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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Flood Risk Reduction"”.
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Riverine flood risk reduction in the Western Cape: a case study of the Baths River
Globally, floods are viewed as the most destructive of all naturally triggered disasters. This is indicated by reported flood losses that exceed one third of the estimated total cost associated with all disaster events triggered by natural hazards. Additionally, flood events account for two thirds …
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Some new approaches to measuring willingness to pay: a case study of flood risk reduction in Roanoke, Virginia
Benefits from a flood control project that accrue to a landowner are defined as the amount the landowner is willing to pay for the reduction in flood risk. The primary method utilized by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to estimate a residential landowner's benefits is the property damages avoided …
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MODELLING, ASSESSMENT, AND REDUCTION OF FLOOD RISK IN NEPAL
There is a lack of modelling methods for flood risk assessment models that are applied for data-scarce flood-prone areas and where flood risk is quantified as economic damage. In addition, there is a lack of flood risk assessment models towards flood risk reduction in data-scarce flood-prone areas …
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Building adaptive capacity to flood risk in Philippi, Cape Town, through infrastructure-led planning interventions
… urban residents and economic assets to disaster risk. The City of Cape Town (CCT) is no exception to the rapid expansion of informal settlements. Heavy winter rainfall leads to flooding in Cape Town, with severe flooding impacts mainly manifesting in low income settlements. Flooding occurs due to …
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The role and potential of flood risk management in shaping land use – Flood-peak polders of the Tisza River from the perspective of integrated planning challenges
… analyst. At the Tisza River, the development of flood-peak polders (in line with the Further Development of the Vásárhelyi Plan Program – or VTT according to the Hungarian acronym) was a significant initiative in terms of flood management and rural development in the period 2000-2020, but the …
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DESIGN METHODS FOR PRESSURE RELIEF WELL SYSTEMS AT DAMS AND LEVEES
<p>"Flood risk reduction structures such as dams and levees are important systems that provide significant benefits to the nation. Relief wells reduce the substratum water pressures that can compromise them via internal erosion. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) analytical method to design …
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Effectiveness of Institutional Flood Adaptation Actions and Plans in Vhembe District Municipality, South Africa
… of climate-related disasters, including floods, can be attributed to a complex connection of environmental and anthropogenic factors. Proactive adaptation actions and plans are crucial for reducing flood risks and consequences, particularly in vulnerable rural communities. South Africa …
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Improving the economic evaluation of flood risk management studies
… for improving the economic evaluation of flood risk management (FRM) studies. The most common types of FRM infrastructure in the United States (U.S.) are dams and levees. The FRM infrastructure in the U.S. is aging with a large number of dams and levees now more than 50 years old and in …
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A quantitative analysis of the impact of land use changes on floods in the Manafwa River Basin
Flood events in the Manafwa watershed, located in eastern Uganda, have increased in frequency in recent years. The risk of flooding is increasing globally due partly to climate change which enhances the number of weather extremes like excessive rainfalls or droughts. This increase in flood events …
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Gravel barrier dynamics, coastal erosion and flooding risk
… gravel barrier dynamics on coastal erosion and flooding risk. Establishing the potential for coastal landforms to provide effective risk reduction is salient given growing momentum behind coastal management approaches seeking to incorporate ‘natural’ processes and landforms into more …
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HYDRAULIC, GEOSPATIAL, AND SOCIOECONOMIC MODELING OF STRATEGIC FLOODPLAIN RECONNECTION TRADEOFFS ALONG THE LOWER TISZA RIVER (HUNGARY) AND LOWER ILLINOIS RIVER (ILLINOIS, U.S.A)
… into the 20th Century, the Tisza River’s vast floodplain-wetland systems were largely disconnected by levees, facilitating "reclamation" for agriculture and resulting in an estimated loss of over 90% of historical wetlands. While levees have been successful in preventing catastrophic flooding …
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Multipurpose Approaches to Regional Goals: Chapters in Environmental and Development Economics
… Agency (EPA) set extensive nutrient and sediment reduction goals under the 2010 Chesapeake Bay TMDL. Virginia has responded by passing along explicit nutrient and sediment reduction requirements to its MS4s, which can choose from a variety of urban stormwater, land use change, source control, and …
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A regulatory directive technical framework for sustainable water management in the semi-arid climates
… the aquifer system. Local communities at extreme risk of water shortages as 91% of the observation wells were associated with significant drops in groundwater levels. The degree of vulnerability of the local communities to water shortages is expected to increase. Considering that the current …
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Evaluating the Impacts of Flooding on the Residents of Lagos, Nigeria
Globally, flooding is one of the most common environmental hazards resulting in property damage and destruction, population displacement, disruption to day-to-day life, illness and fatalities. Lagos is the most populous city in Nigeria as well as Africa with over 20 million inhabitants and this …