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.

Item	Type		Key Topics
Townsville 2019 flood: insights from the field	Biblio	save (1.39 MB)	emergency management, flood, warnings
Driving into floodwater: using data from emergency responders to inform workplace safety policy and practice	Biblio	save (516.01 KB)	communication, flood, warnings
Mitigating the Effects of Severe Fires, Floods and Heatwaves Annual Report 2014	Biblio	save (1.12 MB)	fire, flood, remote sensing
Improving flood forecast skill using remote sensing: Annual project report 2015-2016	Biblio	save (924.55 KB)	flood, modelling, remote sensing
Mind the gap: Contrasting operational and behavior-oriented flood warnings	Biblio		communication, communities, flood
Comparison of soil wetness from multiple models over Australia with observations	Biblio		fire, flood, remote sensing
Preventing flood related fatalities: a focus on people driving through floodwater	Biblio	save (265.2 KB)	communication, flood, warnings
Towards operational SAR-based flood mapping using neuro-fuzzy texture-based approaches	Biblio		flood, forecasting, modelling
Integrating intangible values in economic analyses of flood mitigation: a case study of the Brown Hill and Keswick creeks catchment in Adelaide	Biblio	save (875.63 KB)	economics, flood, policy
Framework to inspect floodways towards estimating damage - peer viewed	Biblio	save (663.13 KB)	flood
The mitigation exercise: a long term mitigation planning process, with a coastal flooding case study in Adelaide	Biblio	save (1.09 MB)	coastal, flood, mitigation
Observations of meteorological tsunamis along the south-west Australian coast	Biblio	save (5.27 MB)	flood, surface wave, tsunami
Climate change adaptation and floods: Australia’s institutional arrangements	Biblio		flood, planning, policy
Damage modelling of reinforced concrete bridge piers under flood and log impact	Biblio	save (4.37 MB)	engineering, flood, modelling
Motorist behaviour during the 2015 Shoalhaven floods	Biblio	save (529.31 KB)	communication, decision making, flood
Testing of simulated flood effect on the strength of selected building components	Biblio	save (6.35 MB)	engineering, flood, mitigation
Cost-effective mitigation strategy development for flood proof buildings - annual report 2018-2019	Biblio	save (943.9 KB)	emergency management, engineering, flood
Cost-effective mitigation strategy development for flood prone buildings: Annual project report 2015-2016	Biblio	save (1.27 MB)	economics, engineering, flood
Children in the 2015 South Indian floods: community members’ views	Biblio		child-centred, communities, flood
What do we really mean by ‘floodwater’ and is it ever ok to enter?	Biblio		communication, decision making, flood
Improving flood forecast skill using remote sensing data	Biblio	save (448.66 KB)	flood, forecasting, remote sensing
On the Impacts of Observation Location, Timing, and Frequency on Flood Extent Assimilation Performance	Biblio		flood, forecasting, modelling
Cost-effective mitigation strategy for flood prone buildings: annual project report 2016-17	Biblio	save (1.34 MB)	engineering, flood, mitigation
Using videos in floods and bushfires to educate, signal risk, and promote protective action in the community	Biblio		communication, fire, flood
Flood levee influences on community preparedness: a paradox?	Biblio		communities, emergency management, flood
Improving flood forecasting skill using remotely sensed data	Biblio	save (2.06 MB)	flood, forecasting, modelling
Estimating present day extreme water level exceedance probabilities around the coastline of Australia: tides, extra-tropical storm surges and mean sea level	Biblio		flood, surface wave, tsunami
Better use and management of levees: reducing flood risk in a changing climate	Biblio		flood, policy
Urbanisation pressures and flood risk: Gawler River catchment and regional development	Biblio	save (6.37 MB)	communities, decision making, flood
Launceston flood risk mitigation - June 2016 floods	Biblio	save (6.68 MB)	economics, flood, mitigation
Evaluation of TanDEM-X and DEM-H digital elevation models over the Condamine-Balonne catchment	Biblio		flood, multi-hazard, optimisation
Cost-effective mitigation strategy development for flood prone buildings: literature review of mitigation strategies	Biblio	save (2.77 MB)	engineering, flood, mitigation
Vulnerability of Floodways under Extreme Flood Events	Biblio		flood, framework
Floods, bushfires and sectoral economic output in Australia, 1978-2014	Biblio		economics, flood, modelling
Duty or safety? Exploring emergency service personnel's perceptions of risk and decision-making when driving through floodwater	Biblio	save (833.5 KB)	emergency management, flood, organisational
Exploring the circumstances surrounding flood fatalities in Australia—1900–2015 and the implications for policy and practice	Biblio		flood, policy, severe weather
Guidelines on the optimal use of remote sensing data to improve the accuracy of hydrologic and hydraulic models	Biblio	save (1.66 MB)	flood, forecasting, remote sensing
Vehicle‐related flood fatalities in Australia, 2001–2017	Biblio	save (2.97 MB)	emergency management, flood, warnings
Influence of road characteristics on flood fatalities in Australia	Biblio	save (1.23 MB)	flood, risk analysis, vulnerability
Cost-Effective Mitigation Strategy Development For Flood Prone Buildings: Flood Damage Models For Floodplain Management Workshop	Biblio	save (785.87 KB)	engineering, flood