Cartografías para la acreditación del riesgo de inundaciones: SNCZI y PATRICOVA en la Comunidad Valenciana (España)

Cantos, Jorge Olcina; Cañizares, Antonio Oliva; Almodóvar, Esther Sánchez; Talavera, Javier Martí; Camacho, Samuel Biener

doi:10.21138/gf.691

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“…With respect to the official maps of Spain (SNCZI) and the Region of Valencia (PATRI-COVA), Olcina et al (2021) undertook a comparative analysis of the two flood maps, identifying a series of differences with respect to the impact on the surface and buildings [17]. Interestingly, they also indicate that the SNCZI map does not include the floods generated by minor river channels as they are not recognised as Public Water Domain.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Floods and Emergency Management: Elaboration of Integral Flood Maps Based on Emergency Calls (112)—Episode of September 2019 (Vega Baja del Segura, Alicante, Spain)

Cañizares¹,

Cantos²

2022

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Emergency mapping makes it possible to manage an emergency situation and even to analyze the catastrophic event, a posteriori, in order to improve action protocols for Civil Protection. The emergency maps are produced from the analysis of calls to the Emergency Coordination Centre (911 or 112). Thus, the concept of integral risk mapping arises, in which risk mapping and aspects that allow for more realistic analysis and mapping through the analysis of emergency calls in the event of a natural event converge. In this case, the analysis is focused on the floods that occurred from 12 to 15 September 2019 in the Vega Baja del Segura district (Alicante, Spain). The results obtained show that this is the flooding episode with the highest number of emergency calls in Valencian region and Vega Baja del Segura district (2010–2022). Likewise, the spatial-temporal analysis of the geolocation of the calls and their reasons, have allowed us to draw up a much more detailed map of flooding or affected areas in 2019 than the official maps. In conclusion, the analysis of emergency calls makes it possible to identify problems and vulnerable areas where proposals can be made to reduce the impact of floods and increase the resilience of a territory. At the same time, it is presented as a novel field of research for the analysis of natural and anthropic risks.

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“…The reduction in the natural risk includes a series of measures from prevention to emergency management [16]. One of the most important measures to mitigate the negative effects of the floods and manage an emergency is risk mapping [17]. Mapping is one of the most efficient measures for reducing natural risk [18].…”

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Floods and Emergency Management: Elaboration of Integral Flood Maps Based on Emergency Calls (112)—Episode of September 2019 (Vega Baja del Segura, Alicante, Spain)

Cañizares¹,

Cantos²

2022

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“…To preface our dialogue with some historical context, we trace a non-exhaustive, twofold timeline of events throughout the past 20th century: developments in meteorological research on the one hand, alongside Europe’s political and cultural formation on the other (Table 1). European climatology, we discern, once adopted an “Atlantic outlook", following weather front theories from the Norwegian Meteorological School in the early 1900s, then arguably turned towards what might be called a Mediterranean outlook", following studies of Saharan air over the Mediterranean Basin (Jansa Guariola, 1959; Olcina Cantos, 2008; Gil Olcina and Olcina Cantos, 2021: 646-652). More recently, the implementation of surveillance networks and organisations validates North African atmospheric dynamics as important processes in European meteorology (METEOSAT geostationary satellite and Doppler-type meteorological radars, EUMETSAT, ECMWF).…”

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Weathering Saharan dust beyond the Spanish Mediterranean Basin: An interdisciplinary dialogue

Sabin,

Cantos

2023

Environ Plan D

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This interdisciplinary dialogue draws on climatology and cultural studies to explore the phenomenon of “Saharan dust” that passes through and beyond the Spanish Mediterranean Basin. The dialogic process seeks to unearth the power relations within which weather stories and the authors are always already entangled, with a view to re-imagining weather writing and climatic storytelling in decolonial terms. Our parallel inquiries trace how origin stories, material mobilities, atmospheres, and environmental regulation work to codify the aeolian dust as an intrusion across borders. Drawing on critical theory, we argue that this weather “from” the Sahara Desert is othered in Eurocentric weather narratives, mapping onto geopolitical logic of “Fortress Europe”. Our research is instructed by postcolonial thought, political ecology, and the speculative feminist position of weathering. Through critical engagement with science in context, we dwell lastly on African air quality and experiences of weathering atmospheric dust further upwind. Our concluding comments speculatively drift with Mediterranean winds to animate a positionality of middleness.

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“…Basically, it was concluded that the canalization generated a false sense of security [28] that led to the construction of houses in flood zones. Three years later, in 2019, the last major flood occurred in this area, which showed that structural solutions are not sufficient to prevent this type of catastrophe [29]. During this episode, Almoradí and other adjoining localities were left without water supply.…”

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“…Indeed, when geomorphological hazards are considered, the total number of affected structures is much higher. This characteristic should be represented in any cartography to be totally truthful, although to date neither SNZCI nor PATRICOVA incorporate it [29]. Figure 3 shows the PATRICOVA flood risk assessment.…”

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Risk Colored Snake (RCS): An Innovative Method for Evaluating Flooding Risk of Linear Hydraulic Infrastructures

Molina,

Zazo,

Espejo

et al. 2024

Water

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Floods are probably the most hazardous global natural event as well as the main cause of human losses and economic damage. They are often hard to predict, but their consequences may be reduced by taking the right precautions. In this sense, hydraulic infrastructures, such as dams, are generally the most widely used management elements to significantly mitigate this natural risk. However, others, such as linear ones, mainly ditches and canals, can both in themselves be potentially active risk-generating factors and vectors of flooding risk propagation. The aim of this research is to develop an accurate and detailed technique for assessing the intrinsic risk of these infrastructures due to flood events. This is performed based on two key factors: the proximity to urban areas and the water level reached in the infrastructures. Consequently, this research is developed through a double geomatic and hydraulic component organized into four steps: topological processing, parameter computation, risk calculation, and development of the Risk Colored Snake (RCS) technique. This was successfully applied to the network of irrigation ditches of Almoradí in Alicante (Spain), which is characterized by a high exposure level to flood hazards. RCS is a valuable tool to easily assess the potential risk of each section of the linear hydraulic infrastructures. By means of color-coding RCS, it is simpler for the end user to quickly detect potentially problematic locations in an accurate and detailed manner.

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Cartografías para la acreditación del riesgo de inundaciones: SNCZI y PATRICOVA en la Comunidad Valenciana (España)

Cited by 4 publications

References 12 publications

Floods and Emergency Management: Elaboration of Integral Flood Maps Based on Emergency Calls (112)—Episode of September 2019 (Vega Baja del Segura, Alicante, Spain)

Floods and Emergency Management: Elaboration of Integral Flood Maps Based on Emergency Calls (112)—Episode of September 2019 (Vega Baja del Segura, Alicante, Spain)

Weathering Saharan dust beyond the Spanish Mediterranean Basin: An interdisciplinary dialogue

Risk Colored Snake (RCS): An Innovative Method for Evaluating Flooding Risk of Linear Hydraulic Infrastructures

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