Areas at Risk – Concept and Methods for Urban Flood Risk Assessment
A Case Study of Santiago de Chile
By (author) Annemarie Müller
Paperback (Published)
(January 2012)
ISBN: 9783515100922
6.69 x 9.49 inches
Price: $80.00
On back order
Urban expansion and associated land-use changes increase both flood hazards and exposure. This book provides a conceptual and methodological framework for the analysis of urban flood risk in dynamic and complex settings, and proposes a comprehensive, system-oriented, integrated approach for its assessment. The risk assessment is carried out using case-specific indicators on the sub-city scale in two municipalities of Santiago de Chile. Relevant information is derived from various geodata sources, and together with explorative scenarios, is used to estimate future risk development. All data about hazard, elements at risk, and their vulnerability are compiled to a GIS-based risk map to join the risk-relevant components, to show their interrelations, and to provide a tool for monitoring and evaluating their changes over time. Finally, previous deficits in flood risk prevention and mitigation are outlined and recommendations on risk reduction are made.
Annemarie Muller studierte Geographie an der Friedrich-Schiller-Universitat Jena und an der Dalhousie University in Halifax, Kanada. Nach Ihrer Abschlussarbeit uber die Bewertung sozialer Verwundbarkeit die sie am International Institute for Earth Observation and Geo-Information in Enschede, den Niederlanden, schrieb begann Sie Ihre Doktorarbeit uber urbane Hochwasserrisikobewertung am Helmholtz-Zentrum fur Umweltforschung. Dort ist Sie weiterhin als Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin tatig. Annemarie Muller studied geography at the University of Jena, Germany and Dalhousie University of Halifax, Canada. After finishing her MSc thesis on vulnerability assessment at the ITC Enschede, the Netherlands, she started working on her PhD on urban flood risk assessment at the Helmholtz-Zentrum fur Umweltforschung (UFZ) Leipzig, Germany, where she has been working as a scientific collaborator since.
- By (author) Annemarie Müller
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