Prospective Effect of Environment Changes on the Inundation Risk Levels

International Journal of Geoinformatics and Geological Science

© 2015 by SSRG - IJGGS Journal

Volume 2 Issue 2

Year of Publication : 2015

Authors : Dr. Wiloughby C.V.

10.14445/23939206/IJGGS-V2I2P102

How to Cite?

Dr. Wiloughby C.V., "Prospective Effect of Environment Changes on the Inundation Risk Levels," SSRG International Journal of Geoinformatics and Geological Science, vol. 2,  no. 2, pp. 8-11, 2015. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/23939206/IJGGS-V2I2P102

Abstract:

The overall dispassionate of the study is to produce information for an enriched land use planning with deference to flood hazards. The study evaluates the potential impact of environment change by pretending a dam break scenario in a high forceof rainfall event and estimates the vulnerability risk in the downstream region by integrating ArcGIS and Hydrologic Engineering Centers River Analysis System (HEC-RAS) technologies. In the past century, the indication of climate changes ispragmatic in terms of intensification in high intensity rainfall events. These events are of high concern, as amplified inflow rates may increase the prospect of a dam failure, leading to higher extent flooding events involving multiple significances. The 100 year historical rainfall data for the central Mississippi region reveals an increased trend in the intensity of rainfall rates after the 1970s. With more than 10% of high hazard dams in the central region, the damage

Keywords:

GIS; flood simulation; dam break; climate change.

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