Planning for Flood Risk Management Training
1st May 2020
Carrie Dearnley (BMT), Shannon Haines (Ethos Urban) and Paul Grech (GLN Planning) will be holding an online training course via Zoom “Planning for Flood Risk Management” on 19th May.
The one-day programme, run through the Planning Institute of Australia (PIA) will cover:
• What is 'risk' and what are the factors that contribute to flood risk;
• Fundamentals of flood modelling, recent advances, types of information provided by flood models and how these 'tools' inform flood risk
• Risk response 'toolkit' to flood risk management including the role of land use planning in holistic floodplain management;
• Statutory drivers and best practice standards for responding to flood risk, including how the Queensland Floods Commission of Inquiry has changed current approaches to how we plan for and determine land use planning responses to flood risk;
• Risk based land use planning - what does it look like, how is it different to current approaches and what are the benefits for strategic planning;
• Moving beyond mapping one single event: why understanding flood behaviour across multiple events is important for land use planning;
• Development of risk-based flood mapping, including consideration of risk factors such as community isolation, flash flooding etc';
• Clear guidance on matching land use with flood risk profile to be 'risk appropriate'; and
• Practical tips on implementing a risk-based approach.
Details are provided at the PIA website:
https://www.planning.org.au/events/event/2020qldplanet-planning-for-flood-risk-management
