Environmental Impact Assessment and Hydraulic Modelling of Different Flood Protection Measures
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Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Radlinského 11, 810 05 Bratislava, Slovakia
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Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Technical University of Košice, Vysokoškolská 4, 042 00 Košice, Slovakia
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Department of Water and Water Structures Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Zagazig University, Zagazig 44 519, Egypt
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Civil Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Shaqra University, Dawadmi 11911, Saudi Arabia
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Water 2021, 13(6), 786; https://doi.org/10.3390/w13060786
Received: 20 February 2021 / Revised: 9 March 2021 / Accepted: 10 March 2021 / Published: 13 March 2021
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Assessment and Management of Flood Risk in Urban Areas)
The most appropriate method to protect settlements and economically important sites from flood hazard, is the implementation of flood protection measures in stream catchments and protected localities, which contribute to reduce the peak flow and distribution of the flood wave over a longer period of time. If such measures are not realistic or ineffective, it is necessary to focus on flood protection directly on the area of the protected side or its vicinity. Where the lag time between the flood threat detection and actual flood onset is short, one possible measure is to increase the capacity of the watercourse, very often in combination with other flood mitigation measures in the protected area. The engineering approach to flood protection is the subject of many scientific research studies. Permission for flood protection structures depends on their environmental impact assessment (EIA), according to Law no. 24/2002 Coll. on Environmental Impact Assessment in the Slovak Republic, annex no. 8 (list of activities subject to EIA). Based on the EIA, it is possible to select the best alternative of flood protection, i.e., the alternative with the lowest risk impact on the environment. This paper aims to analyse the flood protection measures along the Lukavica stream (central Slovakia), applying hydraulic models. The best alternative with the lowest impact on the environment, assessed using the risk analysis method, consists of detention reservoir construction. An effective combination of environmental impact assessment and hydraulic modelling contribute to the selection of an effective flood protection measure in the territory.
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Keywords:
flood protection; environmental impact assessment; detention reservoir design; numerical modelling; field measurements; digital terrain model
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Šoltész, A.; Zeleňáková, M.; Čubanová, L.; Šugareková, M.; Abd-Elhamid, H. Environmental Impact Assessment and Hydraulic Modelling of Different Flood Protection Measures. Water 2021, 13, 786. https://doi.org/10.3390/w13060786
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Šoltész A, Zeleňáková M, Čubanová L, Šugareková M, Abd-Elhamid H. Environmental Impact Assessment and Hydraulic Modelling of Different Flood Protection Measures. Water. 2021; 13(6):786. https://doi.org/10.3390/w13060786
Chicago/Turabian StyleŠoltész, Andrej, Martina Zeleňáková, Lea Čubanová, Mária Šugareková, and Hany Abd-Elhamid. 2021. "Environmental Impact Assessment and Hydraulic Modelling of Different Flood Protection Measures" Water 13, no. 6: 786. https://doi.org/10.3390/w13060786
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