The March 2015 catastrophic flood event and its impacts in the city of Copiapó (southern Atacama Desert). An integrated analysis to mitigate future mudflow derived damages

2021 ◽  
Vol 105 ◽  
pp. 102975
Author(s):  
Tatiana Izquierdo ◽  
Manuel Abad ◽  
Yolanda Gómez ◽  
Diego Gallardo ◽  
Joaquín Rodríguez-Vidal
Keyword(s):  
Atacama Desert ◽  
Flood Event ◽  
Integrated Analysis ◽  
Catastrophic Flood ◽  
The City

scholarly journals Carnavalesk taalgebruik en de constructie van lokale identiteiten

2012 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonie M.E.A. Cornips ◽  
Vincent de Rooij ◽  
Irene Stengs
Keyword(s):  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Integrated Analysis ◽  
Cultural Elements ◽  
Language And Culture ◽  
Norms And Values ◽  
Southern Netherlands ◽  
Interdisciplinary Study ◽  
The City ◽  
Selection Of

This article aims to encourage the interdisciplinary study of ‘languaculture,’ an approach to language and culture in which ideology, linguistic and cultural forms, as well as praxis are studied in relation to one another. An integrated analysis of the selection of linguistic and cultural elements provides insight into how these choices arise from internalized norms and values, and how people position themselves toward received categories and hegemonic ideologies. An interdisciplinary approach will stimulate a rethinking of established concepts and methods of research. It will also lead to a mutual strengthening of linguistic, sociolinguistic, and anthropological research. This contribution focuses on Limburg and the linguistic political context of this Southern-Netherlands region where people are strongly aware of their linguistic distinctiveness. The argument of the paper is based on a case study of languaculture, viz. the carnivalesque song ‘Naar Talia’ (To Italy) by the Getske Boys from the city of Heerlen.

scholarly journals Paleontological rescue, depositional environment, and stratigraphic correlation of a section of the Ponta Grossa Formation (Paraná Basin)

Terr Plural ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
pp. e2119456
Author(s):  
Elvio Pinto Bosetti ◽  
◽  
Lucinei Jose Myszynski Junior ◽  
Daniel Sedorko ◽  
Luana Oliveira ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Frequency ◽  
Depositional Environment ◽  
Depositional Environments ◽  
Integrated Analysis ◽  
Stratigraphic Correlation ◽  
Paleontological Heritage ◽  
Paraná Basin ◽  
Specialized Team ◽  
Parana Basin ◽  
The City

The urban area of Ponta Grossa (PR) occurs on one of the most abundant fossiliferous fields in the country, which records an endemic fauna that occurred in the Devonian of the Paraná Basin. The growing urbanization of the city increasingly buries these outcrops, and new works must be accompanied by a specialized team to safeguard the paleontological heritage. This is the case of the Bosque Mistral project, which exposed many layers of the Ponta Grossa Formation, rich in fossils and trace fossils. This study reports the main fossiliferous occurrences in the section, correlates the section with classical outcrops from the literature, and interprets the main depositional environments as well stratigraphic cycles using an integrated analysis of sedimentology and ichnology. The ichnological distribution also evidences the retrogradation pattern, and, particularly, the occurrence of ichnofabrics dominated by Zoophycos at the top of the section is a signature of high-frequency cycles associated with the transgressive systems tract. Macrofossill biodiversity varies according to the facies, in the sandy and silty layers different organisms from the muddy layers occur. In the former, the epibiont fauna (mainly trilobites and brachiopods) is predominant while in the muddy layers the predominance is the endobiont and semi-endobiont fauna (bivalve mollusks and infaunal brachiopods). In other words, the distribution of taxa across the layers is not random.

Distributed hydrologic and hydraulic modelling with radar rainfall input: Reconstruction of the 8–9 September 2002 catastrophic flood event in the Gard region, France

2009 ◽  
Vol 32 (7) ◽  
pp. 1077-1089 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurent Bonnifait ◽  
Guy Delrieu ◽  
Matthieu Le Lay ◽  
Brice Boudevillain ◽  
Arielle Masson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Flood Event ◽  
Hydraulic Modelling ◽  
Radar Rainfall ◽  
Catastrophic Flood ◽  
Input Reconstruction

Modelling aquatic vegetation and dissolved oxygen after a flood event in the Bow River, Alberta, Canada

2009 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 492-503 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. L. Robinson ◽  
C. Valeo ◽  
M. C. Ryan ◽  
A. Chu ◽  
M. Iwanyshyn
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Dissolved Oxygen ◽  
Aquatic Vegetation ◽  
Dominant Role ◽  
Dry Weight ◽  
Flood Event ◽  
Species Competition ◽  
Quality Model ◽  
Wastewater Infrastructure ◽  
The City

Traditionally, macrophyte density has been considered the primary factor affecting the large dissolved oxygen fluctuations in the Bow River. After a major flood event scoured macrophytes in 2005, and subsequently changed river dynamics, the City of Calgary needed to update their predictive computer model for water quality to reflect the new conditions, which led to this study. A 2006 aquatic vegetation survey was also completed to assess post-flood conditions. The survey found that the average macrophyte dry weight was much lower (28 g/m2 ± 100 (p = 0.05)) than the historic average of 241 g/m2 ± 29, while the average periphyton chlorophyll-a concentration was higher (343 mg/m2 ± 71) than the historic average (158 mg/m2 ± 17)). Dissolved oxygen (DO) fluctuations were similar to pre-flood levels despite changes in the dominant vegetation. Using the results of this survey, the significant and previously unrecognized effects of periphyton diurnal processes on DO concentrations in the Bow River were identified and the Bow River water quality model (BRWQM) was recalibrated to reflect these findings. Adjustments were made to the BRWQM’s periphyton submodel to account for the more dominant role played by these organisms in river processes, and a competitive shading factor between macrophytes and periphyton was also introduced to more accurately model the species' competition for available sunlight. This newly calibrated and validated version of BRWQM was tested and found capable of predicting the occurrence of low DO concentrations in the Bow River and can provide a useful tool for forecasting the water quality effects of the city's planned wastewater infrastructure expansion.

scholarly journals Exposing Practical, Psychological, and Pedagogical Shadow Sides of Experiential Learning

2018 ◽  
Vol 42 (6) ◽  
pp. 761-771
Author(s):  
April Wright ◽  
Paul Hibbert ◽  
Ross Strong ◽  
Marissa Edwards
Keyword(s):  
Experiential Learning ◽  
Flood Event ◽  
First Person ◽  
General Applicability ◽  
Catastrophic Flood ◽  
Person Experience ◽  
First Person Experience

This article is based first-person experience with experiential learning (EL) practices in an undergraduate introductory management course. We consider how a challenging EL activity, based on volunteering during recovery from a catastrophic flood event, exposed three shadow sides of EL. These shadow sides of EL, which often remain hidden to educators, are practical, psychological, and pedagogical. We provide a characterization of each of these shadow sides and outline strategies for managing them. We also discuss the general applicability of our insights, including tentative theoretical extensions to Kolb’s EL theory. We conclude by considering the potential for the shadow sides of EL to emerge in circumstances that are less confronting and extreme than those encountered by our students.

scholarly journals Locally adapted fish populations maintain small-scale genetic differentiation despite perturbation by a catastrophic flood event

2010 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 256 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Plath ◽  
Bernd Hermann ◽  
Christiane Schröder ◽  
Rüdiger Riesch ◽  
Michael Tobler ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Differentiation ◽  
Fish Populations ◽  
Flood Event ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Catastrophic Flood

scholarly journals Flash Flood Simulations Based on Shallow Water Equations to Investigate Protection Measures for El Gouna, Egypt

10.29007/kh16 ◽  
2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ester Marafini ◽  
Franziska Tügel ◽  
Ilhan Özgen ◽  
Reinhard Hinkelmann ◽  
Michele La Rocca
Keyword(s):  
Shallow Water ◽  
Flash Flood ◽  
Flash Floods ◽  
Flood Event ◽  
Water Model ◽  
Protection Measures ◽  
Environmental Disasters ◽  
Whole Process ◽  
Flood Simulations ◽  
The City

Severe and sudden events like flash floods are considered to be one of the most hazardous environmental disasters. Therefore, predicting the whole process of flooding is fundamental to prevent urban damages. In this context, the simulation of flash floods is an important tool to analyse the flow processes in order to find solutions to the problem. In this work, a case study of the flash flood event of 9th March 2014 in the city of El Gouna in Egypt was carried out using the Hydroinformatics Modeling System (hms), a two-dimensional (2D) shallow water model developed at the Chair of Water Resources Management and Modeling of Hydrosystems, Technische Universität Berlin. The flooding processes are simulated in great detail on unstructured grids. The aim of this work is to investigate the flow field around the settlement of the study area, when structures such as storage basins and dams are adopted as protection measures for the city. Different scenarios are analyzed to find out the most suitable one, which is able to minimize the risk during the flash flood event.

scholarly journals Flood Impact Assessment on Road Network and Healthcare Access at the example of Jakarta, Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Isabell G. Klipper ◽  
Alexander Zipf ◽  
Sven Lautenbach
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Congestion ◽  
Disaster Preparedness ◽  
Road Network ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Healthcare Access ◽  
Flood Event ◽  
Flood Events ◽  
The Road ◽  
The City ◽  
Flooded Areas

Abstract. Climate change leads to an increasing number of flood events that poses threats to a large share of the global population. In addition to direct effects, flooding leads to indirect effect due to damages of the road infrastructure that might limit accessibility of health sites. For disaster preparedness it is important to know how flood events impact accessibility in that respect. We analyzed this at the example of the capital of Indonesia, Jakarta based on the flood event of 2013. The analysis was based on information about the road network and health sites from OpenStreetMap. We assessed impacts of the flood event by comparing centrality indicators of the road network as well as by an accessibility analysis of health sites before and during the event. The flooded areas were home to 2.75 million inhabitants and hosted 79 clinics and hospitals. The flood split the road network into several subgraphs. The city center maintained its importance for time-efficient routing as well as for easily accessible healthcare but might be prone to traffic congestion after such an event. Indirect effects via interrupted road traffic through flooded areas affected around 1.5 million inhabitants and led to an increase of travel time to the nearest hospital by five minutes based on normal traffic conditions.

Improving assessment of flood inundation of Navsari (India) via open-source data and HEC-RAS model

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Azazkhan Ibrahimkhan Pathan ◽  
Dr.Prasit Girishbhai Agnihotri ◽  
Dr. Dhruvesh Patel ◽  
Dr. Critina Prieto
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Condition ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Coastal Area ◽  
Arabian Sea ◽  
Flood Event ◽  
Flood Inundation ◽  
Open Source Data ◽  
Source Data ◽  
Gauge Station ◽  
The City

<p>Flooding seems to be the most widespread and common catastrophe in a tropical country such as India. Efficient rainfall, industrial development, huge population, the effect of the tide, and urban growth are actual reasons for flooding in urban coastal regions. Navsari, the city of Gujarat, located 19 km upstream of the Arabian Sea. The city has experienced a devastating flood on 4rth August 2004. Flash flooding and maximum discharge estimated at the Mahuva gauge station of about 8836 m3/sec were responsible for a disaster that resulted in massive damage to property and lives. A two dimensional (2D) flood simulation model is carried out to assessment of flood inundation in an urban coastal area. HEC-RAS is one of the most popular open-source hydraulic software having 2D capabilities including GIS features. In the present study, the distance between the Mahuva gauge station to the Arabian sea was considered for flood inundation assessment, whereas the SRTM 30 m DEM was used for grid generation for Navsari city. The inflow hydrograph was used as the upstream boundary condition, and normal depth was used as the downstream boundary condition during the 4th August 2004 flood event. The unsteady flow simulation was performed and validated for the year of 2004 flood event. The simulated outcomes show that major areas such as Viraval, Kachiawad, Jalalpore, near Railway station, Kaliawad, Tavdi village, and Near TATA School were flooded with 2-4 m depth. Furthermore, the simulated result demonstrates that, if the discharge exceeds 8836 m3/sec in the area of a floodplain, it may take 11 to 13 hours to make the city inundated. The R<sup>2 </sup>value for the model is 0.9679, which shows that the observed value is the best match with the simulated value. The research study illustrates the accurate flood inundation assessment in the urban coastal area using open-source 2D HEC-RAS model. The present study described the applicability of open-source data and model in flood inundation assessment. The study will fill the gap of flood assessment through 2D HEC-RAS model worldwide areas, which are situated nearby coastal region, accompanied by the benefits of open-source dataset and model.</p>

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