A framework for flood impact assessment in urban areas

Start Page
41
End Page
47
Citation
Floods: from risk to opportunity : proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Flood Management (ICFM5), held in Tokyo, Japan, 27-29 September 2011 / ed. by: Ali Chavoshian ... Co-ed. by Xiaotao Cheng ... - Wallingford : IAHS Press, 2013. - Seite 41-47
Contribution to Conference
5th International Conference on Flood Management (ICFM5), Tokyo, Japan, 2011  
Publisher
IAHS Press
Urban flooding affects millions of people worldwide, and with urban populations projected to grow, this problem is likely to become more pressing in the future. Increasing urban flood resilience through the implementation of resilience strategies is a way to improve the management of flood risk. So that the effectiveness of various resilience strategies can be evaluated, it is vital that the impacts of flooding can be assessed in a comprehensive and consistent manner. To this end, a framework has been developed that will incorporate all the major impacts of floods. It has long been noted that the development of such a framework is fraught with difficulties, but it is necessary if we are to make progress in understanding the wider impacts of flooding. In this paper, the developing flood impact assessment framework is outlined, as well as laying out the principles that will underpin future research. © 2013 IAHS Press.
Subjects
Flood management
Flood resilience
Flood risk
Impact assessment
DDC Class
620: Ingenieurwissenschaften
710: Landschaftsgestaltung, Raumplanung