Pwalugu Multipurpose Dam: Beneficial for Local Communities too?: A System Dynamics perspective on the costs and benefits of the construction and operation of the Pwalugu Multipurpose Dam on local and national levels

Flood mitigation through optimal operation of a multi-reservoir system by using model predictive control: A case study in Myanmar

Managing a multi-reservoir system is complicated, due to conflicting interests among various objectives. This study proposes an optimization-based approach for the operations of a multi-reservoir system. An advanced real-time control technique, Model Predictive Control (MPC), is adopted to control a multi-reservoir system with two control...

Framework for assessing the performance of flood adaptation innovations using a risk-based approach

The application of risk-based approaches for the design of flood infrastructure has become increasingly common in flood management. This approach, based on risk reduction and reliability, is used to assess the performance of conventional interventions (e.g., flood defences and dams) and to support decisions regarding their implementation....

Global Flood Hazard Reduction by Foreshore Vegetation

Global flood exposure simulations show that about 600 million people, of which 320 million in urban areas, are at risk to the impacts of global sea-level rise and changing storm intensity and frequency. Increasing availability of data and computational efficiency enables to assess flood hazard on a global scale. Implementation of salt marshes...

Flood Safety in the Clarence Valley: Feasibility study into flood mitigation measures to make 'Room for the River'

The Clarence River catchment is located in the state of New South Wales (NSW), on the east coast of Australia. The lower Clarence Valley is an area covering approximately 1000 square kilometers and is located on the downstream part of the Clarence River. Due to heavy rainfall, the Clarence River discharge can increase from an average 160 m3/s to...

Room for Rivers: Risk Reduction by Enhancing the Flood Conveyance Capacity of The Netherlands’ Large Rivers

The Netherlands has just finished implementing the Room for the Rivers program along the Rhine and Meuse Rivers in response to increasing river discharges. Recently, making more room for the river is, however, being challenged for future application because the flood defenses are assessed to be too weak and will need reinforcement anyway. To be...

Dam break modelling, risk assessment and uncertainty analysis for flood mitigation

In this thesis a range of modelling techniques is explored to deal effectively with flood risk management. In particular, attention is paid to floods caused by failure of hydraulic structures such as dams and dikes. The methods considered here are applied for simulating dam and dike failure events, flood water routing in downstream areas, and...

Central provinces initiative, partnership to mitigate natural disasters in Central Vietnam: Summary report

Evaluation on mitigation of natural disasters, mainly floods, in Central Vietnam, results of the findings of the mission, policy planning, disaster response, sustainability, donor response, prioritized list of mitigation projects, empowerment of communities that live with floods,