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Flood Risks, Vulnerability and Governance

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainability in Geographic Science".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 October 2020) | Viewed by 14461

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dimitrios Stathis

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Laboratory of Mountainous Water Management and Control, Department of Forest and Water engineering, Faculty of Forestry and Natural Environment, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Interests: watershed management; flood risk analysis; climate change and water resources
Dr. Aristeidis Kastridis

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Laboratory of Mountainous Water Management and Control, Department of Forest and Water engineering, Faculty of Forestry and Natural Environment, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Interests: forest technical works; hydrological and hydraulic modeling; soil erosion; flood prevent works; mountainous water management and control; flood monitoring

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Flood risk management constitutes a key issue throughout the world, at a regional as well as national level, influencing human lives and activities. The majority of floods are unlikely to be fully predicted, but it is feasible to reduce the intensity, vulnerability, and the resulting risks, through appropriate infrastructure management, construction plans, and governance. The continuously increasing trend of flash flood phenomena and their devastating effects worldwide require constant improvements in flood risk management and modelling. These phenomena often have serious negative consequences for humans, such as infrastructure, property, and crops destruction, with significant financial cost for repairs/restoration/rehabilition, and sometimes human lives are lost. Over the past years, considerable effort has been made to predict flood risk and to simulate flood events, using hydrological and hydraulic models and estimate the flood vulnerability. However, these models require a large rainfall time series, reliable stream flow, and rainfall data, which, in most areas, are not available, especially in medium- and small-scale watersheds. To overcome these practical difficulties, scientists and policy makers throughout the world use many different methodologies in order to estimate flood risk and vulnerability.

Within this frame, the Special Issue of Sustainability, “Flood Risk, Vulnerability, and Governance”, calls for innovative research papers, case studies, and applied flood management strategies that will advance and improve the knowledge that concerns the relation between the flood risk and human interference in natural environment, watershed, floodplain, and river management. Also, we welcome papers within the topics of innovative flood mapping and modelling, flood risk infrastructure and planning, improvement of flood management system and reducing flood risk, enhancing public safety, and innovative flood emergency warnings.

Prof. Dr. Dimitrios Stathis
Dr. Aristeidis Kastridis
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • flood risk management
  • flood vulnerability
  • flash flood
  • hydraulic modelling
  • hydrological modeling
  • floodplain management
  • flood policies

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COVID-19, Storms, and Floods: Impacts of Tropical Storm Cristobal in the Western Sector of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
by Oscar Frausto-Martínez, Cesar Daniel Aguilar-Becerra, Orlando Colín-Olivares, Gabriel Sánchez-Rivera, Adel Hafsi, Alex Fernando Contreras-Tax and Wilberth David Uhu-Yam
Sustainability 2020, 12(23), 9925; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su12239925 - 27 Nov 2020
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The presence of extreme hydrometeorological threats has co-occurred with the COVID-19 pandemic, increasing the potential risk of a disaster scenario occurring. The hurricane “Cristobal”, which impacted Mexico’s tropical regions, presented a high risk of contagion and death caused by the combined effects of [...] Read more.
The presence of extreme hydrometeorological threats has co-occurred with the COVID-19 pandemic, increasing the potential risk of a disaster scenario occurring. The hurricane “Cristobal”, which impacted Mexico’s tropical regions, presented a high risk of contagion and death caused by the combined effects of violent winds, floods, and evacuations. This work aims to determine whether the presence of concurrent events during the pandemic caused an increase in confirmed positive COVID-19 cases in the Yucatan Peninsula’s western sector. To achieve this, a numerical analysis and identification of the tropical storm’s extreme characteristics were conducted. Next, a combined analysis of the territorial system subject to flooding and the rainfall level reported during the emergency period was conducted at the municipal level. The third phase consisted of analyzing the confirmed positive cases of COVID-19 at the municipal level on four strategic dates (before, during, observation, and end of the emergency period). Finally, a content analysis of the emergency bulletins, action guides, and disaster declarations was carried out to identify the measures and adaptations implemented during the pandemic. It is recognized that emergency management measures were implemented for municipalities with more than 30 confirmed positive cases of COVID-19 and where the shelter capacity was reduced. Protocols for caring for people were followed, these being one of the leading adaptive methods. From the analyzed data, it can be pointed out that there is no direct evidence for an increase in positive COVID-19 cases in 10 of the municipalities. However, in the case of the municipality of Escarcega, there was a sudden increase in cases from June 8, which continues to grow. Therefore, it is necessary to deepen the study of multiple events to recognize the actions that can prevent catastrophes in these times of crisis. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Flood Risks, Vulnerability and Governance)
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Flood Risk Assessment for the Long-Term Strategic Planning Considering the Placement of Industrial Parks in Slovakia
by Henrich Grežo, Matej Močko, Martin Izsóff, Gréta Vrbičanová, František Petrovič, Jozef Straňák, Zlatica Muchová, Martina Slámová, Branislav Olah and Ivo Machar
Sustainability 2020, 12(10), 4144; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su12104144 - 19 May 2020
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The intention of the article is to demonstrate how data from historical maps might be applied in the process of flood risk assessment in peri-urban zones located in floodplains and be complementary datasets to the national flood maps. The research took place in [...] Read more.
The intention of the article is to demonstrate how data from historical maps might be applied in the process of flood risk assessment in peri-urban zones located in floodplains and be complementary datasets to the national flood maps. The research took place in two industrial parks near the rivers Žitava and Nitra in the town of Vráble (the oldest industrial park in Slovakia) and the city of Nitra (one of the largest industrial parks in Slovakia, which is still under construction concerning the Jaguar Land Rover facility). The historical maps from the latter half of the 18th and 19th centuries and from the 1950s of the 20th century, as well as the field data on floods gained with the GNSSS receiver in 2010 and the Q100 flood line of the national flood maps (2017), were superposed in geographic information systems. The flood map consists of water flow simulation by a mathematical hydrodynamic model which is valid only for the current watercourse. The comparison of historical datasets with current data indicated various transformations and shifts of the riverbanks over the last 250 years. The results proved that the industrial parks were built up on traditionally and extensively used meadows and pastures through which branched rivers flowed in the past. Recent industrial constructions intensified the use of both territories and led to the modifications of riverbeds and shortening of the watercourse length. Consequently, the river flow energy increased, and floods occurred during torrential events in 2010. If historical maps were respected in the creation of the flood maps, the planned construction of industrial parks in floodplains could be limited or forbidden in the spatial planning documentation. This study confirmed that the flood modelling using the Q100 flood lines does not provide sufficient arguments for investment development groups, and flood maps might be supplied with the data derived from historical maps. The proposed methodology represents a simple, low cost, and effective way of identifying possible flood-prone areas and preventing economic losses and other damages. Full article
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Framework of Spatial Flood Risk Assessment for a Case Study in Quang Binh Province, Vietnam
by Chinh Luu, Hieu Xuan Tran, Binh Thai Pham, Nadhir Al-Ansari, Thai Quoc Tran, Nga Quynh Duong, Nam Hai Dao, Lam Phuong Nguyen, Huu Duy Nguyen, Huong Thu Ta, Hiep Van Le and Jason von Meding
Sustainability 2020, 12(7), 3058; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su12073058 - 10 Apr 2020
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Vietnam has been extensively affected by floods, suffering heavy losses in human life and property. While the Vietnamese government has focused on structural measures of flood defence such as levees and early warning systems, the country still lacks flood risk assessment methodologies and [...] Read more.
Vietnam has been extensively affected by floods, suffering heavy losses in human life and property. While the Vietnamese government has focused on structural measures of flood defence such as levees and early warning systems, the country still lacks flood risk assessment methodologies and frameworks at local and national levels. In response to this gap, this study developed a flood risk assessment framework that uses historical flood mark data and a high-resolution digital elevation model to create an inundation map, then combined this map with exposure and vulnerability data to develop a holistic flood risk assessment map. The case study is the October 2010 flood event in Quang Binh province, which caused 74 deaths, 210 injuries, 188,628 flooded properties, 9019 ha of submerged and damaged agricultural land, and widespread damages to canals, levees, and roads. The final flood risk map showed a total inundation area of 64,348 ha, in which 8.3% area of low risk, 16.3% area of medium risk, 12.0% area of high risk, 37.1% area of very high risk, and 26.2% area of extremely high risk. The holistic flood risk assessment map of Quang Binh province is a valuable tool and source for flood preparedness activities at the local scale. Full article
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