2016 citizen participation in flood risk assessment
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Citizen participation in flood risk assessment
Dr Albert S. Chen
Centre for Water Systems
University of Exeter
Liberal Democrats Spring Conference, York, 12 March 2016
FloodHack 2016 The First Winner team LIVE
P Barnard
P Watson
AS Chen
LP Wang
S Griffiths
L Ludwinski
(Photo courtesy: Florian Rathgeber)
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF)
European Commission - Joint Research Centre (JRC)
Now Future
Weather Forecast -> Flood Forecast
Flood probability from GloFAS
5 Year Return Period Exceedance
20 Year Return Period Exceedance
What can we do with GloFAS?
Simple Clear
Relevant Global
Hack ideas
GloFAS forecast -> 'Time to respond' map
Applications
Crisis infrastructure asset management (power grid, substation, rail, road etc.)
Prioritisation of emergency resources allocating
Evacuation plans (hospitals, schools, healthcare, etc.)
Logistic rerouting
LIVE (Logistic and Infrastructure Visual Evaluation)
(2007, Pitt’s Review)
Flood forecasting by GloFAS
Time to respond
TTR for Substations
Prioritisation map
Can we make it better?
Understanding of flooding
& Data
8 Tools
$ Knowledge
: Resources
Flood Modelling
Impact Assessment
Resilience Strategies
Critical Infrastructure
Centre for Water systems
CADDIES SINATRA
CORFU PEARL
Safe&SuRe RESCCUE
EU-CIRCLE
FLOOD-FREEWARE
Open framework
Integration
Collaboration
Sharing
& Data
8 Tools
$ Knowledge
: Resources
Build the models for your communities
What-if scenarios
Near real time modelling & warning (SMS, Mobile apps)
Contribute and share your knowledge & data
FLOOD-FREEWARE
Acknowledgement
FloodHack
ECMWF
Copernicus
JRC
Team LIVE
Funding support
EPSRC (CADDIES, Safe&SuRe)
NERC (SINATRA)
EU FP7 (CORFU, PEARL)
EU H2020 (EU-CIRCLE, RESCCUE)
Thank you & questions?
Dr Albert S. Chen
Centre for Water Systems
University of Exeter
AlbertChenExeter
@AlbertChen_CWS
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