Quantitative flood hazard assessment methods: A review

• Published in: Journal of flood risk management Vol. 16; no. 1
• Main Authors: Maranzoni, Andrea, D'Oria, Marco, Rizzo, Carmine
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.03.2023; John Wiley & Sons, Inc; Wiley
• Subjects: case studies; Classification; Climate change; Contamination; Councils; Dams; Debris flow; Empirical analysis; Environmental risk; Flood damage; flood hazard assessment; flood hazard mapping; Flood hazards; flood inundation modelling; Flood mapping; Flood risk; flood risk management; Flooding; Floods; Flow velocity; Hazard assessment; hazard characterization; hazard index; hazard rating; Hydraulics; hydrodynamics; Hydrology; Indicators; Levees; mass movement; Methods; Overflow; people; Pollution load; Quantitative analysis; risk; risk management; rivers; Sediment load; sediments; Spatial distribution; Storm damage; systematic review

Flood hazard assessment is a fundamental step in flood risk mapping. Quantitative assessment requires hydrodynamic modelling of the flooding process in order to calculate the spatial distribution of suitable flood hazard indicators representative of flooding intensity and frequency, hence its potent...