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Watershed Planning within a Quantitative Scenario Analysis Framework
Published on: July 24, 2016
An analysis of the combined consequences of pluvial and fluvial flooding
A S Chen1, S Djordjević, J Leandro
1Centre for Water Systems, School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics, University of Exeter, North Park Road, EX4 4QF Exeter, UK. a.s.chen@ex.ac.uk
Abstract:
Intense rainfall in urban areas often generates both pluvial flooding due to the limited capacity of drainage systems, as well as fluvial flooding caused by deluges from river channels. The concurrence of pluvial and fluvial flooding can aggravate their (individual) potential damages. To analyse the impact caused by individual and composite type of flooding, the SIPSON/UIM model, an integrated 1D sewer and 2D overland flow was applied to numerical modelling. An event matrix of possible pluvial scenarios was combined with hypothetic overtopping and breaching situations to estimate the surface flooding consequences in the Stockbridge area, Keighley (Bradford, UK). The modelling results identified different flooding drivers in different parts of the study area and showed that the worst scenarios resulted from synthesised events.
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