Floods are agents of both physical and psychological change. Their power to affect cultures and the environment can be enduring, even in areas where regular flooding is an accepted geographical feature. This selection of essays presents floods from the perspectives of science, history, theology, psychology, law, art and music to explain the natural and societal causes and consequences. Also includes recollections and anecdotes from those who have actually experienced floods, and will appeal to students and anyone interested in the need for understanding and management of this compelling natural phenomenon.
Book chapter
Land of the mountain and the flood: North Coast NSW floods to 1974
Flood: essays across the current, pp.115-137
Southern Cross University Press
2004
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- Title
- Land of the mountain and the flood: North Coast NSW floods to 1974
- Creators
- Robert J Smith - Southern Cross University
- Contributors
- Paul Thom (Editor of compilation)
- Publication Details
- Flood: essays across the current, pp.115-137
- Publisher
- Southern Cross University Press; Lismore, NSW
- Identifiers
- 1417; 991012820570602368
- Academic Unit
- School of Education; Faculty of Education
- Resource Type
- Book chapter