Flood risk management an illustrative approach

• Published in: International journal of disaster resilience in the built environment Vol. 7; no. 4; pp. 388 - 405
• Main Authors: Lummen, Natainia S., Shirozu, Hajime, Okada, Norio, Yamada, Fumihiko
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley Emerald Group Publishing Limited 12.09.2016
• Subjects: Collaboration; Communication; Communities; Community; Computer simulation; Decision analysis; Decision making; Decisions; Disaster risk; Disasters; Emergency communications systems; Environmental risk; Flood control; Flood data; Flood hazards; Flood insurance; Flood management; Flood mapping; Flooding; Floods; Graphs; Information dissemination; Information processing; Lead time; Local government; Precipitation; Rainfall; Real time; Risk; Risk management; Risk reduction; Rivers; Robustness (mathematics); Simulation; Time management; Websites; United States > US; Japan; Early warning; Participatory approaches; Disaster mitigation; Disaster prevention; Flooding; Natural disasters

Purpose In Kumamoto, Japan flood risk information is made available on several websites. In the event of heavy rainfall, local citizens need to access these websites and make household-level decisions. It is difficult for citizens to monitor all these sites, analyze and make effective decisions. Eva...