Coping With Flash Floods

by Gruntfest, Eve; Handmer, John

• ISBN13: 9780792368250
• ISBN10: 0792368258
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-02-01
• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Pub

Summary

The four parts of this book - The Problem, Managing the Problem (Mitigation), Managing the Problem (Warnings and Technology), and Related Hazards - is a collaborative effort across different boundaries and disciplines, identifying key challenges, areas of progress and opportunities. The book emphasises that it is the social science links that need most attention, viz ., research on warnings, warning response and risk communication. Further, the work must be seen in the context of sustainable policies, so that economic growth is not compromised and a longer term outlook is adopted.

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
Acknowledgements	xiii
List of Participants	xv
PART I: The Problem-Definitions, Vulnerabilities
Dealing With Flash Floods: Contemporary Issues and Future Possibilities	3	(8)
E. Gruntfest
J. Handmer
Impacts of Flash Floods	11	(4)
M. S. Petersen
Role of Education in Reducing Flash Flood Effects	15	(4)
M. Siudak
Hydrometeorology of Flash Floods	19	(18)
M. Kelsch
E. Caporali
L. G. Lanza
GIS and Social Vulnerability Analysis	37	(12)
B.E. Montz
T.A. Evans
Flash Flood Mitigation in Uganda, Equatorial East Africa	49	(4)
M. Farah
A Study of the Knowledge and Behavior of Brzesko Inhabitants After the Flood in 1997	53	(8)
R. Bogdanska-Warmuz
Features of Flash Floods Within Plain and Mountain Territory of Ukraine	61	(4)
O. Udovyk
Y. Yakovlev
A Hydro-Social Modeling Approach for Flash Flooding Alleviation	65	(12)
J. Ganoulis
PART II: Managing the Problem-Mitigation
Warning Systems for Flash Floods: Research Needs, Opportunities and Trends	77	(14)
J. Handmer
R. Henson
P. Sneeringer
R. Konieczny
P. Madej
Local Flood Hazard Reduction Plans in Poland - Problems and Perspectives	91	(12)
R. Konieczny
P. Madej
M. Siudak
The Integrated Approach to Flash Flood Management	103	(12)
M. Brilly
The Effectiveness of Engineering Geology in Coping with Flash Floods: A Systems Approach	115	(8)
S.G. Skias
Assessing the Effects and Effectiveness of Flash Flood Mitigation Strategies	123	(14)
B.E. Montz
PART III: Managing the Problem-Warnings and Technology
Overall Experience/System Design
The Killer Tornado Outbreak of 3 May 1999: Applications of OK-First in Rural Communities	137	(14)
K.C. Crawford
D.A. Morris
Revelations from 21 Years of Providing Flash Flood Warning Support in Denver, Colorado	151	(16)
K.G. Stewart
Beyond Flood Detection: Alternative Applications of Real-Time Data	167	(14)
E. Gruntfest
Monitoring, Detection, and Prediction
Hydrometeorological Characteristics of Flash Floods	181	(14)
M. Kelsch
Resonance of Scales as a Condition for Flash Floods on a Regional Domain	195	(8)
L.G. Lanza
A Distributed Hydrological Model of Flash-Floods	203	(16)
E. Caporali
Watershed Modeling with HEC-HMS (Hydrologic Engineering Centers - Hydrologic Modeling System) Using Spatially Distributed Rainfall	219	(12)
H.W. Dotson
Soil Moisture Observations for Flash Flood Research and Prediction	231	(12)
J.B. Basara
Decision-making, Dissemination and Warning
U.S. Flash Flood Warning Dissemination Via Radio and Television	243	(10)
R. Henson
Ranking Flash Flood Warnings: A Better Way to Relate Threat to the Public?	253	(6)
P. Sneeringer
PART IV: Related Hazards
Landslide Hazards Associated with Flash-Floods, with Examples from the December 1999 Disaster in Venezuela	259	(18)
M.C. Larsen
M.T. Vazquez Conde
R.A. Clark
Evaluation of Temporal and Spatial Factors that Control the Susceptibility to Rainfall-Triggered Landslides	277	(12)
M.C. Larsen
Heavy Rainfall Effects in Mexico During Early October 1999	289	(14)
M.T. Vazquez Conde
J. Lugo
L.G. Matias
PART V: Where Do We Go From Here?
The Flash Flood Laboratory at Colorado State University's Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere	303	(6)
E. Gruntfest
C.R. Adams
K.E. Eis
Improved Flash Flood Predictions	309	(8)
C.R. Adams
W.H. Hooke
Where We Go From Here: Policy and Research Recommendations	317
E. Gruntfest
J. Handmer