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Control Number280790
Date and Time of Latest Transaction20140930034357.AM
General Information140930s |||||||||b ||00|||
International Standard Book Number9789996581779
Cataloging SourcePAGASA-DOST
Main Entry - Personal NameCheong, Tae Ssssung
 Kim, Yang-Su
 Kunitsugu, Masashi
 Lai, Edwin ST
 Li, Zhou
 Haotao, Wan
 Zuhua, Chen
 Xiaotao, Cheng
 Zhiyu, Liu
 Chung, Gunhui
 Espinueva, Susan R.
 reviewed by Chen Chang Ning
Main Entry - Corporate NameESCAP-WMO Typhoon Committee
Title StatementGuidelines on urban flood risk management (UFRM) Technical report of TC cross-cutting project on urban flood risk management (UFRM) in the typhoon committee area by Liu Zhiyu, et al
Physical Descriptionxii, 77p. illus., figures, tables
Summary, Etc.Economic growth and urbanization are inextricably linked. Economic growth often implies the conversion of rural land to urban uses, massive inflows of capital transformed and more peope concentrated in urban areas. An important effect of urbanization is to increase the sensitivity of urban watersheds to the distribution of short-duration rainfall rates and flood. That creates much larger potential flood-related damage especially in the Asia and the Pacific region influenced by typhoon. A successful urban flood mitigation and management requires proper understanding of the problem, long-term planning, availability of resources for taking immediate action during flood events and coordination between different public and private agencies. In this connection, to promote the capability of urban flood mitigation and management, WGH took an initiative to consider the proposal of the Project on the Management of Floods in Urban Areas on its thirty-ninth session held in Manila, Philippines, from 4 to 9 December 2006. At TC second Integrated Workshop on Social-economic impacts of Extreme Typhoon-related events, which was held in Bangkok, Thailand from 10-14 September 2007, the participants reviewed and discussed the proposal and road-map reported by China, and concurred that it is very important and necessary for TC members to enhance the cooperation and research on urban flood disaster management. The participants also recognized this project would be the first one to integrate WGM, WGH, WGDPP and TRCG into one project. Considering the urban flood management relates to meteorology, hydrology and disaster prevention and preparedness and other aspects. The title of the project was advised as current 'Urban Flood Risk Management in Typhoon Committee Area'. At TC 42nd Session which was held in Singapore from 25 to 29 January 2010, the Committee made decision to upgrade the UFRM project as cross-cutting project of TC. The Project was proposed to be carried out with the objectives as: 1) to exchange the experiences on management and mitigation of floods and typhoon-related disaster in urban area between TC members; 2) to share the technology of urban flood monitoring and methodology of urban flood forecasting and prediction, early warning and disaster assessment between TC members; and 3) to promote management of urban flood and other typhoon-related disasters in TC area. The expected achievement of the project was proposed to prepare and publish the "Guidelines on Urban Flood Risk Management in the Typhoon Committee Area". I have to point out that, as the first cross-cutting project, the implementation of UFRM project brought the remarkable and obvious benefit to the Committee, including the aspects of technology, cooperation and visibility. In general, the main outcomes of the project could be summarized as following six aspects: 1)provided and accumulated the experience for the Committee on how to carry on the cross-cutting project in the Committee; 2)summarized and abstracted the good practices in TC area on urban flood risk management; 3) identified the main gaps and needs in TC members on urban flood risk management in aspects of hydrology, meteorology and disaster prevention and preparedness; 4) trained the staffs and transferred the technique for TC members on QPE/QPF application, urban flood inundation mapping and disaster assessment; 5)drafted the UFRM Guidelines for TC members and 6) enhanced the visibility of the Committee in a sense. The achievements and outcomes on UFRM would be used not only in TC members but also in outside of TC area
Subject Added Entry - Topical TermHydrology
 Floods -- flood risk management -- 2013 -- Macau
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