Papers by Katrien Van Eerdenbrugh
Numerical cartography for flood damage calculation
ABSTRACT
Whatever the measures taken there will always be a probability for flooding along rivers and in t... more Whatever the measures taken there will always be a probability for flooding along rivers and in the coastal zone. In a densely populated area like Flanders most of the floods cause damage. But there are large differences in the amount of damage depending on land use. A flood risk methodology is developed for Flanders and implemented in the raster GIS software shell LATIS. The probability and consequences of floods can be evaluated under current conditions and for several types of alternatives. Socio-economic, climate and/or hydraulic changes can be simulated. In a risk methodology the effects of measures must be evaluated for extreme hydrologic and hydraulic conditions but also for more regular events. All of the resulting damages are weighted with their probability of occurrence. These combinations lead to a more accurate appraisal of the expected annual damage: the risk. Damage, victims and risk calculations need interpretation of the system's operator. The robustness and sens...
Whatever the measures taken there will always be a probability for flooding along rivers and in t... more Whatever the measures taken there will always be a probability for flooding along rivers and in the coastal zone. In a densely populated area like Flanders most of the floods cause damage. But there are large differences in the amount of damage depending on land use. A flood risk methodology is developed for Flanders and implemented in the raster GIS software shell LATIS. The probability and consequences of floods can be evaluated under current conditions and for several types of alternatives. Socio-economic, climate and/or hydraulic changes can be simulated. In a risk methodology the effects of measures must be evaluated for extreme hydrologic and hydraulic conditions but also for more regular events. All of the resulting damages are weighted with their probability of occurrence. These combinations lead to a more accurate appraisal of the expected annual damage: the risk. Damage, victims and risk calculations need interpretation of the system's operator. The robustness and sens...
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Papers by Katrien Van Eerdenbrugh