Floods in an Arid Continent

A key source for understanding both the beneficial and detrimental effects of floods

Aldo Poiani (Volume editor)

9780123736307

Hardback, published 18 April 2007

208 pages, Illustrated
22.9 x 15.1 x 2 cm, 0.47 kg

Approx.208 pages

Chapter 1
Introduction

Chapter 2
Climatic Background to Past and Future Floods in Australia

Chapter 3
Floods Down Rivers: From Damaging to Replenishing Forces

Chapter 4
Effects of Floods on Distribution and Reproduction of Aquatic Birds

Chapter 5
The Landscape Context of Flooding in the Murray-Darling Basin

Chapter 6
Effect of Flooding on the Occurrence of Infectious Diseases

Chapter 7
Some Economics of Floods

Chapter 8
Tiddalik’s Travels: The Making and Remaking of an Aboriginal Flood Myth

Chapter 9
Understanding the Social Impacts of Floods in South Eastern Australia

Subject Areas: Flood control [TNFL], The environment [RN], Meteorology & climatology [RBP], Limnology [freshwater RBKF], Social impact of disasters [JFFC]