Flood risk assessment of the European road network

Ginkel, Kees van; Dottori, Francesco; Alfieri, Lorenzo; Feyen, Luc; Koks, Elco

doi:10.5194/nhess-21-1011-2021

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“…The higher the runoff coefficient, the greater the rainfall becomes surface runoff, otherwise the infiltrated water will be smaller. In simple terms, the Rational formula [35], [36] can be used to analyze the effect of the runoff coefficient on peak discharge as shown in equation (5). The use of the rational formula has been widely used to analyze peak discharges in Indonesia [37], [38], [39] and in several other countries [40], [41], [42].…”

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“…River floods cause a significant threat to road transport infrastructure in Europe. The estimated annual direct damage from major river flooding to road infrastructure in Europe is EUR 230 million per year [5].…”

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“…Q= 0.0028 * 𝐶 * 𝑖 * 𝐴 ……………………………(5) Where Q = peak flow (m 3 s -1 ), C = koefisien runoff (0 ≤ C ≤ 1), I = rainfall intensity (mm hour -1 ), A = watershed area (Ha).…”

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Floods and their problems: Land uses and soil types perspectives

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Syakur

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IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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The phenomenon of flooding that occurs in almost all regions of the earth causes loss of property and damage to public facilities and causes the loss of many human lives. There are many reports related to the causes of flooding with various solutions offered to overcome the flood problem. However, it seems that these efforts have not been able to eliminate the flood problem. Hydrologists have widely reported various factors that are the cause of flooding with an extensive scope. Therefore, this paper is limited to discussing flooding and its problems, specifically the river flood, from the perspective of land use and soil types. Changes in land use in a watershed can cause an increase in the runoff coefficient. Likewise, different types of soil have different abilities in passing water into the ground. Open land (without land cover) tends to be prone to erosion, reducing the soil’s infiltration capacity and increased surface runoff. Increasing the runoff coefficient will increase the peak discharge in a watershed. The decrease in the river capacity due to sediment can cause a river flood. To support this argument, a rainfall-runoff model, particularly the tank model, is also discussed, taking into account the various uses and types of soil in a watershed. Efforts to anticipate the river flood are also considered for formulating flood disaster control policies in a watershed.

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Floods and their problems: Land uses and soil types perspectives

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IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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“…At European level, the importance of vulnerability studies concerning transport infrastructure in the context of climate change (Axelsen et al, 2016;Bles et al, 2016;van Ginkel et al, 2021) is underlined through the guidelines proposed in 2015 by the ROADAPT project (Roads for today adapted for tomorrow), implemented under the Transnational Road Research Program (CEDR). Alongside geomorphologic phenomena such as landslides, river floods are one of the most important hazards that affect transport infrastructure.…”

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Assessing the vulnerability of transport network to flood hazard using GIS analysis. Case study along Orient-East Med TEN-T Corridor, on Timiș-Cerna Valley, Romania

Stoica-Fuchs

2021

Present Environment and Sustainable Development

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In the context of current climate change, it is estimated that flood risk will increase significantly, with important consequences for the human habitat and transport networks. Research literature features a continuous concern both for the improvement of flood hazard modeling and for the quantification of economic costs specific to material and human damage caused by floods. In the present study, we intend to perform an analysis on the vulnerability of the transport network along the Orient-East Med (OEM) Corridor, part of the TEN-T Core network at European level. By integrating flood bands with high (10 years) and medium (100 years) probability of recurrence, as well as various typologies of the transport network in a GIS environment, we successfully identified and characterized road and railway sectors susceptible to flooding events. Vector overlay analysis and statistical methods were validated by means of local research literature, field observations and aerial imagery. Our results feature the geographic distribution and statistical characterization of transport infrastructure vulnerable to flood risk along Timiș-Cerna Valley, in south-western Romania. We also discuss the state of current flood risk mitigation measures for transport network in the study area, along with the importance of our research for regional and local spatial planning documents and investment prioritization activities. Similar spatially-enabled analysis could enable better protection for the current and proposed transport infrastructure and minimize the damaging effects of flash floods.

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“…With the availability of geospatial network data on point and line assets several real-world studies of road and rail networks have been possible. Some of these include analysis of Swedish rail networks 52 , Vietnam transport networks 53 , UK rail network 54 , European road networks 55 , and global road and rail networks. 56 Using network data, different kinds of criticality analysis approaches have been adopted.…”

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