Key topics

flood

Flood refers to an overflow of a large amount of water beyond its normal limits, especially over what is normally dry land.

Date	Item	Type		Key Topics
30 Jun 2017	Water flow pressure changes on circular and square bridge piers under increasing velocity floods	Resource	save (1.62 MB)	engineering, flood, infrastructure
08 Sep 2014	Flaws in our understanding and perception of flood risk	Resource	save (1.96 MB)	flood, risk analysis
07 Sep 2017	Unpacking the sectoral income effects of natural disasters: evidence from the 2010-11 Queensland floods	Resource	save (3.54 MB)	economics, flood, modelling
31 Aug 2020	Improving Flash Flood Response Outcomes Through Emergency Warnings and Improved Regional Forecasting Techniques	Resource	save (357.11 KB)	flood
24 Oct 2016	Cost-effective mitigation strategy development for flood prone buildings	Resource	save (3.28 MB)	engineering, flood, mitigation
11 Sep 2015	Hydrologic and hydraulic modeling for riverine flood forecasting	Resource	save (1.9 MB)	flood, forecasting
18 Sep 2018	Virtually Resolute: Influencing Decision-Making to Promote Mental Health and Reduce Flood Driving	Resource	save (1006.27 KB)	communities, decision making, flood
30 Apr 2020	When is water on the roads dangerous? - practice brief three April 2020	Resource	save (1.56 MB)	communication, flood, warnings
09 Dec 2014	Improving flood forecasting using remote sensing data	Resource	save (1.5 MB)	flood, forecasting
16 Nov 2020	Driving and recreating in floodwater – What does Australia think?	Resource	save (0 bytes)	communication, flood, warnings
18 Aug 2015	Resilience to Clustered Disaster Events on the Coast - Storm Surge	Resource	save (303.26 KB)	coincident events, flood, storm surge
13 Aug 2021	Response 2: Flood risk communication	Resource	save (0 bytes)	communication, flood, warnings
27 Aug 2019	Improving flood forecast skill using remote sensing data	Resource	save (2.5 MB)	flood, remote sensing
29 Jun 2017	Improving resilience to storm surge hazards: assessing risk through wave simulations, shoreline modelling and field observations	Resource	save (3.12 MB)	coincident events, flood, storm surge
19 Sep 2018	Defining floodwater -expert and public perspectives	Resource	save (2.1 MB)	communication, flood, warnings
30 Jun 2017	Evaluating the performance of flood loadings on structural performance of a floodway	Resource	save (1.27 MB)	engineering, flood, mitigation
24 Oct 2016	Mitigating the effects of sever fires, floods and heatwaves through improvement to land dryness measures and forecasts	Resource	save (3.12 MB)	fire, flood, forecasting
03 Sep 2015	An analysis of human fatalities from flood hazards in Australia 1900-2014	Resource	save (1.39 MB)	flood, risk analysis, risk management
18 Sep 2018	Flood assessment in urban areas	Resource	save (668.38 KB)	flood, risk analysis
30 Jun 2017	Flood risk communication: building resilience through flood risk comunication	Resource	save (2.25 MB)	communication, flood, warnings
01 Sep 2016	Prevention of flood-related fatalities: a focus on driving through floodwater - Elspeth Rae	Resource	save (2.26 MB)	decision making, education, flood
29 Jun 2017	Improved measures and forecasts of soil dryness	Resource	save (1.17 MB)	fire, flood, remote sensing
19 Sep 2018	Real-time flood inundation mapping for flood intelligence:A case study from India	Resource	save (2.71 MB)	flood
21 Mar 2014	Monitoring and prediction	Resource	save (7.35 MB)	flood, modelling, multi-hazard
12 Aug 2016	Improving predictions of destructive waves and storm surges around Australia	Resource	save (1.05 MB)	flood, surface wave, tsunami
18 Aug 2015	Flood Damage Assessment in Urban Areas	Resource	save (204.87 KB)	flood, risk management
30 Nov 2021	Taking protective action during floods and storms	Resource		communication, flood, warnings
27 Aug 2019	Behaviour around floodwater: Dilemmas for floodwater safety and risk communication	Resource	save (4.06 MB)	flood, risk management
17 May 2017	Remote sensing offers better forecasting of riverine floods	Resource	save (277.44 KB)	flood, hydrology, remote sensing
30 Jun 2017	Experimental testing of residential building materials exposed to inundation	Resource	save (1.33 MB)	engineering, flood, mitigation
07 Jul 2017	Water, water everywhere: living with flood and coastal threats	Resource	save (3.98 MB)	flood, severe weather, storm surge
27 Oct 2014	Modelling the fire weather of the Coonabarabran fire 13 January	Resource		fire, flood, mitigation
08 Oct 2020	How do road characteristics influence flood fatalities?	Resource	save (820.34 KB)	communication, decision making, flood
30 Aug 2016	Improving flood forecast skill using remote sensing data - Stefania Grimaldi	Resource	save (5.05 MB)	engineering, flood, remote sensing
26 Jun 2015	Verification of Soil Moisture from Multiple Models for Bushfire Danger Rating Applications	Resource	save (4.32 MB)	fire, flood, remote sensing
24 Jun 2019	The social values at risk from sea-level rise in Kingston Beach	Resource	save (495.21 KB)	coastal, emergency management, flood
06 Nov 2019	Adaption pathways to manage increasing coastal flood risk	Resource	save (296.3 KB)	coastal, flood, storm surge
19 Sep 2018	Launceston Flood Risk Mitigation Assessment	Resource	save (17.61 MB)	engineering, flood, mitigation
30 Apr 2020	SES personnel’s experiences of driving in floodwater - practice brief six April 2020	Resource	save (2.99 MB)	communication, flood, warnings
19 Mar 2014	Scientific diversity and uncertainty - bushfire and flood risk mitigation	Resource	save (241.15 KB)	fire, flood, risk management