Flood Mitigation

CONTENTS PART 1 Introduction..................................... 3 Primary Research Methods of collecting data.................. 4 Description of Results........................ 5 - 9 Conclusion..................................... 10- 11 PART 2 Secondary Research Flood Mitigation in Nyngan, Warren, the Upper .....................................12 Parramata River Recent floods in Tenerife, India, China and Korea ....................................13 Bibliography.................................................................................14 Appendix A - Constructed Flood Mitigation Works In Kempsey ....................15 Appendix B - Maps of Kempsey Flood Mitigation Works and Flood Levels.......16 Introduction In 1949 floods devastated the town of Kempsey. In March 2001 Kempsey suffered severe flooding, this raised once again …

…Shire Council, February 2002 pg 13 19.Lower Macleay Floodplain Management Plan, Kempsey Shire Council, February 2002 pg 10 20. Appendix A and Lower Macleay Floodplain Management Plan, Kempsey Shire Council, February 2002 pg 21.Preparing Communities for Flooding", Chas Keys and Bruce Campbell, http://www.techrescue.org/stormflood/stmfld-ref3.html, pp3-4 22.Ibid 23. Flood Mitigation in the Upper Parramatta River Catchment., Unsympathetic Flood Mitigation Techniques 24. "In the News", Stephanie Kriner, RedCross.Org at http://www.redcross.org/news/in/india/010719orissa.html