A River with a City Problem: A History of Brisbane Floods (Updated Edition)

by Margaret Cook

When floods devastated South East Queensland in 2011, who was to blame? Despite the inherent risk of living on a floodplain, most residents had pinned their hopes on Wivenhoe Dam to protect them, and when it failed to do so, dam operators were blamed for the scale of the catastrophic events that followed.A River with a City Problem is a compelling history of floods in the Brisbane River catchment, especially those in 1893, 1974, 2011 and 2022. Extensively...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 070226606X
• ISBN13: 9780702266065
• Release Date: June 2024
• Publisher: University of Queensland Pr (Australia)
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"