#138 Theory vs practice - the challenges of flood risk management

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***Chapters***
00:00 - Welcome & presenter intro
01:42 - Presentation overview & agenda
03:10 - Jacquie Hannan - What is flood risk management (FMR)?
03:50 - FRM measures & best practice
05:40 - Flood mechanisms & how to define flood risk
08:43 - Flood risk components
10:35 - Types of flood risk
12:20 - Key components of best practice
17:35 - Carrie Dearnley - is best practice essential?
19:17 - Fit-for-purpose approach - risk-based
19:56 - Poll results - When is it ok to compromise?
21:16 - Considerations - being conservative
26:26 - Understanding stakeholder needs
28:25 - Compromise in action - examples
31:00 - Flood level data collection - recommendations & considerations
34:23 - Low-level quality data
39:19 - Recommendations & conclusion
42:53 - Q&A & wrap-up


***Description***
Flood events across the east coast of Australia highlight the importance of a proactive, rather than reactive, approach to floodplain management. Key to best practice in flood risk management is an understanding of all factors that influence flood risk including flood likelihood, behaviour, exposure and impacts. These factors need to be drawn together under an agreed framework to assess existing, future and continuing flood risk, and develop appropriate strategies to effectively manage the risk, increase flood resilience and ensure best outcomes for the community.


In practice, though, there are other considerations that may limit the scope and approach to flood risk assessment and floodplain management. In these cases, it is necessary to develop a fit-for-purpose methodology that both considers specific objectives and constraints, and aligns with best practice principles to enable floodplain managers to make informed decisions on flood risk management.


This webinar presents a summary of current best practice methods, explores how we can use data that is currently available to effectively assess flood risk and how we can apply our understanding of flood risk to develop a suite of measures for an integrated approach to managing our floodplains.