Classifying Flash Flood Disasters From Disaster‐Prone Environments to Support Mitigation Measures

• Published in: Water resources research Vol. 61; no. 4
• Main Authors: Zhai, Xiaoyan, Zhang, Yongyong, Zhang, Yongqiang, Liu, Ronghua, Liu, Changjun, Zhang, Xiaoxiang, Chen, Yuehong, Wang, Xiekang, Wright, Nigel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.04.2025; Wiley
• Subjects: Afforestation; Alpine regions; Catchment scale; China; classification; Cluster analysis; Construction; Dam construction; Damage; Decision making; Disaster management; Disasters; disaster‐prone environment; Economics; Emergency preparedness; flash flood disasters; Flash flood warnings; Flash flooding; Flash floods; Flood control; Flood damage; Flood forecasting; Flood management; flood mitigation measures; Flood prevention; Floods; formation mechanisms; Mitigation; Monitoring systems; Multivariate analysis; Natural disasters; Ordination; ordination techniques; Precipitation; Prevention; rain; Rainfall; Retention capacity; Rivers; socioeconomics; water; Watersheds; China

Spatiotemporal heterogeneities in climatic, physiographic, and socio‐economic environments cause complex and varied formation mechanisms in flash flood disasters. However, previous studies were usually conducted at event or catchment scale in specific environments. Investigation on disaster formatio...