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Final report / Queensland Floods Commission of Inquiry.
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Publication details:
Brisbane : Queensland Floods Commission of Inquiry, 2012.
Record id:
80903
Subject:
South East Queensland Water Corporation.
Floods -- Queensland.
Flood dams and reservoirs -- Queensland.
Flood control -- Queensland, Southeast.
Emergency management -- Queensland.
Flood forecasting -- Queensland.
Wivenhoe Dam (Qld.)
Somerset Dam (Qld.)
Contents:
1. Introduction
2. Floodplain management
3. Planning framework
4. State planning instruments
5. Local planning instruments
6. Satellite planning systems
7. Development and flood considerations
8. Development assessment in practice
9. Building controls
10. Essential services
11. Buy-backs and land swaps
12. Perfomance of private insurers
13. Mining
14. Flood-related deaths
15. Emergency response and other interim report issues
16. Operation of Wivenhoe and Somerset dams
17. Other dam issues.
Summary:
Major finding include: the dam manual was not complied with and that it requires thorough reviewing and updating, inserting uniform controls into the land planning systems are needed so flood risk is recognized and managed consistently, and Queensland needs a consistent approach to floodplain management.
Note:
Cover title.
"March 2012"
Commissioner: Catherine E. Holmes.
Includes bibliographical references.
Variant title:
Queensland Floods Commission of Inquiry : final report
Phys. description:
2 v. (654 p.) : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm