- Linking the numbers ot potential impacts -- ch. 5. Designing warning messages -- Understanding the flood problem -- Message construction and content-- - ch. 6. Communicating flood warnings -- General and specific warnings -- Types of modes of dissemination -- The importance of confirmation -- The 'informal' system -- ch. 7. System review and improvement -- Considerations for review processes -- Developing performance indicators -- ch. 8. Conclusion.