Flood Risk White Paper
Ideally society would like to be free of the risk of flooding, but this is neither practically nor economically feasible. What constitutes an acceptable level of flood risk however is a vexed question. The immediate risk is borne by the community, which must have a significant input into defining the acceptable level. To this end,
public consultation and risk communication is very important" (SCARM, 2000).
Recent advances in technology make the creation and dissemination of flood risk information very accessible and achievable for even modest sized agencies. Many of the datasets may already exist in a format that is suitable for use in flood related Location Intelligence, can be combined with flood model results and supplemented by any additional information that may add value to the process - such as LiDAR. A trained analyst can produce results in a rapid manner that form a valuable foundation for decision support on how to best build and sustain community resilience for future flood events.
Category: Government