Research Article
Oct 1981
Computer Modelling of Flood Alleviation Benefits
Publication: Journal of the Water Resources Planning and Management Division
Volume 107, Issue 2
Abstract
New data and techniques have been developed in the United Kingdom to simplify economic evaluations of flood alleviation schemes. Data banks have been developed containing standardized flood damage data applicable to any British flood situation for any type of property. The research responds to recommendations by the British Institution of Civil Engineers in 1967 that flood damage information should be systematically collected. The computer model is explored that was developed to use this flood damage data when calculating the discounted annual benefits for urban alleviation schemes. The model and associated data banks are used by regional water authorities in appraising capital expenditure. Although developed for application in UK, with a change of data base the model could be used in any flood context.
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Journal of the Water Resources Planning and Management Division
Volume 107 • Issue 2 • October 1981
Pages: 533 - 547
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© 1981 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published in print: Oct 1981
Published online: Feb 12, 2021
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John B. Chatterton
Co-ordinator Rivers, Directorate of Operations, Severn-Trent Water Authority, Abelson House, Coventry Road, Sheldon, Birmingham 826 3PU, England
Edmund C. Penning-Rowsell
Reader in Geography and Planning, Middlesex Polytechnic and Dir., Flood Hazard Research Centre, Queensway, Enfield, London EN3 4SF, England
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