About Book

Flooding from rivers and coastal waters is a natural process that plays an important role in shaping the natural environment. However, flooding threatens life and causes substantial damage to property. The effects of weather events can be increased in seventy both as consequence of decisions about the location, design and nature of settlement and land use, and as a potential consequence of future climate change. Flood risk management aims at preventing losses and damages by preventing flooding and/or by preventing the exposure of people and property to flooding. This includes lowering the probability of flooding as well as reducing the vulnerability of the society in flood-prone areas. Consequently, flood risk management may involve a large number of measures, for example flood defence measures, flood control measures, but also spatial planning and measures aimed at lowering the vulnerability of people and property. This book provides comprehensive insights into the field of flood risk management. It provides deep insights of various topics like flood lamination strategies, flood risk-based resilience, flood-risk assessment model, new frontiers, agricultural flood damage, capability assessment system, natural flood risk management and river bed dynamics. Some of the diverse topics covered in this book address the varied branches that fall under this category. Such selected concepts that redefine this subject have been presented in it. In the book, constant effort has been made to make the understanding of the difficult concepts of the subject as easy and informative as possible, for the readers. This book will cater as a valuable source of reference for students, professionals and readers interested in acquiring knowledge about this field.

Preface............................................................................................................v

Chapter 1 Flood Risk Assessment in Housing under an Urban Development Scheme Simulating Water Flow in Plains............................................1

Abstract...................................................................................................1

1. Introduction....................................................................................................2

2. FluBiDi mathematical model..............................................................4

3. Model calibration..................................................................................6

4. Application of model on an ungauged basin...............................13

5. Flood risk analysis..............................................................................18

6. Conclusions..........................................................................................22

Acknowledgements.............................................................................23

Chapter 2 New Frontiers in Flood Risk Management........................................28

Abstract.................................................................................................28

1. Introduction..........................................................................................28

2. Shortcomings in conventional framewo-rks..................................30

3. Eco-DRR in Japan...............................................................................40

4. Conclusion............................................................................................44

Acknowledgements.............................................................................44

Conflict of interest..............................................................................44

Chapter 3 Methodology for Agricultural Flood Damage Assessment............47

Abstract.................................................................................................47

1. Introduction..........................................................................................48

2. Categorization of flood damage.......................................................49

3. Method for agricultural damage assessment................................50

4. Agricultural flood damage assessment in developing

countries................................................................................................56

5. Conclusions..........................................................................................66

Acknowledgements.............................................................................68

Conflict of interest..............................................................................68

Chapter 4 Index of Proportional Risk (IRP) Flood-Risk Assessment Model

and Comparison to Collected Data......................................................71

Abstract..................................................................................................................................71

1. Introduction..........................................................................................71

2. Risk assessment in land-use planning (Po basin)........................73

3. Limitations in the approach to risk and vulnerability

assessment............................................................................................75

4. The Re.N.Di.S. platform for planning.............................................77

5. The IRP model..................................................................................................78

6. Model validation.................................................................................81

7. Application...........................................................................................82

8. Discussion.............................................................................................85

9. Conclusions..........................................................................................88

Acknowledgements.............................................................................89

Conflict of interest..............................................................................89

List of acronyms..................................................................................89

Chapter 5 An Additive Statistical Modeling Approach to the Analysis of

Transport Infrastructure Flood Risk-Based Resilience....................93

Abstract.................................................................................................93

1. Introduction..........................................................................................94

2. Critical factors for bridge resilience and flood risk.....................96

3. An additive statistical model............................................................99

4. Numerical example...........................................................................107

5. Conclusions and recommendations...............................................115

Acknowledgements...........................................................................116

Chapter 6 Strategies for Testing the Impact of Natural Flood Risk

Management Measures..........................................................................120

Abstract...............................................................................................120

1. Introduction........................................................................................121

2. A risk management framework for NFM....................................123

3. Evidence for effectiveness of NFM................................................126

4. Opportunity mapping of NFM......................................................132

5. Engagement and refinement...........................................................139

6. Uncertainty framework....................................................................145

7. Results and discussion: comparison of mo-dels.........................148

8. Conclusions........................................................................................156

Acknowledgements...........................................................................157

Chapter 7 Towards the Development of a Capability Assessment System for

Flood Risk Management.......................................................................166

Abstract...............................................................................................166

1. Introduction........................................................................................167

2. Saudi Arabian and flash-flooding: background..........................169

3. Study context and hypothesis........................................................169

4. What is fuzzy expert systems (FESs)?..........................................170

5. Fuzzy expert systems (FES) in other application.......................176

6. How to build a fuzzy expert system (FES)?...............................178

7. The proposed intelligent capability preparedness (ICP)

system..................................................................................................180

8. The ICP system V.S EMC preparedness......................................184

9. Chapter summary.............................................................................190

Chapter 8 Flood Lamination Strategies for Risk Reduction...........................194

Abstract ..............................................................................................194

1. Introduction........................................................................................194

2. The flood-risk management plans of the Po River Basin

Authority.............................................................................................197

3. Hazard and risk at Turin................................................................200

4. Methodology for flood-risk assessment and quantification.....204

5. Results and discussion.....................................................................208

6. Conclusions........................................................................................211

Chapter 9 Flood Risk Management in Rivers and Torrents ..........................216

1. Introduction........................................................................................216

2. Flood risk management strategies in literature and history ..218

3. Essentials in flood risk management

– A discussion of the state-of-the-art ..........................................222

4. Planning in flood risk management ............................................239

5. Closure and future work ...............................................................261

6. Acknowledgments ...........................................................................263

Chapter 10 Integrating River Bed Dynamics to Flood Risk Assessment.......269

1. Introduction........................................................................................269

2. Methodology......................................................................................271

3. Results.................................................................................................280

4. Conclusion..........................................................................................285

Citation......................................................................................................289

Index...........................................................................................................291

About Author

Timothy Beaven obtained his Ph.D. in Earth and Environmental Sciences from Public Research University, Gwynedd. He has been researching the effects of natural disasters such as flood, wildfires, etc. on plants. He serves as a Guest Lecturer at various universities across Europe. Beaven has written many articles and journals related to GIS database and remote sensing in irrigation, natural water resources, air pollution, natural disaster assessment and flood risk management. He also holds prominent memberships of renowned associations and has been an active participant at international conferences and forums.