Media Flood Stories:  Can they offer a way forward? Background to this event A topical issue, for professionals in our collective – with a link to flood issues, is: how the flood risk terms are used in the general media and what sort of impact it has on the understanding of the various types of audiences that hear these messages? The focus at this event was how the general media stories dissect and reflect on an event that has just been experienced – what are the terms being used, what are the impacts being listed and which aspects of proactive flood risk reduction measures are being di ..read more

Deconstructing Flood Insurance Purpose of the workshop As the second event in a series of Flood CoP workshops to better understanding some key fundamental aspects of flood risk reduction,  this event was to showcase the role of Flood Insurance within the mix of other measures needed. So with the event partners, this was designed to: Build an understanding of what and how insurance works; Introduce participants to the process by which flood risk is priced into insurance premiums Consider case studies of flood risk reduction and what it means for residents of business owners Seek feedback ..read more

Nature Based Solutions – A key jigsaw piece for catchment resilience? Why did we focus on this topic? Nature Based Solutions (NBS) have long been a practice of land and water management used widely.  However, in recent 2 to 3 years the “label of NBS” and focus has mounted both in Australia and worldwide and there is a momentum for greater utility of this management approach.  And often the description of these measures has been described by other labels such as Green Infrastructure, Nature by Design, Natural Infrastructure,  Ecosystem-Based Adaptation or  Water Sensitive Ur ..read more

Event description In Queensland, collaboration between Dutch and Australian water and flood resilience professionals has been ongoing since 2013 – when the Flood Community of Practice first came into being.  In 2016 there was heightened activity and in this photo Dutch and Australian colleagues worked on sharing experiences at a Resilient Urban Deltas and Floodplains Summit. This year we would like to rekindle this relationship and to start this peer to peer approach with this 90 minute online discussion for any interested  “Flood Resilience” professional from Au ..read more

Post the Floods of February 2022 – what can we learn??? Why did we hold this event?? The recent February 2022 floods in Queensland and NSW extended over a wide number of communities and the range of impacts are different to past events. So what does that tell us??? Yes “no two floods are the same ” – is one important comment, but as professionals – in all sorts of roles – the aim of this debrief workshop was to  share our collective observations and insights from this recent event. What was on Offer? The afternoon event was based on a mix of: feedback from participants on the recent eve ..read more

What have we learned in the last ten years in planning and implementing flood resilience measures? What has been each practioners focus over the last 10 years? When the the 2010/11 floods occurred each one of us would have had their own unique experience at time. And over the last 8 years our Flood Community of Practice collective have all been exposed to a wide range of: principles frameworks shared experiences with colleagues Though when you talk to colleagues, and ask what it was that really allowed change and truly NOT business of usual approaches to proceed then the story is fascinating ..read more

Join us for an insightful afternoon on how we have learned to apply flood resilience measures across Queensland. Register now – click here  Speakers include James Davidson – Architect specializing in home design adaption measures and also Churchill Fellow exploring flood resilience in USA, UK and the Netherlands Graeme Milligan – experienced strategy and plan developer – ex QRA Simone De Kleermaeker – from Deltares a group who have provided adaptation decision making frameworks UK collaborators – Paul Hart, Stephen Trewhella and Paul Sayers Dutch collaborators – Gregor van Essen and othe ..read more

Background to this event Ideally, the pathway that you take as a Young Professional, heads you towards your aspirations and provides you with satisfaction. So in our professions where water plays a common and significant role, how can you best find opportunities and support to ensure that foundational, creative and challenging work skills and pathways can be discovered and nurtured for you? Your invitation We would like to offer a workshop for Young Professionals/Early Career colleagues to co-design options on professional development pathways that meet personal and career aspi ..read more

Background to the event The UK government recently adopted the National Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Strategy for England on 25 September 2020. The strategy provides a general framework for action to manage coastal change and flooding from all sources. It applies to risk management authorities as identified in the Flood and Water Management Act 2010. It also encourages communities and other organisations to get involved to help create climate resilient places. The package includes: • A strategy for flooding and coastal change • Flood and coastal erosion risk management ..read more

At this event we will build a road map of planning measures and institutional arrangements that enable a flood resilient city. About this Event Background to the event The Flood Community of Practice collective invites you to the 3rd installment of our Flood Fundamentals series. We previously looked at the role of modelling and insurance to better prepare and respond to flood risk. And now at this workshop, we add the final fundamental piece of “DE”signing Flood Risk into a Planning Scheme where we look at Flood Risk to Roll Back the Flood and collaborative Institutional Governance. Together ..read more