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Innovative solutions for flood risk management

TL;DR: The findings showed that there is a huge untapped potential for innovative solutions in the field of prevention, preparedness, civil protection, communication, cooperation, etc.
Abstract: Starting from the importance of innovative solutions for improving the needs of different practitioners as flood risk managers, the purpose of this review was to describe and analyze, evaluates, and prioritizes the various available different innovative solutions that have sufficient potential to be useful and used by practitioners. A systematic review of the literature was conducted using the DAREnet knowledge base (an integral feature of the DAREnet online community platform) which identified critical challenges for flood management and the relevant field or source of innovation, as well as the current scientific literature in the field of disaster studies. A fourth stage selection procedure identified candidate original or review papers and evaluated the degree to which papers met predetermined requirements for inclusion extracted from prior systematic reviews. Included in the study were over 100 studies that met the requirements for predetermined inclusion. The findings of this review showed that there is a huge untapped potential for innovative solutions in the field of prevention, preparedness, civil protection, communication, cooperation, etc. The findings of this review contribute to a growing body of knowledge regarding innovative solutions for flood risk management useful for practitioners.
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Dissertation
01 Jan 2012
TL;DR: Teoreticka cast take obsahuje popis soucasneho stavu otevřene inovace v sektoru profesnich služeb as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: Tato diplomova prace je zaměřena na uplatněni otevřených inovaci v sektoru profesnich služeb. Teoreticka cast se zaměřuje na představovani paradigmatu otevřených inovaci spolu s problemy a nedostatky, jejim uplatněnim v odvětvi služeb. Teoreticka cast take obsahuje popis soucasneho stavu otevřene inovace v sektoru profesnich služeb. Prakticka cast prace je věnovana analýze soucasných inovacnich postupů v spolecnosti zabývajici se profesnimi službami a navrhovanim napravných opatřenich založených na nejlepsich postupech v otevřených inovacich. Dale se v praci věnuji souboru obecných otevřených inovacnich modelů pro sektor profesnich služeb, který jsem vyvinul a ověřil.

131 citations

01 Jan 2019
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors identified seven practical lessons that, if implemented, could not only help flood management decision-makers better understand communities' flood risks, but could also reduce the impacts of flood disasters and improve communities' resilience to future flood disasters.
Abstract: This study systematically reviews the diverse body of research on community flood risk management in the USA to identify knowledge gaps and develop innovative and practical lessons to aid flood management decision-makers in their efforts to reduce flood losses. The authors discovered and reviewed 60 studies that met the selection criteria (e.g., study is written in English, is empirical, focuses on flood risk management at the community level in the USA, etc.). Upon reviewing the major findings from each study, the authors identified seven practical lessons that, if implemented, could not only help flood management decision-makers better understand communities’ flood risks, but could also reduce the impacts of flood disasters and improve communities’ resilience to future flood disasters. These seven lessons include: (1) recognizing that acquiring open space and conserving wetlands are some of the most effective approaches to reducing flood losses; (2) recognizing that, depending on a community’s flood risks, different development patterns are more effective at reducing flood losses; (3) considering the costs and benefits of participating in FEMA’s Community Rating System program; (4) engaging community members in the flood planning and recovery processes; (5) considering socially vulnerable populations in flood risk management programs; (6) relying on a variety of floodplain management tools to delineate flood risk; and (7) ensuring that flood mitigation plans are fully implemented and continually revised.

24 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, the impacts of land use change and climate change on flooding in the Segamat River Basin, Johor, Malaysia, with 1D-2D hydrodynamic river modeling, using InfoWorks Integrated Catchment Modeling (ICM).
Abstract: Flooding is a frequent, naturally recurring phenomenon worldwide that can become disastrous if not addressed accordingly. This paper aims to evaluate the impacts of land use change and climate change on flooding in the Segamat River Basin, Johor, Malaysia, with 1D–2D hydrodynamic river modeling, using InfoWorks Integrated Catchment Modeling (ICM). The study involved the development of flood maps for four different scenarios: (1) future land use in 2030; (2) the impacts of climate change; (3) three mitigation strategies comprising detention ponds, rainwater harvesting systems (RWHSs), and permeable pavers; and (4) a combination of these three mitigation strategies. The obtained results show increases in the flood peaks under both the land use change and climate change scenarios. With the anticipated increase in development activities within the vicinity up to 2030, the overall impact of urbanization on the extent of flooding would be rather moderate, as the upper and middle parts of the basin would still be dominated by forests and agricultural activities (approximately 81.13%). In contrast, the potential flood-inundated area is expected to increase from 12.25% to 16.64% under storms of 10-, 50-, 100-, and 1000-year average recurrence intervals (ARI). Interestingly, the simulation results suggest that only the detention pond mitigation strategy has a considerable impact on reducing floods, while the other two mitigation strategies have less flood reduction advantages for this agricultural-based rural basin located in a tropical region.

9 citations


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  • ...This involves a combination of management measures, including structural (designed to modify flood characteristics) and non-structural (designed to reduce flood damage and vulnerability through planning and response) measures [25,27,28]....

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01 Apr 2021-Energies
TL;DR: In this article, the Serbian public perceives the risks related to the potential construction of nuclear power stations in the country, nuclear energy in general, and its possible benefits and risks.
Abstract: Nuclear power remains one of the most accessible choices in addressing environmental and social concerns due to the continuously increasing energy needs around the world. While it remains an excellent source of energy due to its low price and low level of emissions, potential accidents remain a serious problem. An example of such is the most recent accident in the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (2011), which reminded the world of the potential risks of nuclear energy and the consequences of which continue to have a lasting effect. There is no nuclear power plant in Serbia, but there are about 15 nuclear power stations scattered within its neighboring countries. Therefore, the Serbian Government decided to study how the Serbian public perceives the risks related to the potential construction of nuclear power stations in the country, nuclear energy in general, and its possible benefits and risks. The objective of this paper is to present the results of this assessment along with a literature overview on the (environmental) risk of nuclear power. A pilot study consisted of a series of 270 randomized face-to-face interviews that took place in the public square of Belgrade in March 2019. Logistic regression was used to examine the cumulative effects of the different risk factors. The results showed that the majority of the respondents are skeptical and do not support the construction of nuclear power stations in Serbia. Furthermore, this research identified several additional important correlations that have a significant impact on the public perception of risk.

9 citations

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TL;DR: In this article , the influence of land use changes on surface runoff indicators for several watersheds in the Southeastern Serbia was quantified, and the greatest reduction of the curve number (CNR) happened in the Toplodolska watershed (2.34), then the Korbevačka (1.98), and the Dojkinačka watersheds.
Abstract: The processes of emigration, depopulation and deagrarization in hilly-mountainous border areas in Serbia have intensified in last several decades. These processes have resulted in land use changes which means that anthropogenic impact on environment has diminished so the agriculture areas have decreased and have made room to the other land use types. These changes should entail lower soil erosion, slower generation of surface runoff during rainfall episode as well as reduction of the peak discharges and destructiveness of a torrential flood event. In this paper, we quantified the influence of land use changes on surface runoff indicators for several watersheds in the Southeastern Serbia. The greatest reduction of the curve number (CNR) happened in the Toplodolska watershed (2.34), then the Korbevačka (1.98) and the Dojkinačka (1.60) watersheds. The decrease of maximal discharge of 100-year return period is presented on example of a small watershed of the Ravna reka and it equals to 11%. Alongside these spontaneous positive anthropogenic impact on lowering the peaks of torrential floods, there should be a set of other preventive measures implemented.

1 citations

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03 Nov 2006
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present an effective emergency management organization for disaster management in the United States, including disaster myths, disaster demands, and citizen emergency response, and disaster recovery.
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01 Jan 2007
TL;DR: In this article, the concepts of flood risk mapping at the local scale, discusses the challenges and proposes a systematic presentation of flood hazards, vulnerabilities and flood risks, spanning from flood danger maps to damage risk maps.
Abstract: Maps give a more direct and stronger impression of the spatial distribution of the flood risk than other forms of presentation (verbal description, diagrams). Thus, maps are valuable for presenting and assessing the local flood situation, and they provide information for many applications in flood defence and disaster management. In Europe, there are no standardised nomenclature or agreed practices for flood mapping. The paper reviews the concepts of flood risk mapping at the local scale, discusses the challenges and proposes a systematic presentation of flood hazards, vulnerabilities and flood risks, spanning from flood danger maps to damage risk maps

294 citations

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  • ...Certainly, it should be noted that there is a difference between traditional and modern disaster management and it is reflected in the modes of operation, organizational structure, character of information, goals and criteria of management (McLoughlin, 1985, p. 53)....

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated whether certain volunteer tasks (e.g., reading to the blind, entering data) differentially satisfy certain motives and whether individuals prefer tasks with benefits aligned with their own preferred volunteer motives.
Abstract: A central premise of the functional approach is that the same behavior may serve different functions for different individuals. More recently, this approach has been used to understand the motives behind volunteering. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether certain volunteer tasks (e.g., reading to the blind, entering data) differentially satisfy certain motives (e.g., expression of values, career building) and whether individuals prefer tasks with benefits aligned with their own preferred volunteer motives. Results suggested that people idiosyncratically differentiate tasks based on the motives they satisfy. Furthermore, when given a choice, individuals prefer tasks with benefits that match their personally relevant motives. Practical implications for volunteer organizations are discussed.

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01 Jan 1990
TL;DR: The fourth edition of this course as discussed by the authors supports individual enquiry and research as well as encouraging discussion and debate, and sets concepts and skills in context and can be used by students following any A Level specification or the International Baccalaureate
Abstract: The fourth edition of this comprehensive course supports individual enquiry and research as well as encouraging discussion and debate It sets concepts and skills in context and can be used by students following any A Level specification or the International Baccalaureate

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  • ...…& Jenkins, 2010, p. 26); b) risk management so that societies can live with natural and technical hazards and control the disasters they cause (Waugh, 2001, p. 98); c) discipline dealing with risk and risk avoidance (Haddow, Bullock, & Coppola, 2007, p. 76); g) state of responsibility and…...

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What innovation can add to prevent flood?

Innovative solutions can greatly contribute to prevention of floods by improving measures such as preparedness, civil protection, communication, and cooperation.