Scone - Floodplain Management Study & Plan

Brief description

Within __Chapter 2__, the characteristics of the study's catchments are described. This
includes land use, social profile, heritage and vegetation issues. A list of authorities
and agencies who may be affected when flooding occurs in the catchment is also
provided.

__Chapter 3__ outlines the information that was available for this study including mapping
and previous studies. The flood damages data base (a description of all residential and
business properties in the Middle Brook, Kingdon Ponds, Parsons Gully and Figtree
Gully floodplains) is described, together with the community consultation strategy
utilised in this study, and the results of the community questionnaire.

__Chapter 4__ presents the assessment of flood behaviour within Figtree Gully which was
carried out within the study.

A description of recent flood history, flood behaviour and the impacts and potential
damage caused by floods is provided in __Chapter 5__. __Chapter 6__ provides an overview
of floodplain management including existing management measures, the selection of
the flood planning level and funding. __Chapter 6__ also details the methodology used for
the assessment of floodplain management options.

The range of floodplain management options that was examined for the Scone district,
as part of this study, is described in __Chapter 7__.

__Chapter 8__ outlines the Floodplain Management Plan for Scone, summarising the
recommendations of the study.

A full list of references is provided in __Chapter 9__. An index of key words is contained
in __Chapter 10__.

A number of appendices are included. __Appendix A__ is the largest and comprises an extensive description of town planning issues.