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 …showed first 75 words of 2524 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2524 total…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