scholarly journals Cooperative operation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam reduces Nile riverine floods

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammed Basheer
Keyword(s):  
Riverine Floods

Hydro-morphodynamics triggered by extreme riverine floods in a mega fluvial-tidal delta

2021 ◽  
pp. 152076
Author(s):  
Jie Wang ◽  
Zhijun Dai ◽  
Sergio Fagherazzi ◽  
Xiaohe Zhang ◽  
Xiaoqiang Liu
Keyword(s):  
Riverine Floods

scholarly journals SEDIMENTATION ON A WAVE-DOMINATED SHOREFACE-AND-SHELF CONTINUUM AS AFFECTED BY RIVERINE FLOODS

2016 ◽  
Vol 72 (2) ◽  
pp. I_787-I_792
Author(s):  
Hideo SEKIGUCHI ◽  
Hideo YAMAZAKI ◽  
Masanobu ISHIDA ◽  
Ryoukei AZUMA ◽  
Tsuyoshi HARAGUCHI ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Riverine Floods

scholarly journals Environmental Inequalities in Flood Exposure: A Matter of Scale

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clémence Poussard ◽  
Benjamin Dewals ◽  
Pierre Archambeau ◽  
Jacques Teller
Keyword(s):  
Flood Risk ◽  
Flood Hazard ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Flood Hazards ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
Flood Exposure ◽  
Class 1 ◽  
Riverine Floods ◽  
Peripheral Areas ◽  
Hazard Level

Studies on inequalities in exposure to flood risk have explored whether population of a lower socio-economic status are more exposed to flood hazard. While evidence exist for coastal flooding, little is known on inequalities for riverine floods. This paper addresses two issues: (1) is the weakest population, in socio-economic terms, more exposed to flood hazard, considering different levels of exposure to hazard? (2) Is the exposure to flood risk homogeneous across the territory, considering different scales of analysis? An analysis of the exposure of inhabitants of Liège province to flood risk was conducted at different scales (province, districts, and municipalities), considering three levels of exposure to flood hazard (level 1- low hazard, level 3- high hazard), and five socio-economic classes (class 1-poorest, class 5-wealthiest households). Our analysis confirms that weaker populations (classes 2 and 3) are usually more exposed to flood hazards than the wealthiest (classes 4 and 5). Still it should be stressed that the most precarious households (class 1) are less exposed than low to medium-range ones (classes 2 and 3). Further on the relation between socio-economic status and exposure to flood hazard varies along the spatial scale considered. At the district level, it appears that classes 4 and 5 are most exposed to flood risk in some peripheral areas. In municipalities located around the center of the city, differences of exposure to risk are not significant.

scholarly journals Assessing inundation hazards to nuclear powerplant sites using geologically extended histories of riverine floods, tsunamis, and storm surges

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jim O'Connor ◽  
Brian F. Atwater ◽  
Timothy A. Cohn ◽  
Thomas M. Cronin ◽  
Mackenzie K. Keith ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Storm Surges ◽  
Riverine Floods

scholarly journals A Review on Adaptation Practices of Affected People with Riverine Floods in Bangladesh

2021 ◽  
pp. 251-260
Author(s):  
Romana Afrose Meem ◽  
Arif Ahmed ◽  
Md. Shamim Hossain
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Knowledge ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Adaptation Strategies ◽  
Adhatoda Vasica ◽  
The People ◽  
Tube Well ◽  
Riverine Floods ◽  
Mitigation Action ◽  
Adaptation Practices ◽  
Holy Basil

Bangladesh is a riverine country. Every year flood devastated Bangladesh. Therefore, response and adaptation strategies of flood affected people are important for planning future mitigation action. Present study focuses to review on adaptation practices of affected people with riverine floods in Bangladesh to reduce vulnerability of awaited flood. Consequently, they adopt several adaptation techniques by their life long experience. The major adaptation practiced of the people are raise homesteads using ‘dig-elevate-dwell’ principle of settlement, cultivate flood tolerant paddy (e.g. bona aman), cultivate vegetables in floating bed, tube well have been placed on an elevated base or raised with an additional pipe, and cementing the base of tube well. People also use their indigenous knowledge to cure diseases during flood. Hence, holy basil, and basak (Adhatoda Vasica) are used to treat colds and fevers. On the contrary, durba grass, gando badal (Gaultheria Fragrantissima), garden mint, and Indian pennywort are used for diarrhea and dysentery. Basically, people’s indigenous adaptation techniques have helped them to reduce damages of property and lives as well. Therefore, various types of adaptation should incorporate at the local level plan and implement by the concerned authority.

scholarly journals Increasing Timeliness of Satellite-Based Flood Mapping Using Early Warning Systems in the Copernicus Emergency Management Service

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 2114
Author(s):  
Annett Wania ◽  
Inès Joubert-Boitat ◽  
Francesco Dottori ◽  
Milan Kalas ◽  
Peter Salamon
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Management ◽  
Early Warning Systems ◽  
Management Service ◽  
Rapid Mapping ◽  
User Request ◽  
Time Stamps ◽  
Information Products ◽  
Product Delivery ◽  
Performance Statistics ◽  
Riverine Floods

Remotely sensed images have become an important source of information for actors involved in disaster management and satellite-based emergency mapping (SEM) is increasingly used to support the response phase in the first hours and days after a disaster occurs. The delivery timeliness of the crisis information is key to the success of SEM. In the Copernicus Emergency Management Service (CEMS), a procedure was tested during the past 5 years which links the European Flood Awareness System (EFAS) with the on-demand Rapid Mapping module in order to anticipate satellite tasking in view of an upcoming activation of the service for riverine floods. This study aims at assessing if the procedure has helped to improve the delivery timeliness of the first flood impact information. For the assessment, we used the Rapid Mapping performance statistics recorded from June 2016 to December 2020. Standard Rapid Mapping activations for floods were compared with those preceded by an EFAS based pre-tasking request. The focus was on essential time stamps such as activation start, provision of imagery and the availability of derived information products. For the pre-tasking-related activations, we further compared the EFAS predictions with the Rapid Mapping user request and compared flood predictions with actual observations. Our results show that the EFAS based pre-tasking improves the timeliness of the first product delivery due to the fact that satellite images could be acquired earlier compared to activations without pre-tasking.

scholarly journals Flood Vulnerability Mapping to Riverine Floods: A Study on the Old Brahmaputra River

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 47-58
Author(s):  
Muhammad Rezaul Rakib ◽  
Md. Nurul Islam ◽  
Muhammod Nazrul Islam
Keyword(s):  
Vulnerability Mapping ◽  
Brahmaputra River ◽  
Flood Vulnerability ◽  
Riverine Floods
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