The Relevance of Early-Warning Systems and Evacuations Plans for Risk Management

García, Carolina; Frigerio, Simone; Daehne, Alexander; Corsini, Alessandro; Sterlacchini, Simone

doi:10.1007/978-94-007-6769-0_13

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“…During flood events, emergency managers are responsible for protecting and/or evacuating large areas with little warning time and limited available data. A rapid, first‐order estimate of the flood inundation areas may help emergency managers to more efficiently allocate emergency response resources and to determine locations where more advanced hydrodynamic models are needed to provide more refined inundation estimates (Alfieri et al ., ; Garcia et al ., ; Prenger‐Berninghoff et al ., ). Because storms can occur over large regions, the spatial domain of the initial flood inundation estimates must be large, often requiring a basin or regional scale model.…”

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AutoRAPID: A Model for Prompt Streamflow Estimation and Flood Inundation Mapping over Regional to Continental Extents

Follum

Tavakoly

Niemann

et al. 2016

J American Water Resour Assoc

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This article couples two existing models to quickly generate flow and flood‐inundation estimates at high resolutions over large spatial extents for use in emergency response situations. Input data are gridded runoff values from a climate model, which are used by the Routing Application for Parallel computatIon of Discharge (RAPID) model to simulate flow rates within a vector river network. Peak flows in each river reach are then supplied to the AutoRoute model, which produces raster flood inundation maps. The coupled tool (AutoRAPID) is tested for the June 2008 floods in the Midwest and the April‐June 2011 floods in the Mississippi Delta. RAPID was implemented from 2005 to 2014 for the entire Mississippi River Basin (1.2 million river reaches) in approximately 45 min. Discretizing a 230,000‐km2 area in the Midwest and a 109,500‐km2 area in the Mississippi Delta into thirty‐nine 1° by 1° tiles, AutoRoute simulated a high‐resolution (~10 m) flood inundation map in 20 min for each tile. The hydrographs simulated by RAPID are found to perform better in reaches without influences from unrepresented dams and without backwater effects. Flood inundation maps using the RAPID peak flows vary in accuracy with F‐statistic values between 38.1 and 90.9%. Better performance is observed in regions with more accurate peak flows from RAPID and moderate to high topographic relief.

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confidence: 99%

AutoRAPID: A Model for Prompt Streamflow Estimation and Flood Inundation Mapping over Regional to Continental Extents

Follum

Tavakoly

Niemann

et al. 2016

J American Water Resour Assoc

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“…The former define a chain of actions, actors and resources that are required in order to be better prepared and to better respond in case of specific risk scenarios (Piatyszek and Karagiannis, 2012). The latter encompass the monitoring and identification of triggering factors for hazard events, which may be citizen-and technically based (Garcia et al, 2013). The overall aim is the activation of warning messages for the implementation of either active or passive temporary measures that reduce vulnerability and risk consequences (Rogers and Tsirkunov, 2010;Verkade and Werner, 2011).…”

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The connection between long-term and short-term risk management strategies: examples from land-use planning and emergency management in four European case studies

Prenger-Berninghoff¹,

Arevalo²,

Sprague³

et al. 2014

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Abstract. The need for continuous adaptation to complex and unforeseen events requires enhancing the links between planning and preparedness phases to reduce future risks in the most efficient way. In this context, the legal-administrative and cultural context has to be taken into account. This is why four case study areas of the CHANGES1 project (Nehoiu Valley in Romania, Ubaye Valley in France, Val Canale in Italy, and Wieprzówka catchment in Poland) serve as examples to highlight currently implemented risk management strategies for land-use planning and emergency preparedness. The strategies described in this paper were identified by means of exploratory and informal interviews in each study site. Results reveal that a dearth or, in very few cases, a weak link exists between spatial planners and emergency managers. Management strategies could benefit from formally intensifying coordination and cooperation between emergency services and spatial planning authorities. Moreover, limited financial funds urge for a more efficient use of resources and better coordination towards long-term activities. The research indicates potential benefits to establishing or, in some cases, strengthening this link and provides suggestions for further development in the form of information and decision support systems as a key connection point. Aside from the existent information systems for emergency management, it was found that a common platform, which integrates involvement of these and other relevant actors could enhance this connection and address expressed stakeholder needs. 1 Marie Curie ITN CHANGES – Changing Hydro-meteorological Risks as Analyzed by a New Generation of European Scientists.

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The connection between long-term and short-term risk management strategies for flood and landslide hazards: examples from land-use planning and emergency management in four European case studies

Prenger-Berninghoff

Arevalo

Sprague

et al. 2014

Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci.

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Abstract. Adaptation to complex and unforeseen events requires enhancing the links between planning and preparedness phases to reduce future risks in the most efficient way. In this context, the legal-administrative and cultural context has to be taken into account. This is why four case study areas of the CHANGES 1 project (Nehoiu Valley in Romania, Ubaye Valley in France, Val Canale in Italy, and Wieprzówka catchment in Poland) serve as examples to highlight currently implemented risk management strategies for land-use planning and emergency preparedness. The focus is particularly on flood and landslide hazards. The strategies described in this paper were identified by means of exploratory and informal interviews in each study site. Results reveal that a dearth or, in very few cases, a weak link exists between spatial planners and emergency managers. Management strategies could benefit from formally intensifying coordination and cooperation between emergency services and spatial planning authorities. Moreover, limited financial funds urge for a more efficient use of resources and better coordination towards long-term activities. The research indicates potential benefits to establishing or, in some cases, strengthening this link through contextual changes, e.g., in organizational or administrative structures, that facilitate proper interaction between 1 Marie Curie ITN CHANGES -Changing Hydrometeorological Risks as Analyzed by a New Generation of European Scientists risk management and spatial planning. It also provides suggestions for further development in the form of information and decision support systems as a key connection point.

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The Relevance of Early-Warning Systems and Evacuations Plans for Risk Management

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AutoRAPID: A Model for Prompt Streamflow Estimation and Flood Inundation Mapping over Regional to Continental Extents

AutoRAPID: A Model for Prompt Streamflow Estimation and Flood Inundation Mapping over Regional to Continental Extents

The connection between long-term and short-term risk management strategies: examples from land-use planning and emergency management in four European case studies

The connection between long-term and short-term risk management strategies for flood and landslide hazards: examples from land-use planning and emergency management in four European case studies

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