Flood Inundation Modeling and Loss Estimation

Accurate spatial and temporal information of floods
are highly important for economic loss estimation and
to undertake various measures for flood disaster
mitigation. A distributed hydrologic model is an
effective tool to generate such information at high
spatio-temporal resolutions. Flood loss estimation is
required to facilitate the assessment of benefits of
flood protection. An integrated model for flood
simulation and loss estimation can play an important
role in flood risk analysis. Very little academic
literature exists on flood loss modeling. This book
presents the development and application of an
integrated and distributed model for inundation
simulation and damage estimation for real-world
application at river basin scale. The model can be of
help to decisions-makers many ways in weighing
various options for river basin planning and flood
management. It can help insurance companies in
devising adequate insurance policies for river basins
that are under potential threats from major floods.
The model can be viewed as a very useful tool in
decision making process for undertaking various
measures for flood disaster management.

Autorentext

Dr. Dushmanta Dutta is a Senior Lecturer at Monash University,Australia. He received Ph.D. from University of Tokyo and M.Eng.from AIT. His research interests are in water engineering withfocus on flood risk management, climate change impacts andmodeling of nutrients and sediments. He has led several researchprojects and published widely.

Klappentext

Accurate spatial and temporal information of floodsare highly important for economic loss estimation andto undertake various measures for flood disastermitigation. A distributed hydrologic model is aneffective tool to generate such information at highspatio-temporal resolutions. Flood loss estimation isrequired to facilitate the assessment of benefits offlood protection. An integrated model for floodsimulation and loss estimation can play an importantrole in flood risk analysis. Very little academicliterature exists on flood loss modeling. This bookpresents the development and application of anintegrated and distributed model for inundationsimulation and damage estimation for real-worldapplication at river basin scale. The model can be ofhelp to decisions-makers many ways in weighingvarious options for river basin planning and floodmanagement. It can help insurance companies indevising adequate insurance policies for river basinsthat are under potential threats from major floods.The model can be viewed as a very useful tool indecision making process for undertaking variousmeasures for flood disaster management.