The aim of this research is to develop the Pluvial Flood Risk Assessment tool (PFRA) for rainwater management and adaptation to climate change in newly urbanised areas. PFRA allows pluvial hazard assessment, as well as pluvial flood risk mapping. The original model was created using ArcGIS ...
The National Flood Insurance Program is a key tool for managing growing flood risk in the USA. This research shows that premiums based on local risk, rather than national averages, will generate large societal benefits, and investments in large-scale adaptation infrastructure will enhance these impa...
Assessing property level economic impacts of climate in the US, new insights and evidence from a comprehensive flood risk assessment tool. Climate 8(10): Article 116. Asian Disaster Reduction Center. 2005. Total disaster risk management: Good practices. Kobe, Janpa: Asian Disaster Reduction Center...
River basin planning: from qualitative to quantitative flood risk assessment: the case of Abruzzo Region (central Italy)Flood riskMappingHazardFlood damageUncertaintyCost–benefit analysisFlood risk assessments are becoming an essential tool for a rational decision-making in river basin planning throughout...
Floods are one of the most common hazards in the world and cause loss of lives, livelihood and property destruction. The objective of this study was to review and synthesize concepts and techniques of flood hazard, vulnerability and risk assessment with reference to the Himalayan region. Flood ri...
This method provided a valuable tool not only for identifying areas susceptible to floods but also to quantify the economic and social impacts and the associated probabilities of occurrence. To quantify the flood risk of this region, we developed and applied five methods. First, we determined ...
For the hydrodynamic studies, the modeling tool called MODCEL, a quasi-2D model [32], was used as a raster model to represent the region of interest. The fourth and final phase is the risk analysis. The flood risk assessment is a combined evaluation of the vulnerability and hazard analyses...
The worldwide increase of damages produced by floods during the last decades strengthens the common perception that flood risk is dramatically increasing due to a combination of different causes, among which climate change is often described as the major driver. Nevertheless, the scientific community ...
The aim of the study was the development of a GIS tool, to be exploited eventually in the form of a WebGIS, as a decision support tool for flood hazard (and risk) assessment. The research was conducted in Laconia Prefecture in Peloponnesus. In this work, flood hazard assessment was implem...