Flood Risk Assessment and Emergency Planning¿A Short Review

• Type: Chapter or Part of a Book
• Date: 2023

Authors

Alves, R (Author) Other; Jacqueline Castelo Branco (Author) FEUP; João Santos Baptista (Author) FEUP

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Authenticus ID: P-00X-71S

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-12547-8_49

Abstract (EN): Fluvial floods are one of the most dangerous natural hazards, affecting billions of people worldwide and causing significant social and economic damage. Flood risk assessment is crucial for understanding the level of risk of a given place, and emergency strategies are important to minimise the consequences of a fluvial flood. This work aims to identify the main flood risk assessment methods to understand which mitigation measures are applied in an urban context and which emergency measures are used to protect the affected population. This work was conducted following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analysis Statement guidelines. A total of ten combinations of keywords were used to search in two databases. Risk scenarios and risk indexes are the key risk assessment methods identified. Evacuation is the principal procedure adopted in emergency planning, and the main mitigation procedures are engineering and natural appliances with the transition to flood resilience in recent years. © 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific