Flooding in Australia: a review.
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TextLanguage: ENG Publication details: 1976Description: 28p., 30 refs, 1 fig., 3 tablesReport number: Institutional/Corporate BodySubject: All damaging floods have two essential characteristics: 1) the inundation of usable land is temporary; 2) the inundated land is adjacent to a watercourse or to a body of standing water. Flood hazard is the risk to which a particular individual or piece of property is exposed by the inundation of land used or valued for a particular purpose. At present there is no integrated approach to flood loss reduction. A water management programme and valley river control combined with upstream soil conservation measures are needed. An integrated plan would ensure a better future in areas that are continually subjected to flooding
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Australian Emergency Management Library | BOOK | 363.3493 DOU (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 005259389 |
Symposium held 26-29 May 1976
All damaging floods have two essential characteristics: 1) the inundation of usable land is temporary; 2) the inundated land is adjacent to a watercourse or to a body of standing water. Flood hazard is the risk to which a particular individual or piece of property is exposed by the inundation of land used or valued for a particular purpose. At present there is no integrated approach to flood loss reduction. A water management programme and valley river control combined with upstream soil conservation measures are needed. An integrated plan would ensure a better future in areas that are continually subjected to flooding
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