Resilience and flood risk management

Water Policy ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
K.M. de Bruijn
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Flood Risk ◽  
Systems Approach ◽  
Flood Risk Management ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Flood Prevention ◽  
Resistance Strategies ◽  
Economic Context ◽  
Flood Impacts ◽  
Definition Of

Since flood disasters still occur and even increase in frequency and severity, flood risk management must be reconsidered. This paper describes a new way of looking at flood risk management by applying a systems approach. This approach may result in flood risk management that is better suited to the socio-economic context in which this flood risk management occurs. The systems approach allows the definition of resilience and resistance strategies for flood risk management. Resistance strategies aim at flood prevention, while resilience strategies aim at minimising flood impacts and enhancing the recovery from those impacts. A resilience strategy is supposed to be able to better cope with uncertainties than a resistance strategy. To enable the evaluation of resilience and resistance strategies under different conditions the concepts of resilience and resistance must first be sufficiently understood. This paper discusses the meaning of resilience and resistance and applies the concepts to flood risk management systems. This discussion is exemplified by The Netherlands' flood risk management.

scholarly journals Regional Flood Risk Management Modeling and Application

2018 ◽  
Vol 246 ◽  
pp. 01024
Author(s):  
Bojun Liu ◽  
Jinliang Zhang ◽  
Libin Yang ◽  
Siyu Cai ◽  
Dawei Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Flood Risk ◽  
Yangtze River ◽  
Flood Risk Management ◽  
Disaster Mitigation ◽  
Management Model ◽  
The Yangtze River ◽  
Flood Prevention ◽  
Water Resources Protection ◽  
New Situation

China is one of the countries with frequent flood disaster, and it does fall often with more precipitation especially from June to October in the Yangtze River, which would very easily cause floods thereby seriously threating to the safety of each region along the Yangtze River. How to manage regional flood risk reasonably and efficiently under the new situation of the joint effects of climatic change and human activities deserves more researches. The regional flood risk management model is built and applied in the Jingjiang section of the Yangtze River to derive regional flood processes under the condition of floodwall break and assess the effects of flood on each factor in the region. The built model is reliable and practical with reasonable results, would support some sort of technical help for regional flood risk management, water resources protection and measure-making of flood prevention and disaster mitigation.

Flooding due to torrential rainfall in Kumamoto, 2012

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 260-276
Author(s):  
Natainia Lummen ◽  
Sota Nakajo ◽  
Fumihiko Yamada
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Response Time ◽  
Flood Risk ◽  
Warning System ◽  
Flood Risk Management ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Flood Impacts ◽  
Sequence Of Events ◽  
Torrential Rainfall ◽  
Methodological Approaches

Purpose – This study aims to answer the following questions: what is the time scale in which areas downstream are affected by significant rainfall upstream, which areas are first affected, which areas are most affected, how effective is the current warning system in allotting an appropriate amount of time for evacuation, what has been the response time thus far utilizing the current warning system, how can this response time be im-proved using numerical simulation were addressed. The accu-rate prediction of floods and potential inundated areas is crucial for effective flood risk management and this paper analyses the model created for the July 12, 2012 Kumamoto flood event. Design/methodology/approach – Using GIS, LIDAR, SIS and levelling field survey data, the inundated areas were mapped; the sequence of events and the distribution of flood waters were recreated using numerical analysis and modelling. The inundated areas generated by the model were then compared to the actual inundated areas. Findings – The Tatsuda Ichi Chome area was completely inundated within 40 minutes of the first pooling of flood waters, whereas the Tatsuda Jin area was completely inundated within 20 minutes of the initial pooling of flood waters. Originality/value – This research provides empirical evidence of flood impacts and highlights the benefits that can be derived from incorporating accurate flood modelling results into flood risk management systems, as well as extends the methodological approaches of flood risk management.

scholarly journals Social Influences on Flood Preparedness and Mitigation Measures Adopted by People Living with Flood Risk

Water ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (21) ◽  
pp. 2972
Author(s):  
Donald Houston ◽  
Tom Ball ◽  
Alan Werritty ◽  
Andrew R. Black
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Flood Risk ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
Flood Risk Management ◽  
Management Policy ◽  
Mitigation Measures ◽  
Social Differences ◽  
Flood Impacts ◽  
Spatial Inequalities ◽  
Flood Preparedness

This paper aims to analyse evidence, based on one of the largest and most representative samples of households previously flooded or living with flood risk to date, of social patterns in a range of flood resilience traits relating to preparedness prior to a flood (e.g., property adaptations, contents insurance, etc.) and mitigations enacted during and immediately following a flood (e.g., receiving a warning, evacuation into temporary accommodation, etc.). The data were collected from a 2006 survey of 1223 households from a variety of locations across Scotland between one and twelve years after major local floods. Our analysis identifies remarkably few social differences in flood preparedness and mitigation measures, although some aspects of demography, housing and length of residence in an area, as well as personal flood history, are important. In light of this finding, we argue that social differences in vulnerability and resilience to flooding arise from deep-seated socio-economic and socio-spatial inequalities that affect exposure to flood risk and ability to recover from flood impacts. The engrained, but well-meaning, assumption in flood risk management that impoverished households and communities are lacking or deficient in flood preparedness or mitigation knowledge and capabilities is somewhat pejorative and misses fundamental, yet sometimes invisible, social stratifications play out in subtle but powerful ways to affect households’ and communities’ ability to avoid and recover from floods. We argue that general poverty and inequality alleviation measures, such as tax and welfare policy and urban and community regeneration schemes, are likely to be as, if not more, important in alleviating social inequalities in the long-term impacts of floods than social targeting of flood risk management policy.

scholarly journals Flood risk management objectives and Romanian catalogue of potential measures for flood prevention, protection and mitigation

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 23001
Author(s):  
Daniela Radulescu ◽  
Mirel Bogdan Ion ◽  
Ramona Dumitrache ◽  
Cristian Eugen Barbu
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Flood Risk ◽  
Flood Risk Management ◽  
Flood Prevention ◽  
Management Objectives

scholarly journals Making Birmingham a Flood Resilient City: Challenges and Opportunities

Water ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 1699 ◽  
Author(s):  
Taiwo Adedeji ◽  
David Proverbs ◽  
Hong Xiao ◽  
Paul Cobbing ◽  
Victor Oladokun
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Flood Risk ◽  
Systems Approach ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Flood Risk Management ◽  
Communication Strategy ◽  
Water Flooding ◽  
Physical Damage ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
The City

The city of Birmingham has experienced a number of significant flooding events in the past two decades. The impacts of these flood events include physical damage to critical infrastructure, as well as significant losses caused by business interruption and general disruption to communities. Human losses and impacts can be life changing. This study identifies the current challenges and opportunities of managing flood risk in the city of Birmingham, drawing on a desk-based account of current flood risk management (FRM) practice and diagnostic evidence. This interrogation adopts the use of a ‘flood resilience circle model’ to consider ways to address the challenges in a methodological manner aligned to an integrated approach to flood risk management. Solutions aligned to the key FRM stages of prevention, preparation, response and recovery are provided. The findings will be of interest to policy makers and decision makers on how to address current weaknesses in FRM practices towards the prospect of a sustainable approach that improves the resilience of the city and delivers multiple benefits. Recommendations made include the adoption of a blue-green systems approach, the development of a new communication strategy aligned to motivating behaviour change, and improved flood forecasting especially for surface water flooding.

Mapping direct flood impacts from a 2020 extreme flood event in Central Vietnam using spatial analysis techniques

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chinh Luu ◽  
Quynh Duy Bui ◽  
Jason von Meding
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Risk Management ◽  
Spatial Analysis ◽  
Flood Risk ◽  
Flood Risk Management ◽  
Health Care Facilities ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Analysis Techniques ◽  
Flood Impacts ◽  
Care Facilities

Purpose In October 2020, Vietnam was repeatedly hit by large storms, including Linfa, Nangka, Saudel and Molave, causing heavy rains and whirlwinds in the Central provinces of Vietnam. The heavy rain led to severe flooding in many localities. The water levels on major rivers broke records of historical flood events in 1950, 1979, 1999, 2007, 2010 and 2016. In response, this paper aims to quantify the impacts of 2020 flooding to support flood risk management activities and the relief agencies that can use the analysis. Design/methodology/approach This study demonstrates an approach to quickly map flood impacts on population, schools, health-care facilities, agriculture, transportation and business facilities and assess flood risks using available data and spatial analysis techniques. Findings The results show that all districts of Quang Binh were affected by the event, in which 1,014 residential areas, 70 schools, 13 health-care facilities, 32,558 ha of agriculture lands, 402 km road length, 29 km railway, 35 bridges on roads and 239 business facilities were exposed within flooded areas. Research limitations/implications This study is limited to direct or tangible impacts, including flooded residential areas, schools, health-care facilities, agriculture land categories, road networks and business facilities. Indirect or intangible impacts such as health, flood pollution and business disruption should be considered in further studies. Practical implications These detailed impact maps can support decision-makers and local authorities in implementing recovery activities, allocating relief and devoting human resources and developing flood risk management action plans and land-use planning in the future. Social implications This study investigates the context of flood impacts on population, schools, health-care facilities, agriculture, transportation and business facilities. Based on this research, decision-makers can better understand how to support affected communities and target the most at risk people with interventions. Originality/value This paper presents a framework to quantify the impacts of the 2020 extreme flood event using available data and spatial analysis techniques in support of flood risk management activities.

Defining flood risk management strategies: A systems approach

2020 ◽  
Vol 47 ◽  
pp. 101550
Author(s):  
Thanh Mai ◽  
Shahbaz Mushtaq ◽  
Kate Reardon-Smith ◽  
Paul Webb ◽  
Roger Stone ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Flood Risk ◽  
Systems Approach ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Flood Risk Management ◽  
Risk Management Strategies
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