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Flood Mitigation and Resource Management by Franchezka Lei Magtira is a document available to read on EtoBox.

This document summarizes the changing approach to floodplain management on the Richmond River in northern New South Wales, Australia from when the Richmond River County Council was formed in 1959 to undertake flood mitigation activities, to the current recognition of the need to balance flood mitigation with natural resource management. It discusses how drainage works undertaken for flood prevention since 1959 have lowered the water table and increased acid sulfate soil impacts. The document argues that the

Author

Franchezka Lei Magtira

Language

EN