Dam failure, the estimation of direct flood damage: a study of Queanbeyan.

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TextSeries: CRES working paper ; 1987/23Publication details: [Canberra]: Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies, Australian National University, 1987Description: iii, 53p., illSubject(s):

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P 363.3493 SMI

Subject: Recent revisions of estimates for the probable maximum flood in Australia exceed, for a number of dams, the nationally-accepted safety limits. Decisions to re-design these dams, and undertake the costly remedial works, require an assessment of the losses that would occur due to failure of the existing structures. A major component of such losses is the direct damage to buildings and contents. These were assessed for Queanbeyan, situated downstream of the federally-owned Googong Dam in New South Wales.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Australian Emergency Management Library	BOOK	P363.3493 SMI (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		004053120
Books	Australian Emergency Management Library	BOOK	P363.3493 SMI (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		005126405

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Recent revisions of estimates for the probable maximum flood in Australia exceed, for a number of dams, the nationally-accepted safety limits. Decisions to re-design these dams, and undertake the costly remedial works, require an assessment of the losses that would occur due to failure of the existing structures. A major component of such losses is the direct damage to buildings and contents. These were assessed for Queanbeyan, situated downstream of the federally-owned Googong Dam in New South Wales.

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