Urban Floodplain Land-use: Acceptable Risk?
Godber, Allison M. (2005) Urban Floodplain Land-use: Acceptable Risk? The Australian Journal of Emergency Management, 20(3), pp. 22-26.
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Abstract
There has been little research to examine how the flood standards adopted as ‘acceptable risks’ by decision makers such as local government (and communicated via a technical language) are interpreted by other stakeholders, and whether the formal standards can be accurately labelled ‘acceptable risks’. This paper presents a study,
based on a Queensland local government area – the Gold Coast City Council (GCCC), examining the flood risks perceived ‘acceptable’ by the stakeholders. These stakeholders include local government, the residents and the development industry within a potentially flood-affected urban area of Guragunbah and the surrounding suburbs within the Nerang River catchment.
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| ID Code: | 2312 |
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| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Keywords: | Flood, risk perception, policy, land, use |
| ISSN: | 1324-1540 |
| Subjects: | Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification > STUDIES IN HUMAN SOCIETY (160000) > HUMAN GEOGRAPHY (160400) Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification > EARTH SCIENCES (040000) > PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENTAL GEOSCIENCE (040600) Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification > EARTH SCIENCES (040000) > PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENTAL GEOSCIENCE (040600) > Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience not elsewhere classified (040699) |
| Divisions: | Current > Research Centres > Centre for Social Change Research Past > QUT Faculties & Divisions > QUT Carseldine - Humanities & Human Services |
| Copyright Owner: | Copyright 2005 Emergency Management Australia |
| Copyright Statement: | The contents of this journal can be freely accessed online via the journal’s web page (see link). |
| Deposited On: | 09 Dec 2005 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Jun 2010 22:27 |
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