Special Issue "Sustainable Flood Risk Management"

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A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2011)

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Guest Editor
Prof. Dr. Miklas Scholz
School of Computing, Science and Engineering, The University of Salford, Newton Building, Salford, Greater Manchester, M5 4WT, England, UK
Website: http://www.cse.salford.ac.uk/profile.php?profile=M.Scholz
E-Mail: m.scholz@salford.ac.uk
Phone: +44 161 295 5921
Interests: stormwater management; runoff control; filtration; wetlands; sustainable water management

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Dear Colleagues,

Floods can cause distress and damage wherever they happen. Flooding from rivers, reservoirs, estuaries and the sea threatens many communities across the world. An unusually high number of damaging floods have occurred in recent years due to climate change and lack of investment in flood protection. Flood events inundate residential and commercial properties harming local economics. Moreover, they disrupt the regional and even the national transport infrastructure.

The special issue aims to discuss examples of good practice in sustainable flood risk management; e.g., the implementation of sustainable (urban) drainage systems (SUDS) and sustainable flood retention basins (SFRB) to control flooding and diffuse pollution for small and large scale developments, respectively. All papers should highlight the importance of key sustainability principles and may provide an outlook on the future in terms of climate and weather changes.

The Editor accepts papers written in English and other major languages such as Mandarin, Spanish, French and German as long as the topics are of international importance and an additional abstract in English has been provided. Papers written in languages other than English have to be submitted together with the contact details of at least two additional referees competent in the language of the paper.

Prof. Dr. Miklas Scholz
Guest Editor

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Keywords

adaptation
climate change
diffuse pollution control
flood control
hydrology
risk management
river basin management
sustainable flood retention basins
sustainable (urban) drainage systems
wetland systems

Published Papers (3 papers)

Karin Hansson, Aron Larsson, Mats Danielson and Love Ekenberg

Article: Coping with Complex Environmental and Societal Flood Risk Management Decisions: An Integrated Multi-criteria Framework

Sustainability 2011, 3(9), 1357-1380; doi:10.3390/su3091357

Received: 26 May 2011; in revised form: 12 August 2011 / Accepted: 16 August 2011 / Published: 29 August 2011

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Miklas Scholz and Qinli Yang

Article: Novel Method to Assess the Risk of Dam Failure

Sustainability 2011, 3(11), 2200-2216; doi:10.3390/su3112200

Received: 11 November 2011 / Accepted: 14 November 2011 / Published: 16 November 2011

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Abstract: A new flexible, rapid and affordable risk assessment procedure was developed and verified for dams based on case studies in Scotland (UK) and the region of Baden (Germany). A database of six different sustainable flood retention basin (SFRB) types with varying flood control potential has been developed. In Scotland, there are a relatively high number of current and former large drinking water reservoirs which could contribute to flood management control. In comparison, purpose-built and relatively small SFRB, which are predominantly used for flood control, dominate the landscape in Baden. Moreover, 13 out of 149 SFRB have recently been upgraded, and 11 new SFRB have been built since 2006. Both the estimated hazard and risk are small in comparison to those found in the flood infrastructure in Scotland. The study assesses a rapid screening tool developed to estimate the Dam Condition and the corresponding Dam Failure Hazard and Dam Failure Risk. Most SFRB in Baden have a relatively poor Dam Condition, high Dam Failure Hazard but low Dam Failure Risk compared to those in Scotland. Findings show that Baden is more advanced in flood defence management as well as adaptation to climate change.

Deutscher Titel: Neue Methode zur Beurteilung des Risikos eines Dammbruches
Zusammenfassung: Eine neue, flexible, schnelle und preisgünstige Methode zur Risokobeurteilung von Dämmen wurde entwickelt und getestet, die auf Fallbeispielen in Schottland (Vereinigtes Königreich) und der Region Baden (Deutschland) basiert. Eine Datenbank von sechs verschiedenen Typen nachhaltiger Hochwasserrückhaltebecken (NHRB) mit unterschiedlichem Hochwasserrückhaltevermögen wurde entwickelt. Eine relativ hohe Anzahl von gegenwärtigen und ehemaligen großen Trinkwassertalsperren, die zur Hochwasserschutzkontolle verwandt werden könnten, befinden sich in Schottland. Zweckmäßig gebaute und relativ kleine NHRB, die hauptsächlich für den Hochwasserschutz verwendet werden, dominieren hingegen die Landschaft in Baden. Darüber hinaus wurden 13 von 149 NHRB kürzlich renoviert und seit 2006 wurden 11 neue NHRB gebaut. Sowohl die geschätzte Gefahr als auch das Risiko sind im Vergleich zu den Parametern, die für die Hochwasserschutzinfrastruktur in Schottland gefunden worden sind, klein. Die Studie untersucht ein zeitsparendes Instrument zur Beurteilung des Dammzustandes, der Dammbruchgefahr und des Dammbruchrisikos. Die meisten NHRB in Baden haben relativ geringe Werte bezüglich des Dammzustandes, hohe Werte für Dammbruchgefahr und niedrige Werte bezüglich des Dammbruchrisikos im Vergleich zu NHRB in Schottland. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass Baden im Hochwasserschutz vorne liegt und daher dem Klimawechsel besser angepasst ist.

Jonas Olsson, Lars Gidhagen, Valentin Gamerith, Günter Gruber, Holger Hoppe and Peter Kutschera

Article: Downscaling of Short-Term Precipitation from Regional Climate Models for Sustainable Urban Planning

Sustainability 2012, 4(5), 866-887; doi:10.3390/su4050866

Received: 26 March 2012; in revised form: 23 April 2012 / Accepted: 24 April 2012 / Published: 4 May 2012

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Last update: 15 May 2012

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