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A Romance of England and Wales:: ‘Logres’ in <i>Sir Gawain and the Green Knight</i>
No full textThis chapter details the representation of England and Wales in the late fourteenth-century north-west Midlands poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Flood suggests that the Welsh affinities of the poem’s geography are not (as has elsewhere been argued) suggestive of a direct Welsh source influence on the poem, but rather are indicative of the mediation of Welsh historical material within the English tradition through Geoffrey of Monmouth’s twelfth-century Historia regum Britanniae. It explores the significance of Marcher geographies and spatial perceptions for our understanding of the poem, arguing for the March as a cultural centre rather than a periphery
A Romance of England and Wales:: ‘Logres’ in <i>Sir Gawain and the Green Knight</i>
No full textThis chapter details the representation of England and Wales in the late fourteenth-century north-west Midlands poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Flood suggests that the Welsh affinities of the poem’s geography are not (as has elsewhere been argued) suggestive of a direct Welsh source influence on the poem, but rather are indicative of the mediation of Welsh historical material within the English tradition through Geoffrey of Monmouth’s twelfth-century Historia regum Britanniae. It explores the significance of Marcher geographies and spatial perceptions for our understanding of the poem, arguing for the March as a cultural centre rather than a periphery
Design streamflow estimation for ungauged catchments in Victoria : uncertainty analysis using boot strapping
No full textDesign flood estimation in ungauged catchments is often required by hydrologists. The chapter on regional flood estimation procedure in the national guideline on design flow estimation in Australia know as Australian Rainfall and runoff (ARR) has not been upgraded during the last 20 years. This paper presents a regional flood estimation method for the state of Victoria in Australia as a part of the undergoing update of the ARR. The study divided Victoria into four zones and applied boot-strapping method to estimate relative error values from the developed prediction equations. It has been found from the study that the developed prediction can provide quite accurate predictions. The Northern Victoria (north of the Great Divide Range) generally provides more accurate prediction (with median relative error values in the range of 20 to 32% than the Southern Victoria (relative error values in the range of 23 t 51%). The developed prediction equations require readily obtainable climatic and physical catchment characteristics data and would be relatively easy to apply
Scientific knowledge and scientific uncertainty in bushfire and flood risk mitigation: literature review
Full text linkEXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Scientific Diversity, Scientific Uncertainty and Risk Mitigation Policy and Planning (RMPP) project aims to investigate the diversity and uncertainty of bushfire and flood science, and its contribution to risk mitigation policy and planning. The project investigates how policy makers, practitioners, courts, inquiries and the community differentiate, understand and use scientific knowledge in relation to bushfire and flood risk. It uses qualitative social science methods and case studies to analyse how diverse types of knowledge are ordered and judged as salient, credible and authoritative, and the pragmatic meaning this holds for emergency management across the PPRR spectrum.
This research report is the second literature review of the RMPP project and was written before any of the case studies had been completed. It synthesises approximately 250 academic sources on bushfire and flood risk science, including research on hazard modelling, prescribed burning, hydrological engineering, development planning, meteorology, climatology and evacuation planning. The report also incorporates theoretical insights from the fields of risk studies and science and technology studies (STS), as well as indicative research regarding the public understandings of science, risk communication and deliberative planning.
This report outlines the key scientific practices (methods and knowledge) and scientific uncertainties in bushfire and flood risk mitigation in Australia. Scientific uncertainties are those ‘known unknowns’ and ‘unknown unknowns’ that emerge from the development and utilisation of scientific knowledge. Risk mitigation involves those processes through which agencies attempt to limit the vulnerability of assets and values to a given hazard.
The focus of this report is the uncertainties encountered and managed by risk mitigation professionals in regards to these two hazards, though literature regarding natural sciences and the scientific method more generally are also included where appropriate. It is important to note that while this report excludes professional experience and local knowledge from its consideration of uncertainties and knowledge, these are also very important aspects of risk mitigation which will be addressed in the RMPP project’s case studies.
Key findings of this report include:
Risk and scientific knowledge are both constructed categories, indicating
that attempts to understand any individual instance of risk or scientific knowledge should be understood in light of the social, political, economic, and ecological context in which they emerge.
Uncertainty is a necessary element of scientific methods, and as such risk mitigation practitioners and researchers alike should seek to ‘embrace uncertainty’ (Moore et al., 2005) as part of navigating bushfire and flood risk mitigation
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Insular Connections and Comparisons in the Later Middle Ages
No full textIntroduction to edited collection of essays, defining a new sphere of research centred on the relationship between Insular languages and literatures, as a field of comparative and connective study
Early Tudor Translations of English Prophecy in Wales
No full textThis chapter discusses the translation of English political prophecies into Welsh during the early Tudor period, with a particular focus on the long Welsh reception history of the Latin prophecy Lilium regnans, translated into Welsh as Proffwydoliaeth y Fflorddlis. It explores the broader implications of this activity for our understanding of the construction of cultural and political identities among the uchelwyr, the Welsh gentry, important patrons of Welsh and English language political literature during the mid-late fifteenth century
The supernatural company in cultural translation:Dafydd ap Gwilym and the Roman de la Rose tradition
No full textFlood control journal. No. 6, March 1951
No full textThis issues documents the proceedings of the Technical Conference on Flood Control held in New Delhi, India, from 7–10 January 1951. It includes technical discussions, country experiences, recommendations, and case studies on flood control and river management across Asia and the Far East.TECHNICAL CONFERENCE ON FLOOD CONTROL 1
ECAFE REVIEWS BUREAU’S WORK 20
NOTES ON EXPERIENCES IN DIKE BUILDING ALONG
LOWER RIVERS AND SEA INLETS 21
RIVER IMPROVEMENT IN VICTORIA (AUSTRALIA) 32
APPENDIX
LIST OF DELEGATES, OBSERVERS ATTENDING
TECHNICAL CONFERENCE ON FLOOD CONTROL 5
Flood relief and recovery
Full text linkBetween September 2010 and March 2011 Victoria experienced severe flooding, affecting 70 of the 79 Victorian local governments and resulting in relief and recovery costs estimated to total $971 million. This report finds that the governance response model chosen resulted in a fragmented approach to relief and recovery creating a lack of consistent flood recovery projects and whole-of-government flood response evaluation.Summary:The audit assessed the effectiveness and efficiency of the state’s relief and recovery arrangements in the aftermath of the 2010-11 floods.The audit found a siloed approach and the governance model chosen by the government resulted in a fragmented approach to relief and recovery. This approach saw 45 separate programs, offered by the nine fund-holding departments, creating confusion in communities and constraints on the oversight committee’s ability to lead intervene and change what departments were doing.There was a lack of consistent flood recovery project and whole-of-government flood response evaluation.The 15 relief and recovery programs examined in the audit provided adequate coverage of social, economic and environmental needs. Relationships and shared knowledge at a local government level played a very powerful role in determining success of flood relief and recovery in affected communities
Landscapes of violence: women surviving family violence in regional and rural Victoria
Full text linkIn this research, family violence survivors have identified issues and barriers they have encountered, and have provided suggestions in regards to how both the criminal justice system and the broader Victorian community might assist survivors and help prevent family violence.
Overview
This project combines the findings of two studies undertaken by the Centre for Rural and Regional Law and Justice. Drawing on and extending the findings in Women\u27s experience of surviving family violence and accessing the Magistrate\u27s court in Geelong, Victoria (2013), this report extends the research in terms of geographic areas, issues covered and range of participants.
It examines the experiences of, and outcomes for, women survivors of family violence in regional and rural Victoria, considering their contact with, and perceptions of, government agencies (including Victoria Police, the Victorian Magistrate\u27s courts and the Department of Human Services) as well as private and community advocates (legal services, women\u27s services and family violence services) and healthcare professionals.
Through this research, survivors have identified issues and barriers they have encountered in escaping family violence, and have provided suggestions in regards to how both the criminal justice system and the broader Victorian community might assist survivors and help prevent family violence. As well as being informed by survivors, this publication includes insights provided by government and non-government practitioners and organisations who have offered their views on this report\u27s key findings and recommendations. In addition to the generous contributions of these participants, this report utilises relevant data and emerging research in an effort to identify best practice responses to family violence; improve access to justice, support and safety; and protect and promote women\u27s rights and entitlements
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