Flood research on show

The latest developments in flood management were discussed at the annual Floodplain Management Conference, held in Canberra from 14-17 May.

More than 300 delegates attened, with the CRC running popular a booth in the trade display, while a number of CRC projects presented. This included Dr Mel Taylor (Macquarie University) on attitudes of people who enter floodwater, Andrew Gissing (Risk Frontiers) on planning for catastrophic floods, Tariq Maqsood (RMIT University) on assessing flood damage in Launceston, as well as a poster presentations from Mel Taylor and Stefania Grimaldi (Monash University). The value and benefits of the UNHaRMED software was spoken about by Gabreille Eckert from South Australia’s Department of Environment and Water, while Board member Karl Sullivan (Insurance Council of Australia) gave a keynote address.