Developing the capacity of extension and advisory organizations to support flash flooding adaptation: A case study from Bangladesh

Kamruzzaman, Md; Daniell, Katherine A.; Chowdhury, Ataharul

doi:10.1016/j.envc.2023.100723

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“…For example, in October 2011, central Thailand experienced the worst flooding in 50 years, submerging tens of thousands of hectares of farmland, causing tens of thousands of people to evacuate their homes, and turning the districts of Ayutthaya, Pathum Thani, and Nakhon Sawan, just north of Bangkok, into swamp [5]. Floods in Bangladesh in 2019 resulted in the destruction of some 30,000 houses, the total destruction of four dams, and the inundation of 8200 hectares of land, killing 75 people and affecting 6 million people [6]. In August 2022 Pakistan's heavy rainfall resulted in 1033 deaths and 1527 injuries, and many of the rivers within its borders have reached extraordinarily high water levels [7].…”

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A Novel Modeling Approach to Quantify the Flood Resilience of Cities

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et al. 2024

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In recent years, large-scale flood events have occurred more frequently, and the concept of resilience has become a prevalent approach to managing flood risk in many regions. This has led to an increased interest in how to effectively measure a city’s flood resilience levels. This study proposes a novel modeling approach to quantify urban flood resilience by developing D-number theory and analytical hierarchy process (AHP) models, which are applied to three cities in China using the VIse Kriterijumski Optimizacioni Racun (VIKOR) method. The findings reveal that Hefei City has the most effective level of flood resilience, Hangzhou City was ranked second, while Zhengzhou City has the least effective level of flood resilience. This study provides a new scientific basis on how to quantify flood resilience at the city scale and provides a useful reference for these three specific cities. The methods and approaches developed in this study have the potential to be applied to other cities and in the related aspects of disaster prevention, recovery, and reconstruction.

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