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
Timescales for detecting a significant acceleration in sea level rise	Biblio	save (7.01 MB)	flood, surface wave, tsunami
Vehicle-related causes of flood fatalities	Biblio		flood, risk analysis
Remote Sensing-Derived Water Extent and Level to Constrain Hydraulic Flood Forecasting Models: Opportunities and Challenges	Biblio		flood, hydrology, remote sensing
Enhancing resilience of critical road infrastructure: bridges, culverts and floodways under natural hazards	Biblio	save (3.2 MB)	flood, infrastructure, resilience
Benefit versus cost analysis and optimal cost effective mitigation strategies	Biblio	save (7.23 MB)	engineering, flood, mitigation
Launceston flood risk mitigation assessment - June 2016 floods: suburb of Newstead	Biblio	save (3.83 MB)	economics, flood, mitigation
Navigating scientific uncertainty in wildfire and flood risk mitigation: A qualitative review	Biblio	save (435.47 KB)	fire, flood, mitigation
Improving flood forecast using remote sensing data - annual report 2018-2019	Biblio	save (1.69 MB)	flood, remote sensing, warnings
Resilience to clustered disaster events on the coast: storm surge - Annual project report 2014-2015	Biblio	save (1.84 MB)	coastal, cyclone, flood
Motivations and experiences of sheltering in place during floods: Implications for policy and practice	Biblio		communication, flood, risk management
Flood vulnerability functions: detailed vs generalised approach	Biblio	save (1.65 MB)	emergency management, flood, modelling
Review of Tropical-Extratropical Cyclone Transitions Annual Report 2014	Biblio	save (1.63 MB)	flood, surface wave, tsunami
Enhancing resilience of critical road infrastructure: bridges, culverts and flood‐ways under natural hazards: annual project report 2015-2016	Biblio	save (554.53 KB)	engineering, flood, infrastructure
Cost-effective mitigation strategies for residential buildings in Australian flood plains	Biblio	save (1.13 MB)	engineering, flood, mitigation
Quantitative assessment of flood discharges and floodway failures through cross-cultivation of advancement in knowledge and traditional practices	Biblio		engineering, flood, infrastructure
The use of the 1:100 year standard in the United States: insights for Australia?	Biblio		flood, planning, policy
An analysis of human fatalities from floods in Australia 1900-2015	Biblio	save (2.56 MB)	communities, flood, vulnerability
From academic to applied: operationalising resilience in river systems	Biblio		environments, flood, resilience
Cost-effective mitigation strategy development for flood prone buildings: Development of costing modules for flood mitigation strategies	Biblio	save (2.39 MB)	engineering, flood, mitigation
Optimising SAR-based flood extent assimilation for improved hydraulic flood inundation forecasts	Biblio	save (15.25 MB)	flood, remote sensing
Improved modeling of extreme storm surges and waves along the Australian coast - non peer reviewed extended abstract	Biblio	save (1.1 MB)	flood, storm surge
Estimating areal rainfall time series using input data reduction, model inversion, and data assimilation	Biblio	save (19.18 MB)	flood, hydrology, modelling
Comparison of soil wetness from multiple models over Australia with observations	Biblio		fire, flood, remote sensing
Extreme floods and river values: A social–ecological perspective	Biblio		flood, resilience, risk management
Exploring the experiences of those who shelter in place during severe flooding	Biblio	save (6.08 MB)	communities, decision making, flood
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
Influence of road characteristics on flood fatalities in Australia	Biblio	save (1.22 MB)	emergency management, flood, preparedness
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 through the improvements of land dryness measures and forecasts: annual project report 2016-17	Biblio	save (2.24 MB)	fire, flood, remote sensing
Mind the gap: Contrasting operational and behavior-oriented flood warnings	Biblio		communication, communities, flood
Climate change adaptation and floods: Australia’s institutional arrangements	Biblio		flood, planning, policy
Floodway inspection and maintenance framework	Biblio	save (3.16 MB)	flood, framework, modelling
Flood loss modelling with FLF-IT: a new flood loss function for Italian residential structures	Biblio	save (8.45 MB)	flood, mitigation, modelling
Preventing flood related fatalities: a focus on people driving through floodwater	Biblio	save (265.2 KB)	communication, flood, warnings
Improving adaptation planning for future sea level rise and coastal flooding	Biblio		climate change, coastal, flood
Towards operational SAR-based flood mapping using neuro-fuzzy texture-based approaches	Biblio		flood, forecasting, modelling
Framework to inspect floodways towards estimating damage - peer viewed	Biblio	save (663.13 KB)	flood
Observations of meteorological tsunamis along the south-west Australian coast	Biblio	save (5.27 MB)	flood, surface wave, tsunami
An investigation into the water flow pressure distribution on the bridge pier under flood loading	Biblio		engineering, flood, infrastructure