scholarly journals Towards sustainable community: Effort to reduce flood risk and increase well-being in a densely populated flood-prone area

2021 ◽  
Vol 930 (1) ◽  
pp. 012096
Author(s):  
L Sedyowati ◽  
G Chandrarin ◽  
G I K Nugraha
Keyword(s):  
Community Involvement ◽  
Flood Risk ◽  
Flood Control ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Prone Area ◽  
Community Effort ◽  
Flood Prone Area ◽  
Almost All

Abstract Dealing with flooding in a densely populated flood-prone area poses complex challenges. Almost all residents realize that living in the area is hazardous. However, they choose to stay there. Therefore, flood risk management should be applied in the area. This study aims to: 1) develop facts of the local community in a flood-prone area in decreasing the flood risk while improving well-being through modifying drainage channels used for fish and vegetable farming; 2) evaluate all benefits of drainage investments include the social and economic benefits. The research method consists of a quantitative approach through the distribution of questionnaires and a qualitative approach through in-depth interviews and field surveys. In this study, a concerted community effort was developed as a design parameter. At the same time, the observation parameters include knowledge of the causes of flooding, knowledge of flood risk, community involvement, and government flood control programs. The results showed that the strength of concerted community effort was significantly influenced by the knowledge of flood risk and the local community involvement. This effort can decrease the flood risk by up to 30% and serve direct financial benefits of IDR 48 million in a year.

scholarly journals Socio-hydrological modelling: the influence of reservoir management and societal responses on flood impacts

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cinzia Albertini ◽  
Maurizio Mazzoleni ◽  
Vincenzo Totaro ◽  
Vito Iacobellis ◽  
Giuliano Di Baldassarre
Keyword(s):  
Flood Risk ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Floodplain Management ◽  
Technological Systems ◽  
Flood Impacts ◽  
Operating Rules ◽  
Operation Rules ◽  
Prone Area ◽  
Levee System ◽  
Flood Prone Area

<p>Over the last few years, several socio-hydrological studies have investigated the dynamics of risk generated by feedback mechanisms and interactions between floods and societies, with a focus on either changing reservoir operation rules or raising levees. In this study, we propose a new socio-hydrological model of human-flood interactions that represents both changes in the operating rules of reservoirs and updating of the levee system. Our model is applied to simulate three prototypes of floodplain management strategies: green systems, in which societies cope with flood risk by resettling outside the flood-prone area; technological systems, in which societies cope with flood risk also via structural measures, such as levees; and green-to-techno systems, in which societies shift from green to technological approaches. Floodplain dynamics are explored simulating future scenarios in the city of Brisbane, Australia. Results show that flood risk is strongly influenced by the flood memory of reservoir operators and their risk-awareness levels control the development of communities. Furthermore, scenarios of more frequent and higher magnitude events prove to enhance social preparedness levels in green systems, while technological systems experience much higher losses.</p>

Under-tourism regions and destinations: what are their opportunities to succeed?

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lienite Litavniece ◽  
Inese Silicka ◽  
Zanete Garanti ◽  
Galina Berjozkina ◽  
Stathis Kolongou
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Community Involvement ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Rural Villages ◽  
Rural Destinations

PurposeThe paper aims to identify the success factors that guide the sustainable development of rural tourism destinations in Cyprus.Design/methodology/approachFor the purpose of this study, two rural villages in the Larnaca and Limassol districts of Cyprus were selected as a sample. Interviews, field visits, interactions with practitioners, the local community and leaders in these villages then followed. Thematic analysis was applied to identify the factors guiding the sustainable development of these villages.FindingsNine success factors were identified: finding the theme and engaging with it, allowing locals to guide the development, training and education, economic benefits, developing new products and services, community involvement, the role of younger people, strong leadership and island-wide efforts to rebrand Cyprus as a destination. These factors seem to be critical to the success of sustainable rural destinations and to rebranding Cyprus as a destination that offers authentic experiences.Originality/valueThe nine success factors identified by studying two villages in Cyprus can guide other rural destinations in finding their path to sustainable development through themes and authentic experiences.

scholarly journals Local community involvement in conservation—the use of mini-guides in a programme for sea turtles in Brazil

Oryx ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 127-131 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia F. Vieitas ◽  
Gustave G. Lopez ◽  
Maria A. Marcovaldi
Keyword(s):  
Community Involvement ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Sea Turtles ◽  
Sea Turtle ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Environmental Conservation ◽  
Approval Ratings ◽  
Turtle Conservation ◽  
Sea Turtle Conservation ◽  
Alternative Sources

AbstractThe Brazilian Sea Turtle Conservation Programme (TAMAR) was established in 1980 to protect sea turtles in Brazil and to re-establish their natural life cycle, which had been disrupted by humans. The programme is based on grassroots involvement by the coastal communities, and provides jobs and generates alternative sources of income. Within this framework, the mini-guides programme was created. It consists of a summer training course in which local children between 8 and 13 years old learn basic information about marine ecosystems and sea turtles, strategies to promote their conservation, and skills to interact effectively with tourists. After the course, children are given onsite experience by working as interns at the TAMAR visitor centre at Praia do Forte, on schedules designed to avoid conflicts with their studies at school. The children work closely with tourists, informing them about sea turtles and TAMAR's work; they also help the biologists in field activities. In this way, they enhance their own awareness, and by extension their families' and the community's concern about environmental conservation. Their involvement provides them not only with valuable skills, but also an extra source of income, thereby providing economic benefits to their families. The success of this programme is indicated by the excellent approval ratings given by the tourists visiting the area.

scholarly journals Analysis of the exposure of Polish lakes to flood risk

2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-50
Author(s):  
Anna Pasiecznik-Dominiak ◽  
Andrzej Tiukało ◽  
Grzegorz Dumieński
Keyword(s):  
Flood Risk ◽  
Flood Hazard ◽  
Risk Level ◽  
Resilience Theory ◽  
Risk Area ◽  
The Social ◽  
Prone Area ◽  
Extreme Hazards ◽  
Flood Prone Area

Abstract Flooding constitutes one of the main natural hazards in Poland, which causes enormous social, economic and environmental losses. The main causes of the occurrence of floods include intensive rainfall, rapid melting of snow and ice cover, as well as strong gusts of wind from the sea. Based on the resilience theory (resistance, elasticity), which constitutes an efficient tool for the description of the social-ecological system capability or components thereof to mitigate the effects of dangerous events, as well as the capability of reconstructing and adapting the system to new conditions, the authors have analysed the exposure of Polish lakes to flood risks with a probability of occurrence Q0.2%, Q1% and Q10%. In order to determine the level of exposure of lakes to the risk of flooding by flood waters, studies were conducted using the flood hazard and flood risk maps which were developed under the Project entitled “IT System of the Country’s Protection against Extreme Hazards”. The result of the efforts of the group of authors is the determination of the number of lakes, which are located in the flood risk area Q0.2%, Q1% and Q10%, including division into risk level groups (low, moderate and high). The results presented in the paper may constitute a contribution to further, more detailed studies concerning assessment of the vulnerability of Polish lakes located in the flood prone area.

Urban Flooding and Climate Change

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 86-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nawhath Thanvisitthpon ◽  
Sangam Shrestha ◽  
Indrajit Pal
Keyword(s):  
Preventive Measures ◽  
Daily Precipitation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Contributing Factors ◽  
Policies And Measures ◽  
Efficiency And Effectiveness ◽  
Prone Area ◽  
Flood Prone Area ◽  
Precipitation Changes ◽  
The City

Flooding in Thailand’s capital, Bangkok, impedes the development of the city and brings challenges to the well-being of its citizens. The city is situated in a flood-prone area. This study investigated perceptions of the causes among the residents of perennial floods in Bangkok, examining daily precipitation changes over the last 30 years on eight indices (R10, R20, R25, CDD, CWD, RX5day, PRCPTOT and R99p) and the characteristics of the city that promote or exacerbate flooding. The data was collected by the Thai Meteorological Department (TMD) from station ID 455201 in the period 1986 -2015. Plausible factors contributing to flooding vulnerability and to the ineffective implementation of the city’s flood corrective and preventive measures were determined. A survey of 400 residents of 20 flood-prone localities in the capital’s four districts was carried out and statistical analysis was performed. Further, levels of satisfaction with the efficiency and effectiveness of the city’s flood corrective and preventive measures were assessed. The documentary and empirical findings collectively illuminate three contributing factors or causes of persistent flooding in the capital and of the ineffectual execution of flood-related policies and measures.

scholarly journals Urban Flood Control in Sringin Catchment, Semarang City, Central Java Province, Indonesia

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 191
Author(s):  
Ngo Pheaktra ◽  
Istiarto Istiarto ◽  
Rachmad Jayadi
Keyword(s):  
Return Period ◽  
Flood Control ◽  
Flow Analysis ◽  
Drainage System ◽  
Urban Flood ◽  
Central Java ◽  
Design Rainfall ◽  
Prone Area ◽  
Lowland Area ◽  
Flood Prone Area

Sringin is the lowland area located in Semarang city which has been vulnerable to rob flooding from the Java Sea along with flood triggered by the intense amount of rainfall. The case study will further discuss the hydrological analysis, transformation of rational method into flow hydrograph with the design rainfall of 25-year return period, and unsteady flow analysis by HEC-RAS 5.0.3 under existing condition and design condition. The result shows that the design rainfall of 25-year return period measures 173 mm in vertical length and data collected from the office of public work, Semarang city can be used to implement the design scenario with normalization of drainage system and the increase of levee with the freeboard up to 0.75 m is proved to be the solution to the flood inundation in that flood-prone area while the flood under existing condition has caused excessive discharge at downstream up to 9 hours.

Flood Risk Assessment in Asian Flood Prone Area with Limited Local Data – Case Study in Pampanga River Basin, Philippines –

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 1150-1160 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miho Ohara ◽  
◽  
Naoko Nagumo ◽  
Badri Bhakta Shrestha ◽  
Hisaya Sawano ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Flood Risk ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Flood Risk Assessment ◽  
Damage Cost ◽  
Local Data ◽  
Prone Area ◽  
Flood Prone Area

Disaster risk assessment is vital to determining needs for disaster countermeasures and promoting their implementation. However, it is difficult to conduct evidence-based risk assessment in flood-prone areas of Asia due to area-specific characteristics such as limited local data on natural and societal conditions and local lifestyles of persons who have adapted to frequent floods. This paper proposes basic flood risk assessment considering these characteristics and explores a case study conducted in a flood-prone area of the Pampanga River basin in the Republic of the Philippines to verify our method. We surveyed local household members as part of the study to understand local situations, finding that past flood damage cost little thanks to building structures adapted to frequent flooding and to local ways of protecting property during floods. We also found that the use of depth-damage curves developed for urban areas may overestimate anticipated damage expected in future floods when these curves are applied to flood-prone rural areas. For this reason, we propose a method of flood risk assessment for evaluating the societal impact on residents’ lives using observed thresholds of inundation depth by flood simulation, rather than using a method that estimates damage cost. Application of our proposal to the case study area confirmed its applicability and effectiveness in evidence-based planning for reducing flood risk.

Flood Risk Assessment Using Geographic Information System Techniques: In Guba Lafto District, North Wollo Zone, Amhara National Regional State, Ethiopia.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dinku Ebabu ◽  
Fikadu Fufa ◽  
Asnake Boyana ◽  
Getahun Sisay
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Flood Risk ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Weighted Overlay ◽  
Causative Factors ◽  
Prone Area ◽  
Significant Area ◽  
Risk Areas ◽  
Risk Zones ◽  
Flood Prone Area

Abstract Background In Ethiopia, flooding has long been recognized as one of the major environmental perils that often develop into a disaster affecting the lives and livelihoods of people for many years. Assessing flood causative factors and identifying flood risk prone areas are very crucial to minimize the harmful consequences of the hazard on the socio-economic conditions of the environment. Result The causative factors of flooding were developed and converted into raster formats to make them classification-ready. Finally, weighted overlay analysis is used to generate the flood risk areas. Based on key factors, the district was classified in to five-risk classes namely; very low, low, moderate, high and very high-risk Flooding zones. The major finding of the study prevails that, most areas of the district is at low, moderate and high-risk zones accounts 25.58, 61.41 and 12.81% respectively. Conclusion The flood prone area is mainly found in the eastern and southern parts of the study area based on their LULC type, soil characteristics and nearness to rivers. The study demonstrates, a significant area of the district is at a high risk for flooding and hence preliminary measures should be taken with the concerned bodies to reverse the resulting adverse impacts on environment.

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