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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"flood impacts"”.
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Chilean glacial lake outburst flood impacts on dam construction
Four Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOF) occurred in the Colonia Glacier (Northern Patagonia Icefield, Chile) from April 2008 to March 2009. Lago Cachet 2 emptied four times producing a maximum excess discharge in the downstream Rio Baker of about 2,500 m3/s. These events have occurred at the same …
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Landscape vulnerability to flood impacts in a human-dominated floodplain
The variable flood regime of a natural floodplain supports a variety of vegetation and habitat niches and regenerates the landscape through erosion and deposition. However, flooding of human-dominated landscapes are termed ``natural disasters'' due to potential devastating impacts such as the loss …
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Early warning system guidance to mitigate flash flood impacts in Petra region, Jordan
… of natural disasters; especially flash floods, are resulting the significant threats to many countries around the world. The truth that cannot be ignored, is that the effects of flash floods on the developing countries’ societies and economies are massive, compared with developed …
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The Monkey Cheeks Toolkit: Design Strategies for Mitigating Flood Impacts in the Bangkok Metropolitan Area
… has been facing frequent and destructive floods due to the recent decades of urban expansion and inadequate public drainage infrastructure. Although the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has actively improved the flood drainage network as the city expanded, its developed capacity …
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Achieving integrated resilience to Coastal Flooding on the Military Installations and Surrounding Communities on the U.S. East Coast
The US East Coast has high flood exposure due to its low-lying coastline, high relative sea level rise (SLR), land subsidence, and high urban densities. In addition to residential and commercial assets, many populated places also have aging critical infrastructure such as airports, fire stations, …
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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 …
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Predicting Flood Risks to City Infrastructure Systems Utilizing Scalable, Time Sensitive Modeling
Flooding is emerging as the most expensive and frequent natural hazard around the world. Floods are highly dynamic in nature and cause physical damage to our built environment, loss of life, economic damage, and major impacts to society. An example of this is the at-ground road system, which …
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Assessment of flood protection strategies for combined critical infrastructure failure and hurricane/storm surge events in the Meadowlands area
… comprehensive post-Sandy NJIT project entitled "Flood Mitigation Engineering Resource Center (FMERC)", a detailed investigation of alternative measures for flood mitigation in the Meadowlands area was completed in June 2014. The project involved the assessment of flood impacts, and the evaluation …
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A multi-criteria analysis of adapting the Tiv traditional hut to climate change: a case study of the Kanshio community, Makurdi, Benue State, Nigeria
… possible strategies to reduce and adapt to these impacts. However, the role of the public response remains poorly theorized and under-studied. This thesis reviews how the built environments in the rural tropical communities of Sub-Saharan Africa are adapting to climate change. The research …
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Visible flows : the dynamics of community-based flood and water resource management and governance in Uthai Thani
… holistic integration of water resource and flood management. In addition, the capacity of small-scale community actors and self-organized entities are not visible to the central bureaucrats. Using the mega 2011 flood as the baseline example, the four chapters of the documentary film,'Visible …
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An assessment of community flood vulnerability and adaptation: A case study of Greater Tzaneen Local Municipality, South Africa
The Limpopo lowveld is at risk of floods from tropical storms from the South West Indian Ocean. The flood risk is particularly high in low altitude areas with poor infrastructure and limited resources. This study assessed flood vulnerability and adaptation at Lenyenye, Ga-Kgapane Masakaneng and …
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The Social Cascades of Exposure to Flood Induced Natech Events on Vulnerable Populations in Hampton Roads, Virginia
Coastal flood impacts are increasing in severity with the rising sea levels, causing damage to ecological and human systems. Climate-hazards may also result in cascading impacts, where an initial disaster sets off a chain of events that extends beyond the initial spatiotemporal point of impact. …
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Risk-Based Decision Making Model for the Selection of Flood Mitigation Alternatives
… disasters such as wildfires, hurricanes and flooding, resulting in big economic, environmental, and social impacts. In the case of flood events, impacts such as community anxiety, loss of life, water pollution, and contamination of agricultural land have been found to be equally, if not more …
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A dynamic knowledge graph approach to creating interoperability in smart cities: Selected case studies towards holistic flood impact assessments and district heating operations
… case studies - the assessment of potential flood impacts with regard to the population and built environment at risk and the resource-optimised operation of a district heating network. Specifically, a dynamic knowledge graph approach is investigated to align the representation of data and …
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Comparative assessment of flood resilience in urban and rural environments: a case study of Chennai City and Wardha River Sub-basin, India
Flooding is one of the most destructive natural disasters, with devastating impacts on human lives, infrastructure, and economies. The increasing frequency and severity of extreme weather events, as highlighted by the 2024 Global Risks Report, emphasize the need for effective flood management …
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Building adaptive capacity to flood risk in Philippi, Cape Town, through infrastructure-led planning interventions
… settlements. Heavy winter rainfall leads to flooding in Cape Town, with severe flooding impacts mainly manifesting in low income settlements. Flooding occurs due to the natural setting of Cape Town, and due to lack of adequate water-related infrastructure in some parts of the city. Although …
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Watershed Scale Impacts of Floodplain Restoration on Nitrate Removal and the Practical Applications of Modeling Cumulative Floodplain Restoration Hydraulics
… river functions such as nutrient processing and flood attenuation. Floodplain restoration increases floodplain exchange and is commonly implemented to improve water quality and reduce flood impacts at watershed scales. However, the effect of multiple restoration projects at the watershed scale is …
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CLIMATE RESILIENCE OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: Network Modelling for Flood Resilience Assessment and Recovery Optimisation of Urban Rail Transit
… and enhance the resilience of URTS exposed to flood risk?”. It demonstrates the designed methodologies through a case study of 15 lines of the London URTS under 30-year, 100-year, and 1,000-year flood risk scenarios. For URTS flood resilience assessment, this research advances network modelling …
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Assessing natural risks for railway infrastructure and transportation in Austria
… hazards can have serious societal and economic impacts. Worldwide, around one third of economic losses due to natural hazards are attributable to floods. The majority of natural hazards are triggered by weather-related extremes such as heavy precipitation, rapid snow melt, or extreme …