Floods: Flood and Natural Disaster
“This is very big ... It will be a question of years as we go through the rebuilding.”
In January 2011, the state capital of Queensland, Brisbane, faced the second highest flood since the start of the 20th century. Major flooding occurred throughout the Brisbane River catchment, the Lockyer Creek and Bremer River. Which has now fundamentally impacted the residential property market. At the peak of the flood, approximately 11,900 homes were completely flooded while a further 14,700 homes were partially flooded. Numerous flood height records were broken and many suffered vastly from economic, social and environmental impacts. However, to what extent did the severity of the economic impact have on the communities and industries after a critical natural disaster? The disruption in Brisbane includes effects on major industries such as agriculture, tourism, retail trade and manufacturing. The research posed in this paper was evaluated from the economic impact after the floods and the statistics highlight the significance of the effects from the natural disaster.
The impacts from flooding depend greatly on the location and the extent of the flood. It also differs significantly on the vulnerability and value of the natural and constructed environments it affects. Flash floods cause more damage than slow-rising floods because of the velocity of the flow and also the depth and duration of the flash flood. Flash flooding was an issue in the Lockyer Valley and Toowoomba regions as there were immediate impacts including property damage, crop destruction, loss of farm animals and infrastructure.
Lockyer Valley town during the 2011 floods.
Due to the destruction of infrastructure such as roads and bridges, it put all economic jobs to a halt, resulting in a disturbance of normal life for the remainder of the flooding. Correspondingly, the same outcome, in agriculture and business, lead to the loss of jobs. Even in
In January 2011, the state capital of Queensland, Brisbane, faced the second highest flood since the start of the 20th century. Major flooding occurred throughout the Brisbane River catchment, the Lockyer Creek and Bremer River. Which has now fundamentally impacted the residential property market. At the peak of the flood, approximately 11,900 homes were completely flooded while a further 14,700 homes were partially flooded. Numerous flood height records were broken and many suffered vastly from economic, social and environmental impacts. However, to what extent did the severity of the economic impact have on the communities and industries after a critical natural disaster? The disruption in Brisbane includes effects on major industries such as agriculture, tourism, retail trade and manufacturing. The research posed in this paper was evaluated from the economic impact after the floods and the statistics highlight the significance of the effects from the natural disaster.
The impacts from flooding depend greatly on the location and the extent of the flood. It also differs significantly on the vulnerability and value of the natural and constructed environments it affects. Flash floods cause more damage than slow-rising floods because of the velocity of the flow and also the depth and duration of the flash flood. Flash flooding was an issue in the Lockyer Valley and Toowoomba regions as there were immediate impacts including property damage, crop destruction, loss of farm animals and infrastructure.
Lockyer Valley town during the 2011 floods.
Due to the destruction of infrastructure such as roads and bridges, it put all economic jobs to a halt, resulting in a disturbance of normal life for the remainder of the flooding. Correspondingly, the same outcome, in agriculture and business, lead to the loss of jobs. Even in