The impact of extreme rainfall and flash floods on the flood risk management process and geomorphological changes in small Carpathian catchments: a case study of the Kasiniczanka river (Outer Carpathians, Poland)

People possess a creative set of strategies based on their local knowledge (LK) that allow them to stay in flood-prone areas. Stakeholders involved with local level flood risk management (FRM) often overlook and underutilise this LK. There is thus an increasing need for its identification, documentation and assessment. Based on qualitative research, this paper critically explores the notion of LK in Malawi. Data was collected through 15 focus group discussions, 36 interviews and field observation, and analysed using thematic analysis. Findings indicate that local communities have a complex knowledge system that cuts across different stages of the FRM cycle and forms a component of community resilience. LK is not homogenous within a community, and is highly dependent on the social and political contexts. Access to LK is not equally available to everyone, conditioned by the access to resources and underlying causes of vulnerability that are outside communities’ influence. There are also limits to LK; it is impacted by exogenous processes (e.g., environmental degradation, climate change) that are changing the nature of flooding at local levels, rendering LK, which is based on historical observations, less relevant. It is dynamic and informally triangulated with scientific knowledge brought about by development partners. This paper offers valuable insights for FRM stakeholders as to how to consider LK in their approaches.

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Identification and Qualitative Evaluation of Risk Factors in the Construction Projects in Iraq

Diyala Journal of Engineering Sciences ◽

10.24237/djes.2021.14209 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 14 (2) ◽

pp. 91-101

Author(s):

Noor Aletby ◽

Hafeth Ibrahim

Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

Risk Management ◽

Construction Projects ◽

Qualitative Evaluation ◽

Qualitative Assessment ◽

Management Process ◽

Risk Management Process ◽

Questionnaire Method ◽

High Level ◽

The Impact

Construction projects in Iraq face many dangers that cause exceeding the estimated cost of the project and not completing the project on time, and since the risk management process in construction projects is of great importance in controlling and reducing the impact of risks in construction projects, so it is necessary to identify these risks and evaluate them correctly in order to increase accuracy and the health of the subsequent stages of the risk management process in construction projects. This paper aims to identify the most important risks in construction projects in Iraq and to conduct a qualitative assessment of the identified risks and arrange them according to their importance. The researcher adopted the questionnaire method as a tool to determine the risks and used the technique of probability and effect matrix to conduct the qualitative assessment of the identified risks. The study found that there are 48 risk factors that constitute the most dangerous factor in construction projects in Iraq, and 10 of the determining factors were within the high level of risk, and at the forefront of which was the inability of the owner to finance the project.

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Procjena poplavnog rizika s utjecajem nesigurnosti

10.31534/doct.053.kekt ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

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Toni Kekez

Keyword(s):

Risk Management ◽

Flood Risk ◽

Flood Hazard ◽

Graph Model ◽

Flood Risk Management ◽

Factor Graph ◽

Negative Consequences ◽

Damage Distribution ◽

Risk Management Process ◽

Expected Annual Damage

Many river basins are experiencing frequent flooding events with significant economic and other losses due to intensive precipitation as well as other atmospheric and hydrological conditions. European Flood Directive defined flood risk as a combination of flooding probability and possible adverse consequences on people, assets, cultural heritage and environment. Flood risk management considers implementation of different measures for mitigation and prevention of possible negative consequences related to flooding. Uncertainty can strongly affect the flood risk management process, especially near and during the flood event. A framework is proposed for implementation of uncertainty related to behavior of the endangered system in the flood risk assessment, in order to improve the decision-making process during the flood emergency response. The proposed framework is validated on the City of Slavonski Brod pilot site, where the results demonstrated that there is a significant flood hazard still present due to possible weir failure, despite the improvement of flood defense measures. Furthermore, the results demonstrated how flood risk value can significantly decrease by properly evacuating the affected population. Flood risk management on a strategic level requires a monetary quantification of possible flood risk, which is performed by calculating expected annual damage (EAD) based on the combination of flooding event probability and corresponding damages. A semi-analytic methodology is presented for estimation of expected annual damage based on the factor graph model, which enables integration of entire probability space as well as flexibility in defining input data. Furthermore, a novel approach is presented for definition of annual damage distribution based on first and second statistical moment and by employing Beta distribution. By analyzing the annual damage distribution as well as impact of different sources of uncertainty, the results demonstrated that there is a significant impact of extreme events with low occurrence probability on the expected annual damage.

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Community-driven disaster risk reduction: a case study of flood risk management in Brandon, MB, Canada

International Journal of Water Resources Development ◽

10.1080/07900627.2021.1999216 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-23

Author(s):

Etsuko Yasui ◽

Brian A. Kayes

Keyword(s):

Risk Management ◽

Risk Reduction ◽

Flood Risk ◽

Disaster Risk Reduction ◽

Disaster Risk ◽

Flood Risk Management

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Risk Management in Distributed IT Projects

Global Information Technologies ◽

10.4018/978-1-59904-939-7.ch205 ◽

2008 ◽

pp. 2865-2888

Author(s):

Rafael Prikladnicki ◽

Roberto Evaristo ◽

Jorge Luis Nicolas Audy ◽

Marcelo Hideki Yamaguti

Keyword(s):

Risk Management ◽

Management Process ◽

Time Zone ◽

It Projects ◽

Cultural Boundaries ◽

Integrated Risk ◽

Risk Management Process ◽

Development Center ◽

Practical Implications

Distributed IT projects exhibit certain features that make them fundamentally different from traditional co-located projects, not only involving additional steps and decisions, but also impacting the risk management process. The goal of this paper is to discuss these impacts and to suggest the development of an integrated risk management process taking into account site dispersion, time zone difference, and cultural boundaries not only at the operational, but also at the tactical and strategic level. We also report results of an exploratory case study conducted in a software development center (a Brazilian subsidiary of a U.S. corporation) in support of such a model, and conclude with a discussion of theoretical and practical implications of our work.

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Risk Management in Distributed IT Projects

E-Collaboration ◽

10.4018/978-1-60566-652-5.ch094 ◽

2009 ◽

pp. 1243-1257

Author(s):

Rafael Prikladnicki ◽

Roberto Evaristo ◽

Jorge Luis Nicolas Audy ◽

Marcelo Hideki Yamaguti

Keyword(s):

Risk Management ◽

Management Process ◽

Time Zone ◽

It Projects ◽

Cultural Boundaries ◽

Integrated Risk ◽

Risk Management Process ◽

Development Center ◽

Practical Implications

Distributed IT projects exhibit certain features that make them fundamentally different from traditional co-located projects, not only involving additional steps and decisions, but also impacting the risk management process. The goal of this paper is to discuss these impacts and to suggest the development of an integrated risk management process taking into account site dispersion, time zone difference, and cultural boundaries not only at the operational, but also at the tactical and strategic level. We also report results of an exploratory case study conducted in a software development center (a Brazilian subsidiary of a U.S. corporation) in support of such a model, and conclude with a discussion of theoretical and practical implications of our work.

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Enhancing RCIES Model

Project Management ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-0196-1.ch031 ◽

2016 ◽

pp. 624-643

Author(s):

Arwa Mukhtar Makki ◽

Tarig Mohamed Ahmed

Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

Risk Identification ◽

Successful Implementation ◽

Management Process ◽

Erp Implementation ◽

Erp System ◽

Strategic Risk ◽

Risk Management Process ◽

The Impact

Risk identification and prioritization is very essential activity in any successful strategic risk management process. Developing a plan for dealing with such problems reduces the impact of unexpected risks and failures while prioritizing risks draws attention, efforts and resources to the risks with great impact on projects success. The aim of this paper, is to identify the critical risk factors in an ERP project through a case study of a successful implementation of an ERP system in a Sudanese organization and to understand how the organization implemented the appropriate controls to minimize its business risks impact. To achieve this objective, a number of key articles were reviewed and analyzed to understand the different critical risk factors influence ERP implementation. New risk factors and controls influence ERP implementation have been identified. A new model of ERP implementation critical risk factors was developed. Furthermore, the risk factors were classified into categories, probability, impact and proximity, then using a prioritizing tool, the results of this study contributes to risks identification and prioritization by pointing to the less priority and the most critical risk factors.

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