A - Flood Prediction and Mitigation Flashcards
List one improvement suggested by UNEP for flood warnings.
Improved rainfall and snow-pack estimates.
What type of information should be better incorporated into flood risk assessment models?
Human populations, infrastructure, elevation, and stream channels.
What is needed for better flood warning information sharing?
Timely sharing among forecasters, agencies, relief organizations, and the public.
What international cooperation is recommended for flood forecasting?
Sharing meteorological and hydrological information among countries in international basins.
What technology sharing is recommended by UNEP?
Among all agencies involved in flood forecasting and risk assessment worldwide.
What does emergency flood action involve?
Removal of people and property; flood-fighting techniques like sandbags.
What is floodproofing?
Sealing walls, adjusting sewers with valves, covering buildings and machinery.
What are loss-sharing adjustments for floods?
Disaster aid and insurance.
Define disaster aid.
Aid such as money, equipment, staff, and assistance after a disaster.
What is a limitation of insurance as a flood loss-sharing strategy?
Lack of availability in poor countries and underinsurance.
What are event modification adjustments?
Environmental control and hazard-resistant design.
What is flood abatement?
Decreasing run-off to reduce flood peaks in drainage basins.
List one method of flood abatement.
Reforestation.
How does contour ploughing help in flood abatement?
Reduces run-off coefficient.
What is flood diversion?
Measures like levees, reservoirs, and river channel modification to manage floods.
