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Recent flood events across the east coast of Australia have highlighted 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 will present a summary of current best practice methods, explore how we can use data that is currently available to effectively assess flood risk and discuss how we can apply our understanding of flood risk to develop a suite of measures for an integrated approach to managing our floodplains.