In recent years the number of people affected by flooding processes increases up to the point whe... more In recent years the number of people affected by flooding processes increases up to the point where the organizational structure of urban communities threatens to experience the significant direct and indirect damages. The vulnerability to flooding processes due to sophisticated assets is high and the assessment of flood resilience becomes the main direction to follow within integrated flood risk management. This paper takes a first step in bringing resilience in integrated flood risk management through a framework that is employing five dimensions in order to evaluate the level of disturbance and ability to preserve and function during and after the flooding on one side and connected with the flood risk management cycle on the other side. The method recognizes different scales and functions within the urban system. The application is done on city of Nice taking into account existing flooding processes, economic, social and institutional characteristics.
Urban flooding processes have a significant impact on urban systems and urban communities. Floods... more Urban flooding processes have a significant impact on urban systems and urban communities. Floods are qualified as one of the most frequent hazard, especially in Asia. The population exposed to floods is doubled in the past decade. An economic impact caused by floods has a notable influence on national GDP. The priority of new strategies within flood risk management focuses on reduction of flood impact, short the recovery time and capacity building of human resources. Existing flood risk management frameworks in Asian and European countries are developed based on different principles and focusing on different goals. Research presented in this paper investigates flood risk management frameworks in the case study areas and evaluates their maturity level based on three key elements of flood risk: flood hazard, vulnerability and exposure. Considering the diversity of different frameworks the unique methodology is developed in order to evaluate on both Asian and European flood risk management frameworks. The concept of readiness and maturity associated with a specific grading scale is used. The research is done within CORFU project, an interdisciplinary international project founded by the European Union under the 7 research framework -FP7 -that looks at advanced and new strategies to provide adequate measures for improved flood management in Europe and Asian case studies.
Approach developed within functional analysis regarding flooding processes in urban areas
"The paper deals with the concept of modelling complex urban systems in ... more "The paper deals with the concept of modelling complex urban systems in order to achieve a higher level of flood resilience and their sustainability assessed using a systems approach. It also contributes in bringing resilience into practice based on groundbreaking methodology developed under functional analysis approach. Research is done with CORFU project (www.corfu7.eu) that is developed under the 7th Framework Program. There are nine case studies within the project. Chosen cities in Europe and Asia have history of urban flooding, differences in existing flood management measures and approaches. Existing urban flood risk management recognizes that flooding processes cannot be stopped from occurring. Therefore the management of the flooding consequences should be beyond than existing structural solutions. The multidisciplinary approach where measures are incorporated along with social, environmental, economic, stakeholders and decision maker’s participation is provided within the resilience concept. The benefits of this concept are significant in overall damage caused by flood, social and economic recovery after flood, etc. Methodology characterized by efficiency in implementation is developed under the approach of functional analysis. This approach starts with definition of objective and higher level functions of the system. The approach uses perceptive logic to foster a high level or objective function into secondary and lower level functions that are displayed in a logic diagram called a Functional Analysis System Technique (FAST) model. "
In recent years the number of people affected by flooding processes increases up to the point whe... more In recent years the number of people affected by flooding processes increases up to the point where the organizational structure of urban communities threatens to experience the significant direct and indirect damages. The vulnerability to flooding processes due to sophisticated assets is high and the assessment of flood resilience becomes the main direction to follow within integrated flood risk management. This paper takes a first step in bringing resilience in integrated flood risk management through a framework that is employing five dimensions in order to evaluate the level of disturbance and ability to preserve and function during and after the flooding on one side and connected with the flood risk management cycle on the other side. The method recognizes different scales and functions within the urban system. The application is done on city of Nice taking into account existing flooding processes, economic, social and institutional characteristics.
Début décembre 2003, le grand quart sud-est de la France a été touché par plusieurs épisodes pluv... more Début décembre 2003, le grand quart sud-est de la France a été touché par plusieurs épisodes pluvieux intenses qui ont affecté une très large surface du bassin versant du Rhône. Ces précipitations ont générés des crues de caractères exceptionnels pour les fleuves méditerranéens des Bouches-du-Rhône à l'Hérault et ont exposé les populations à de graves inondations. Entre le 2 et le 5 décembre 2003, le Rhône a connu une crue exceptionnelle estimée à 11500m 3 /s à Beaucaire. Cet événement a causé des dégâts très importants en particulier dans le secteur de Tarascon et Arles qui a subi les dommages les plus importants. Dans ce secteur, l'inondation a été provoquée par la défaillance des trémies de deux passages souterrains situés sous le remblai de la voie ferrée construite en 1845. Les volumes se sont répandus dans la plaine du Trébon, en direction d'Arles et de Tarascon. Le secteur touché par l'inondation correspond à un domaine urbain et industriel qui n'avait historiquement jamais connu de phénomène d'une telle cette ampleur. La réalisation des passages souterrains et la défaillance de leur protection ont remis en cause la fonction de plusieurs ouvrages de protection. L'inondation du secteur Arles -Tarascon a été causée par la défaillance trémies dont la conception n'a pas respecté les hypothèses de dimensionnement habituellement utilisées depuis 1858. Cet évènement démontre la difficulté de maintenir et d'assurer dans le temps le respect des règles de dimensionnements. De même, cette inondation subie par plus de 10000 personnes impose d'intégrer une information à propos de ce type d'évènement dans les secteurs protégés par des ouvrages.
Floods in asia represent the first natural hazard. During the last five years, major events have ... more Floods in asia represent the first natural hazard. During the last five years, major events have affected more than 600 millions in asian countries and constitute one of the main obstacles to the economic and social developments. In order to address part of the flooding challenge, the use of Ict can be promoted according to the type of flooding and local situation of It environment. In a very classical approach like the scaDa systems, most of the decision making process takes place after a centralization of data and some simulations produced by one or several models. In such case, the reaction time requests at least several tens of minutes which are already longer than the flooding process that may append in less than 10 minutes after the start of the rain. the ubiFLOOD project deals with implementation of ubiquitous computing in flood warning and forecasting systems in different asian background and the aim of the ubiFLOOD project is to implement ubiquitous solutions in the existing flood warning and forecasting systems. as an outcome, the framework will be developed with the main purpose to alert the population regarding flood alert. since ubiquitous computing in flood warning systems is not widely applied in asia, the new proposed solution within the framework should result in better operational organization and management of warning systems.
The problem of flooding in urban areas is a more and more challenging issues for the growing urba... more The problem of flooding in urban areas is a more and more challenging issues for the growing urban environments. According to type of flooding, local legal and technical framework, various answers to the risks are provided by communities. In order to improve ...
In recent years the number of people affected by flooding processes increases up to the point whe... more In recent years the number of people affected by flooding processes increases up to the point where the organizational structure of urban communities threatens to experience the significant direct and indirect damages. The vulnerability to flooding processes due to sophisticated assets is high and the assessment of flood resilience becomes the main direction to follow within integrated flood risk management. This paper takes a first step in bringing resilience in integrated flood risk management through a framework that is employing five dimensions in order to evaluate the level of disturbance and ability to preserve and function during and after the flooding on one side and connected with the flood risk management cycle on the other side. The method recognizes different scales and functions within the urban system. The application is done on city of Nice taking into account existing flooding processes, economic, social and institutional characteristics.
In recent years the number of people affected by flooding processes increases up to the point whe... more In recent years the number of people affected by flooding processes increases up to the point where the organizational structure of urban communities threatens to experience the significant direct and indirect damages. The vulnerability to flooding processes due to sophisticated assets is high and the assessment of flood resilience becomes the main direction to follow within integrated flood risk management. This paper takes a first step in bringing resilience in integrated flood risk management through a framework that is employing five dimensions in order to evaluate the level of disturbance and ability to preserve and function during and after the flooding on one side and connected with the flood risk management cycle on the other side. The method recognizes different scales and functions within the urban system. The application is done on city of Nice taking into account existing flooding processes, economic, social and institutional characteristics.
Urban flooding processes have a significant impact on urban systems and urban communities. Floods... more Urban flooding processes have a significant impact on urban systems and urban communities. Floods are qualified as one of the most frequent hazard, especially in Asia. The population exposed to floods is doubled in the past decade. An economic impact caused by floods has a notable influence on national GDP. The priority of new strategies within flood risk management focuses on reduction of flood impact, short the recovery time and capacity building of human resources. Existing flood risk management frameworks in Asian and European countries are developed based on different principles and focusing on different goals. Research presented in this paper investigates flood risk management frameworks in the case study areas and evaluates their maturity level based on three key elements of flood risk: flood hazard, vulnerability and exposure. Considering the diversity of different frameworks the unique methodology is developed in order to evaluate on both Asian and European flood risk management frameworks. The concept of readiness and maturity associated with a specific grading scale is used. The research is done within CORFU project, an interdisciplinary international project founded by the European Union under the 7 research framework -FP7 -that looks at advanced and new strategies to provide adequate measures for improved flood management in Europe and Asian case studies.
Approach developed within functional analysis regarding flooding processes in urban areas
"The paper deals with the concept of modelling complex urban systems in ... more "The paper deals with the concept of modelling complex urban systems in order to achieve a higher level of flood resilience and their sustainability assessed using a systems approach. It also contributes in bringing resilience into practice based on groundbreaking methodology developed under functional analysis approach. Research is done with CORFU project (www.corfu7.eu) that is developed under the 7th Framework Program. There are nine case studies within the project. Chosen cities in Europe and Asia have history of urban flooding, differences in existing flood management measures and approaches. Existing urban flood risk management recognizes that flooding processes cannot be stopped from occurring. Therefore the management of the flooding consequences should be beyond than existing structural solutions. The multidisciplinary approach where measures are incorporated along with social, environmental, economic, stakeholders and decision maker’s participation is provided within the resilience concept. The benefits of this concept are significant in overall damage caused by flood, social and economic recovery after flood, etc. Methodology characterized by efficiency in implementation is developed under the approach of functional analysis. This approach starts with definition of objective and higher level functions of the system. The approach uses perceptive logic to foster a high level or objective function into secondary and lower level functions that are displayed in a logic diagram called a Functional Analysis System Technique (FAST) model. "
In recent years the number of people affected by flooding processes increases up to the point whe... more In recent years the number of people affected by flooding processes increases up to the point where the organizational structure of urban communities threatens to experience the significant direct and indirect damages. The vulnerability to flooding processes due to sophisticated assets is high and the assessment of flood resilience becomes the main direction to follow within integrated flood risk management. This paper takes a first step in bringing resilience in integrated flood risk management through a framework that is employing five dimensions in order to evaluate the level of disturbance and ability to preserve and function during and after the flooding on one side and connected with the flood risk management cycle on the other side. The method recognizes different scales and functions within the urban system. The application is done on city of Nice taking into account existing flooding processes, economic, social and institutional characteristics.
Début décembre 2003, le grand quart sud-est de la France a été touché par plusieurs épisodes pluv... more Début décembre 2003, le grand quart sud-est de la France a été touché par plusieurs épisodes pluvieux intenses qui ont affecté une très large surface du bassin versant du Rhône. Ces précipitations ont générés des crues de caractères exceptionnels pour les fleuves méditerranéens des Bouches-du-Rhône à l'Hérault et ont exposé les populations à de graves inondations. Entre le 2 et le 5 décembre 2003, le Rhône a connu une crue exceptionnelle estimée à 11500m 3 /s à Beaucaire. Cet événement a causé des dégâts très importants en particulier dans le secteur de Tarascon et Arles qui a subi les dommages les plus importants. Dans ce secteur, l'inondation a été provoquée par la défaillance des trémies de deux passages souterrains situés sous le remblai de la voie ferrée construite en 1845. Les volumes se sont répandus dans la plaine du Trébon, en direction d'Arles et de Tarascon. Le secteur touché par l'inondation correspond à un domaine urbain et industriel qui n'avait historiquement jamais connu de phénomène d'une telle cette ampleur. La réalisation des passages souterrains et la défaillance de leur protection ont remis en cause la fonction de plusieurs ouvrages de protection. L'inondation du secteur Arles -Tarascon a été causée par la défaillance trémies dont la conception n'a pas respecté les hypothèses de dimensionnement habituellement utilisées depuis 1858. Cet évènement démontre la difficulté de maintenir et d'assurer dans le temps le respect des règles de dimensionnements. De même, cette inondation subie par plus de 10000 personnes impose d'intégrer une information à propos de ce type d'évènement dans les secteurs protégés par des ouvrages.
Floods in asia represent the first natural hazard. During the last five years, major events have ... more Floods in asia represent the first natural hazard. During the last five years, major events have affected more than 600 millions in asian countries and constitute one of the main obstacles to the economic and social developments. In order to address part of the flooding challenge, the use of Ict can be promoted according to the type of flooding and local situation of It environment. In a very classical approach like the scaDa systems, most of the decision making process takes place after a centralization of data and some simulations produced by one or several models. In such case, the reaction time requests at least several tens of minutes which are already longer than the flooding process that may append in less than 10 minutes after the start of the rain. the ubiFLOOD project deals with implementation of ubiquitous computing in flood warning and forecasting systems in different asian background and the aim of the ubiFLOOD project is to implement ubiquitous solutions in the existing flood warning and forecasting systems. as an outcome, the framework will be developed with the main purpose to alert the population regarding flood alert. since ubiquitous computing in flood warning systems is not widely applied in asia, the new proposed solution within the framework should result in better operational organization and management of warning systems.
The problem of flooding in urban areas is a more and more challenging issues for the growing urba... more The problem of flooding in urban areas is a more and more challenging issues for the growing urban environments. According to type of flooding, local legal and technical framework, various answers to the risks are provided by communities. In order to improve ...
In recent years the number of people affected by flooding processes increases up to the point whe... more In recent years the number of people affected by flooding processes increases up to the point where the organizational structure of urban communities threatens to experience the significant direct and indirect damages. The vulnerability to flooding processes due to sophisticated assets is high and the assessment of flood resilience becomes the main direction to follow within integrated flood risk management. This paper takes a first step in bringing resilience in integrated flood risk management through a framework that is employing five dimensions in order to evaluate the level of disturbance and ability to preserve and function during and after the flooding on one side and connected with the flood risk management cycle on the other side. The method recognizes different scales and functions within the urban system. The application is done on city of Nice taking into account existing flooding processes, economic, social and institutional characteristics.
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