Newcastle 2017 Conference Papers

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Conference Papers

Amber Webster - Developing the Hydrology Support Team for South Australia
Andrew Gissing - Community Participation in Emergency Planning: NSW State Emergency Service Case Study
Andrew Lui - Flood Abatement Solution: No Effort Is Too Small
Andrew Northfield - Estimating the Consequences of Retarding Basin Failures
Andrew Vitale - A Continuous Simulation Approach to Assessing Flood Closures for Major Transport Corridors
Anne Kolega - Agent Based Evacuation Modelling in Toowoomba For Better Flood Incident Management
Belinda Davies - Planning for What is Hard While it is Easy: Emergency Planning for Leveed Communities
Ben Patterson - Flash Flood Warning Systems: An Advanced Approach Towards Flood Resilient Cities
Ben Tate - Improving Flood Intelligence in VicSES Incident Management Teams
Bronson McPherson - Development of Lake Macquarie City-Wide Flood Warning System
Cameron Druery - Automating Flood Certificates:What, Why and How?
Camille White - Maximising Local Knowledge and Community Involvement to Prepare for Flood Events in Northern Victoria
Carla Mooney - Developing a National Strategic Plan for Flood Warning Infrastructure
Clare Mintern - Detailed Flood Risk Information Products to Improve Community Preparedness and Resilience
Danny Rose - Caravan Park Conundrum - Balancing Flood Risk, Town Planning and Social Impacts
Daniel Burton - FLARE: A National Flash Flood Warning Resource
Daniel Williams - Predicting the Next Major Flood on the Hunter River
David Stephens - Impact of Ensemble and Joint Probability Techniques on Design Flood Levels
Duncan McLuckie - National Best Practice Flood Risk Management Guidance: Fitting the Pieces Together
Dwayne Honor - 2015 Churchill Fellowship: Preparing and Adapting Communities to Extreme Storm Surge
Elspeth O'Shannessy - Prevention of Flood Related Deaths: Key Findings from a National Project Focussing on People Driving Through Floodwater
Graeme Milligan - Progess on the Brisbane River Catchment Floodplain Management Studies
Graham Gordon - Manging Flood Risk of Mirrool Creek: Lessons Learnt from Past Floods (PEER REVIEWED)
Grantley Smith - Vehicle Stability Testing for Flood Flows
Ian Ryan - Land Use Planning and Development Control Responding to Flood RIsk Across the Toowoomba Region
James Stuart - Atmospheric Rivers, Cyclones and Extreme Flood Estimation: Predicting the Location of the Next Great Flood
Janice Green - Preparing for the Next Great Flood Using New Design Rainfalls
Joanna Taylor - Consulting Far and Wide: Lessons from Large North-West Floodplains
John Murtagh - Hydraulic Categorisation
Justin Robinson - An Analysis of the Prolonged Widespread Flooding Experienced in 2016 in NSW
Keiko Yamagata - Performance of Short-Term Flood Operations Management of Burrinjuck Dam Releases Using CARM
Louise Collier - Basement Development in the Floodplain: Quantifying and Managing the Risk
Maree Abood - Whole Government Approach to Regional Flood Risk for the Hawkesbury-Nepean Valley
Mark Babister - Using Flood Planning Constraints Category Mapping in Planning Activities: An Example Considering NSW Practice
Mark Forest - Hydrologic Methods Used in the United States, State-of-the-Art and Research Needs
Martin Dwyer - The Trouble with Levees
Michael Osborne - A Roadmap Towards the 'Gold Standard' of Floodplain Risk Management
Mike Edwards - A Levee Management Framework for Victoria (PEER REVIEWED)
Mir Abdus Subhan - Reality vs. Expectations: A Flood Manager's Dilemma
Nathan Evans - The Flash Flood Alert Service of Newcastle
Neil Dufty - How Can We Improve Community Engagement for Floodplain Management
Ouswatta Perera - Building a Flood Resilient Brisbane
Philip Conway - The Role of Exposure, Capital and Infrastructure in Post-Disaster Prevention
Quy Nhan Pham - Improving the Results of Urban Water Modelling in Data Scarce Area
Sharmil Markar - New Flood Stage-Damage Curves for the Gold Coast (PEER REVIEWED)
Stephen Yeo - The June 1867 Floods in NSW: Causes, Characteristics, Impacts and Lessons
Steven Molino - Developing a Practical Shelter in Place Policy: A Case Study in Fairfield
Susan Lengyel - Regional Implementation of Victorian Floodplain Management Strategy: Working with Stakeholders and Community
Tara Venturini - Community Engagement: Influencing Outcomes of the Banana Shire Council Floodplain Management Study
Tariq Maqsood - Development of Flood Vulnerability Models for Commercial Buildings in Australian Central Business Districts
Tyrone Attard - Regional Floodplain Database: The Possibilities are Endless
Viktor Brenners - Preparing for the Next Great Flood From the Sea

Conference Presentations

3A Mark Forest - Hyfdrologic Methods Used in the United States , State-of-the-Art and Research Needs
3A Rohan Hudson - Floodplain Risk Management in Dungog after the April 2015 Super Storm
3B Sarah Ubrien - Dungog 2015 Floods: A Case Study of Community Resilience
3B Stephen Yeo - The June 1867 Floods in NSW: Causes, Characteristics, Impacts and Lessons
3C James Davidson - Residential Design in Flood Affected Heritage Areas
3C Louise Collier - Basement Development in the Floodplain: Quantifying and Managing Flood Risk
3C Ouswatta Perera - Building a Flood Resilient Brisbane
3D Ian Ryan - Land Use Planning and Development Control Responding to Flood Risk Across Toowoomba Region
6A Andrew Northfield - Estimating the Consequences of Retarding Basin Failures
6A Lih Chong - Guiding Flood Planning for the Anna Bay and Tilligerry Creek Region
6B Nathan Evans - Newcastle Flash Flood Alert Service
6B James Stuart - Atmospheric Rivers, Cyclones and Extreme River Estimation
6B Steven Molino - Developing a Practical Shelter In Place Policy: A Case Study in Fairfield
6C Andrew Gissing - Community Involvement in Planning: NSW SES Case Study
6C Lengyel and Lett - Regional Implementation of the Victorian Floodplain Management Strategy: Working with Stakeholders and Community
6C Neil Dufty - How Can We Improve Community Engagement for Floodplain Management
6D Carla Mooney - Developing a National Strategic Plan for Flood Warning Infrastructure
6D Michael Baer - Hexham Swamp Rehabilitation Project
7 Simone De Kleermaeker - Australian/Dutch Collaboration for Water Resilient Cities
8A David Stephens - Impact of Ensemble and Joint Probability Techniques on Design Flood Levels
8B Ben Patterson - Flash Flood Warning Service: An Advanced Approach Towards Flood Resilient Cities
8B Chris Gooch - Impact Considerations When Creating Flash Flood Warning System: Parramatta River Example
8B Daniel Williams - Predicting the Next Major Flood on the Hunter River
8B David McPhee - A Flexible Approach to Supply Real Time Data During Floods
8C Cameron Druery - Automating Flood Certificates: What, Why, How?
8C Hester van Zijl - Regional Floodplain Database: The Possibilities are Endless
8C Portia Rigby - Flood Information: What Does it Mean to Me?
8C Ross Butler - Flood Risk Intelligence Flow: From Catchment Management Authority to Community
8D Andrew Vitale - A Continuous Simulation Approach to Assessing Flood Closures for Major Transport Corridors
8D Viktor Brenners - Planning for the Next Great Flood From the Sea
10A Maria Pinto - Refining Flood Model by Replacing Approximations and Assumptions with Real Data in Narellan Creek Catchment
10A Quy Nhan Pham - Improving the Results of Urban Water Modeling in Data Scarce Area
10B Angela Halcrow - Why is Flood Risk Harder to Sell than Fire Risk
10B Raymond Laine (Dr) - Bring the Marshmallows: New Engagement Technologies Stoking Flood Conversations
10B Tara Venturini - Community Engagement: Influencing the Outcomes of the Banana Shire Council Floodplain Management Study
10D Andrew Lui - Flood Abatement Solution: No Effort is Too Small
10D Mike Edwards - A Levee Management Framework for Victoria
12A Darren Lyons - Computer Says No! Interpreting Model Results in Flood Impact Assessment
12A Ella Harrison - What is it Worth? The Value of Floor Level Data
12B Amber Webster - Developing the State Hydrology Support Team for South Australia
12B Ben Tate - Improving Flood Intelligence in VICSES Incident Management Teams
12C Graham Gordon - Managing Flood Risk of Mirrool Creek: Lessons Learnt from Past Floods
12C Leonie Gray - Ensuring Existing Flood Mitigation Infrastructure Will Pass the Test of a Future Flood Event
12C Lieselotte Fearman - Bridges and Floods on the Scamander: Newspaper Reports Create Catchment History
12D Michael Osborne - A Roadmap Towards the 'Gold Standard' of Floodplain Risk Management

Unless specifically noted Conference Papers and Presentations have not been peer-reviewed.

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