Floods cost Australia on average three hundred
million dollars a year and account for thirty percent of Australia’s
natural disaster costs. The frequency and cost of these events
is increasing
as more and more of Australia’s population make
their homes within flood prone areas.
In this Seminar, Lisa Buckelton from GeoScience Australia’s
Cities Project, explains how spatial data can be used
by risk managers to assess the impact of flooding on
exposed
communities
and plan prevention or response actions. Using the Swan
River in Perth as a case study, Lisa discusses issues
of data access,
the types of data that can be used, and touches upon
the potentially controversial issue of providing the
results
of risk management
research to the public.
The Workshop exercises are aimed at showing how spatial
information is used in a floodplain situation with an emphasis
on:
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determining the impacts of likely flood
events (on people and buildings) and, |
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planning for response to flood events (evacuation and
temporary accommodation). |
