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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 149-158 |
| Journal | Environmental Science and Policy |
| Volume | 84 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Jun 2018 |
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Keywords
- Disaster risk management
- Early warning systems
- Flood monitoring
- Global flood partnership (GFP)
- Satellite remote sensing
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A global network for operational flood risk reduction. / Alfieri, Lorenzo; Cohen, Sagy; Galantowicz, John; Schumann, Guy J.P.; Trigg, Mark A.; Zsoter, Ervin; Prudhomme, Christel; Kruczkiewicz, Andrew; Coughlan de Perez, Erin; Flamig, Zachary; Rudari, Roberto; Wu, Huan; Adler, Robert F.; Brakenridge, Robert G.; Kettner, Albert; Weerts, Albrecht; Matgen, Patrick; Islam, Saiful A.K.M.; de Groeve, Tom; Salamon, Peter.
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T1 - A global network for operational flood risk reduction
AU - Alfieri, Lorenzo
AU - Cohen, Sagy
AU - Galantowicz, John
AU - Schumann, Guy J.P.
AU - Trigg, Mark A.
AU - Zsoter, Ervin
AU - Prudhomme, Christel
AU - Kruczkiewicz, Andrew
AU - Coughlan de Perez, Erin
AU - Flamig, Zachary
AU - Rudari, Roberto
AU - Wu, Huan
AU - Adler, Robert F.
AU - Brakenridge, Robert G.
AU - Kettner, Albert
AU - Weerts, Albrecht
AU - Matgen, Patrick
AU - Islam, Saiful A.K.M.
AU - de Groeve, Tom
AU - Salamon, Peter
PY - 2018/6/1
Y1 - 2018/6/1
N2 - Every year riverine flooding affects millions of people in developing countries, due to the large population exposure in the floodplains and the lack of adequate flood protection measures. Preparedness and monitoring are effective ways to reduce flood risk. State-of-the-art technologies relying on satellite remote sensing as well as numerical hydrological and weather predictions can detect and monitor severe flood events at a global scale. This paper describes the emerging role of the Global Flood Partnership (GFP), a global network of scientists, users, private and public organizations active in global flood risk management. Currently, a number of GFP member institutes regularly share results from their experimental products, developed to predict and monitor where and when flooding is taking place in near real-time. GFP flood products have already been used on several occasions by national environmental agencies and humanitarian organizations to support emergency operations and to reduce the overall socio-economic impacts of disasters. This paper describes a range of global flood products developed by GFP partners, and how these provide complementary information to support and improve current global flood risk management for large scale catastrophes. We also discuss existing challenges and ways forward to turn current experimental products into an integrated flood risk management platform to improve rapid access to flood information and increase resilience to flood events at global scale.
AB - Every year riverine flooding affects millions of people in developing countries, due to the large population exposure in the floodplains and the lack of adequate flood protection measures. Preparedness and monitoring are effective ways to reduce flood risk. State-of-the-art technologies relying on satellite remote sensing as well as numerical hydrological and weather predictions can detect and monitor severe flood events at a global scale. This paper describes the emerging role of the Global Flood Partnership (GFP), a global network of scientists, users, private and public organizations active in global flood risk management. Currently, a number of GFP member institutes regularly share results from their experimental products, developed to predict and monitor where and when flooding is taking place in near real-time. GFP flood products have already been used on several occasions by national environmental agencies and humanitarian organizations to support emergency operations and to reduce the overall socio-economic impacts of disasters. This paper describes a range of global flood products developed by GFP partners, and how these provide complementary information to support and improve current global flood risk management for large scale catastrophes. We also discuss existing challenges and ways forward to turn current experimental products into an integrated flood risk management platform to improve rapid access to flood information and increase resilience to flood events at global scale.
KW - Disaster risk management
KW - Early warning systems
KW - Flood monitoring
KW - Global flood partnership (GFP)
KW - Satellite remote sensing
U2 - 10.1016/j.envsci.2018.03.014
DO - 10.1016/j.envsci.2018.03.014
M3 - Article
VL - 84
SP - 149
EP - 158
JO - Environmental Science & Policy
JF - Environmental Science & Policy
SN - 1462-9011
ER -