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Flood damage assessment for flood plains behind levees, including extreme floods
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| Title: | Flood damage assessment for flood plains behind levees, including extreme floods |
| Authors: | Frei, Rosa
Huber, Gerhard |
| Keywords: | Risk assessment
Flood prevention
Water resources management |
| Issue Date: | 11-Sep-2006 |
| Publisher: | Michael Piasecki and College of Engineering, Drexel University |
| Citation: | Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Hydroscience and Engineering, Philadelphia, PA, September 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1860/732 |
| Abstract: | The aim of the case study discussed in this report was to investigate the potential flood damage
caused by extreme events in the town of Bad Radkersburg. After determining the water depths based
on a 1D hydraulic calculation for the HQ100 using ArcGIS software, a study was made of the
potential damage in the selected scenario by looking at damage to property, cars, roads, railways,
parks, and trade and industry. Disregarded damage was damage which requires an extensive
investigation, damage that is difficult to quantify, damage to the levee itself, and expenditure on
emergency measures.
The last step was to devise a package of measures to reduce potential damage. The results
serve as a basis for planning remedial action to facilitate optimal and economical utilization of the
limited funds available for flood control measures and precautions. An essential part of the project
involved presenting the results in the project area to create greater awareness of the issue of residual
risk among those responsible for such matters in the municipality, the emergency services and
companies as well as inhabitants and employees. |
| Description: | Paper presented at The Seventh International Conference on HydroScience and Engineering (ICHE) hosted by the College of Engineering at Drexel Univeristy on September 10-13, 2006 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The conference theme was IT in the Field of HydroSciences. It included several mini-symposia that emphasized IT topics in HydroSciences and the yearly meeting of the metadata group of the International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange organization. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1860/1474 |
| ISBN: | 0977447405 |
| Appears in Collections: | Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on HydroScience and Engineering (ICHE 2006) [ISBN: 0977447405]
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