Integrated Flood Risk Management in England and Wales

Hall, Jim W.; Meadowcroft, IC; Sayers, Paul; Bramley, M. E.

doi:10.1061/(asce)1527-6988(2003)4:3(126)

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“…In this direction, integrated flood risk management is an approach that explicitly recognizes the interrelationships between multiple risk management measures, and the analysis of their costs and effectiveness, within changing social, economic, and environmental contexts (Hall et al 2003;Hall and Borgemeo 2013). Despite their evident relevance, the links between physical and social dimensions of flood risk have rarely been explored in detail and sectoral and technocratic approaches to flood risk management have been preferred (Brown and Damery 2002).…”

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An integrated approach of flood risk assessment in the eastern part of Dhaka City

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The flood risk is a function of the flood hazard, the exposed values and their vulnerability. In addition to extreme hydrological events, different anthropogenic activities such as extensive urbanization and land use play an important role in producing catastrophic floods.Considerations of both physical and social dimensions are therefore equally important in flood risk assessment. However, very often the risk assessment studies either focus on physical or social dimensions. In addition, the available studies often focus on economic valuation of only direct tangible costs. In this study, we provide an integrated flood risk assessment approach that go beyond valuation of direct tangible costs, through incorporating physical dimensions in hazard and exposure and social dimensions in vulnerability. The method has been implemented in the Dhaka City, Bangladesh, an area internationally recognized hotspot for flood risk. In this study, flood hazards for different return periods are calculated in spatial environment using a hydrologic model, HEC-RAS. Vulnerability is assessed through aggregation of various social dimensions i.e., coping and adaptive capacities, susceptibility. We assess vulnerability for both baseline and improved scenario. In the baseline scenario, current early warning for study area is considered. In the alternative scenario, the warning system is expected to improve. Aggregating hazard, exposure and vulnerability, risk maps (in terms of both tangible and intangible costs) of several return period floods are produced for both baseline and improved scenario. Compared to traditional assessments, the integrated assessment approach used in this study generates more information about the flood risk. Consequently, the results are useful in evaluating policy alternatives and minimizing property loss in the study area.

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“…The classic definition of strategy given in business economics (Chandler 1962) has been considered to be ineffective (Floodsite, 2005), because FRM strategies generally have to be implemented under conditions of increasing uncertainty (see section 4). Uncertainty itself is a relevant topic for modelling and managing (Sayers et al, 2002;Hall et al, 2003). Therefore other definitions have been proposed, by Universities and private or public Associations and Authorities.…”

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Flood Risk Management in Rivers and Torrents

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Risk Management for the Future - Theory and Cases

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“…Such a process aims (from various perspectives) to maximize the net benefit from floodplains and to minimize loss to life and damages to the surroundings from flooding, cf. [36]. The impact of a natural hazard encompasses not only the physical effects, but also the status of people and property in a region.…”

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Coping with Complex Environmental and Societal Flood Risk Management Decisions: An Integrated Multi-criteria Framework

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During recent years, a great deal of attention has been focused on the financial risk management of natural disasters. One reason behind is that the economic losses from floods, windstorms, earthquakes and other disasters in both the developing and developed countries are escalating dramatically. It has become apparent that an integrated water resource management approach would be beneficial in order to take both the best interests of society and of the environment into consideration. One improvement consists of models capable of handling multiple criteria (conflicting objectives) as well as multiple stakeholders (conflicting interests). A systems approach is applied for coping with complex environmental and societal risk management decisions with respect to flood catastrophe policy formation, wherein the emphasis is on computer-based modeling and simulation techniques combined with methods for evaluating strategies where numerous stakeholders are incorporated in the process. The resulting framework consists of a simulation model, a decision analytical tool, and a set of suggested policy strategies for policy formulation. The framework will aid decision makers with high risk complex environmental decisions subject to significant uncertainties. OPEN ACCESSSustainability 2011, 3 1358

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Integrated Flood Risk Management in England and Wales

Cited by 156 publications

References 12 publications

An integrated approach of flood risk assessment in the eastern part of Dhaka City

An integrated approach of flood risk assessment in the eastern part of Dhaka City

Flood Risk Management in Rivers and Torrents

Coping with Complex Environmental and Societal Flood Risk Management Decisions: An Integrated Multi-criteria Framework

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