scholarly journals Case Studies on Flash Flood Risk Management in the Himalayas; In support of specific flash flood policies

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. B. Shrestha ◽  
S. R. Bajracharya
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Flood Risk ◽  
Flash Flood ◽  
Flood Risk Management

scholarly journals ASSESSMENT OF FLASH-FLOOD SUSCEPTIBILITY IN SMALL RIVER BASINS

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreea Dragomir ◽  
Andreea-Violeta Tudorache ◽  
Romulus Costache
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Flood Risk ◽  
Flash Flood ◽  
River Basins ◽  
Flood Risk Management ◽  
Small River ◽  
Management Activity ◽  
Flood Susceptibility ◽  
River Valleys ◽  
Very High

Due to the climate changes occurred in the last decades the frequency and intensity of hydrological risk phenomena are also increasing. The flash-floods are considered the most devastating natural hazards around worldwide. The identification of areas with a high flash-flood potential and also of the valleys with a high potential for flash-flood propagation is mandatory to be included in the flash-flood risk management activity. In this regard the present study proposes a GIS methodology to identify the flash-flood potential along river valleys from small catchments. The analysis carried out into a number of 5 small river basins across Romania revealed that a high percentage of river network is characterized by a high and very high flash-flood potential. The results of the present study can be successfully used in the flash-flood risk management activity and also in the activity of flash-flood forecast and warning.

scholarly journals Flood resilience

2020 ◽  
Vol 378 (2168) ◽  
pp. 20190212 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Zevenbergen ◽  
Berry Gersonius ◽  
Mohan Radhakrishan
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Flood Risk ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Flood Risk Management ◽  
Ecological Resilience ◽  
Complex Nature ◽  
Urban Flood ◽  
Developed Country ◽  
Building Engineering

Three different conceptual frameworks of resilience, including engineering, ecological and social–ecological have been presented and framed within the context of flood risk management. Engineering resilience has demonstrated its value in the design and operation of technological systems in general and in flood resilient technologies in particular. Although limited to the technical domain, it has broadened the objectives of flood resilient technologies and provided guidance in improving their effectiveness. Socio-ecological resilience is conceived as a broader system characteristic that involves the interaction between human and natural systems. It acknowledges that these systems change over time and that these interactions are of complex nature and associated with uncertainties. Building (socio-ecological) resilience in flood risk management strategies calls for an adaptive approach with short-term measures and a set of monitoring criteria for keeping track of developments that might require adaptation in the long-term (adaptation pathways) and thus built-in adaptive capacity as opposed to building engineering resilience which involves a static approach with a fixed time horizon a set of robust measures designed for specific future conditions or scenarios. The two case studies, from a developing and a developed country, indicate that the concepts of ecological and socio-ecological resilience provide guidance for building more resilient flood risk management systems resulting in an approach that embraces flood protection, prevention and preparedness. The case studies also reveal that the translation of resilience concepts into practice remains a challenge. One plausible explanation for this is our inability to arrive at a quantification of socio-ecological resilience taking into account the various attributes of the concept. This article is part of the theme issue ‘Urban flood resilience’.

Flash flood risk management

2008 ◽  
pp. 1305-1314 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Borga ◽  
Jean-Dominique Creutin ◽  
Eric Gaume ◽  
Mario Martina ◽  
Ezio Todini ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Flood Risk ◽  
Flash Flood ◽  
Flood Risk Management

scholarly journals Multi-vulnerability analysis for flash flood risk management

2016 ◽  
Vol 82 (S1) ◽  
pp. 63-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Konstantinos Karagiorgos ◽  
Thomas Thaler ◽  
Johannes Hübl ◽  
Fotios Maris ◽  
Sven Fuchs
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Flood Risk ◽  
Flash Flood ◽  
Vulnerability Analysis ◽  
Flood Risk Management
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