Challenges for achieving sustainable flood risk management

Shah, Mohammad Aminur Rahman; Rahman, Anisur; Chowdhury, Sanaul Huq

doi:10.1111/jfr3.12211

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“…Recent literature has been concerned with the relations between the economical or technical purposes and the environmental effects. An example of very general approach might be the paper by Shah et al [51], who tested flood risk strategies and assessed them taking into account effectiveness and sustainability. Another interesting work is that by Alho and Silva [52], concerned with the impact of seasonal flooding on animals living in the wetlands.…”

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Possibilities of Controlling the River Outlets by Weirs on the Example of Noteć Bystra River

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The possibility of effective control of selected dams in the Noteć Bystra river is analyzed. Such a control is expected to permit inundation of selected arable areas, e.g., peat grasslands, to avoid flooding of the city of Czarnków and the terrains located downstream. The chosen case study is the reach of the Noteć River between the dams Pianowka-Mikolajewo-Rosko. The analysis was made on the basis of simulations of the flow and regulation of dams in flood conditions. The flow peaks of hypothetical flood waves were designed according to the directions of the ISOK project (Informatyczny System Osłony Kraju przed nadzwyczajnymi zagrożeniami-IT System of the Country's Protection Against Extreme Hazards) as the maximum flows over 10-years (p = 10%), 100-years (p = 1%), and 500-years (p = 0.2%). The obtained results are presented as longitudinal profiles of the water surface, maps of inundated areas and maps of inundated soils. The main conclusion is that the robust control of dams reduces the peak of flow during flood wave propagation and forces inundation of the a priori selected areas. It helps to decrease the spatial range of the flood hazard and significantly reduces risk related to floods.Sustainability 2020, 12, 2369 2 of 20 reduce flood consequences [21,22]. Efficient decision support systems should permit analysis of weather forecasts as well as analysis of watershed outflow generation. Such a system should support determination of reservoir decision rules on the basis of all available information including reservoir capacity and current amount of water stored [23,24].The impacts of climate change on hydrological alteration such as floods and drought pose a significant threat to floodplain environments [25][26][27]. Integrated water resources management (IWRM) is a practical approach which promotes responsible development and management of water and land resources considering the main parts of sustainability, i.e., economy, equity, and environment [28,29]. Adaptation of existing water infrastructure to climate change is becoming an important strategy for water management in floodplain areas. Karpack et al. [30] have suggested that humans have impacted on floodplain functionality by changing the physical landscape of floodplains and by altering river flows. A generally accepted solution used for flood protection is construction of reservoirs [31,32]. This study shows that the water infrastructure (weirs and dams) located in rivers could also be effectively used for water management including flood protection as well as for regulation and control of seasonal inundation at floodplain areas. Similar results have been obtained by Contreras et al. [33], who have shown that river flood manipulations by weirs and sluice gates provide water for agricultural activity without costly infrastructural and technical investigations.Analysis of flood risk has become very important and is the basis for the EU Flood Directive that started to take effect from November 26th, 2007 [34]. The Directive obliges Poland as well as othe...

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Section: Soil Typesmentioning

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“…These kinds of signs consisted of colors, smell and mountain behavior. These practices are being exercised with great precision (Shah et al, 2015). For instance, more than one hundred houses were destroyed due to glacial lake flood in village Brep but there was no loss of life as they accurately interpreted the signs and village was evacuated timely.…”

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Role of indigenous knowledge in managing floods projects

Jamshid¹,

Ahmad²,

Mohamed³

2019

J Process Man, New Technol

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Climate change is increasing the frequency of disasters in the world. Accordingly, disaster management strategies are also changing. The UN has focused on acknowledging the Indigenous Knowledge in disaster management strategies. In this study, the village Khursheed in District Sargodha has been focused due to facing frequent floods since decades. They have developed some methods to counter floods. The study was qualitative containing three focus group discussions and thirty interviews, reveals that villagers have devised their own flood forecast and early warning systems. The indigenous methods of constructions of buildings and agricultural techniques have rendered the village more resilient. The elevated spiritual level has enhanced their immune system to face floods. The government needs to devise local level disaster management strategies which should incorporate indigenous and modern knowledge.

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“…Monitoring of only the flood mitigation structures is usually continued over the years, without looking into other environmental and socio-economic aspects of the project area. Long term environmental, social, and economic aspects related to sustainable development in the project area and region are not adequately addressed in the planning process (Environment Agency, 2010;BWDB, 2014;DNRM, 2014;Shah et al, 2015).…”

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Sustainability assessment of flood mitigation projects: An innovative decision support framework

Shah

Rahman

Chowdhury

2017

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

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Sustainability assessment methods have been emerging around the world, mostly for national or regional level plans, but very few are related to flood mitigation projects. This article proposes a new innovative decision support framework for sustainability assessment (SA) of flood mitigation projects throughout the project life cycle, focusing on two main aspects: sustained flood mitigation by the project, and enabling of sustainable development of the floodplain. This study has employed a review of the life cycle of flood mitigation projects, a review of sustainability assessment methodologies, consultations with experts and case studies involving two flood mitigation projects in Australia. Conforming to the project life cycle, the decision support framework is developed incorporating five stages: 1) contextualizing the project with regard to floodplain sustainability, 2) SA during planning and implementation for integrating sustainability issues in the project, 3) SA during a flood event to assess the sustainability performance of the project 4) SA at periodic intervals, and 5) SA at the stage of modification or changing to a new project. The framework has adopted a multicriteria analysis (MCA) approach using sustainability criteria and indicators to determine the sustainability index for the project. This paper describes the process of selecting indicators, defining the weightages and scores for indicators, and determines a sustainability index for various stages of the project. This framework will enhance decision making for sustainability of flood mitigation projects. Adapting this framework to projects in other development sectors is also envisaged.

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Challenges for achieving sustainable flood risk management

Cited by 62 publications

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Possibilities of Controlling the River Outlets by Weirs on the Example of Noteć Bystra River

Possibilities of Controlling the River Outlets by Weirs on the Example of Noteć Bystra River

Role of indigenous knowledge in managing floods projects

Sustainability assessment of flood mitigation projects: An innovative decision support framework

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