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Apr 26, 2012
Uncertainties in Flood Disaster Management
Publication: Watershed Management
Abstract
Flood disasters caused by extreme hydrologic events have long been a major threat to human well-being. Our struggles against disasters have been documented in historical records since Biblical times. Today, the potential losses due to a major flood disaster are tremendous. As the methods to counter such disasters increase, the public tolerance for such disasters decrease. In spite of great achievements by scientists, flood disaster management is still not an exact science and involves a great deal of uncertainty. There are several types of uncertainty, including socio-economic, health, and technology induced risk. Due to space limitation, this paper is limited to a discussion of the technology-induced-uncertainty of flood disaster management.
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© 2004 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Apr 26, 2012
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ASCE Technical Topics:
- Business management
- Continuum mechanics
- Disaster risk management
- Disasters and hazards
- Dynamics (solid mechanics)
- Economic factors
- Engineering mechanics
- Floods
- Health hazards
- Human and behavioral factors
- Hydrologic engineering
- Hydrology
- Motion (dynamics)
- Practice and Profession
- Public administration
- Public health and safety
- Social factors
- Solid mechanics
- Uncertainty principles
- Water and water resources
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Shou-shan Fan, Ph.D.
Chair, ASCE/EWRI Task Committee on Mitigating Floods and Droughts With Modern Technologies Adjunct Research Professor, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee
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