Flood risk assessment for infrastructure networks
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Author(s)
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
A practical framework for flood risk screening was developed to assess the flood risk to water utility assets within the infrastructure network. The tool is a combination of probability and consequence assessments. The first takes into account how probable it is for a particular asset to flood and cause significant damage. The second estimates the level of consequences a flood will have, considering, for example, the level of loss of service, environmental pollution and cost. The consequence assessment is based on a dependency assessment that identifies knock‐on effects on other assets within the asset network and assesses the level of consequence they will have. The probability and consequence assessments are combined to produce a risk score that can be used to rank assets in a screening process that aims to assist companies in prioritising the investments required for taking action to reduce flood risk to their assets.
Date Issued
2014-03-01
Date Acceptance
2012-12-01
Citation
Journal of Flood Risk Management, 2014, 7 (1), pp.31-41
ISSN
1753-318X
Publisher
Wiley
Start Page
31
End Page
41
Journal / Book Title
Journal of Flood Risk Management
Volume
7
Issue
1
Copyright Statement
© 2012 Blackwell Publishing Ltd and The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM). This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: [Emanuelsson, M. , McIntyre, N. , Hunt, C. , Mawle, R. , Kitson, J. and Voulvoulis, N. (2014), Flood risk assessment for infrastructure networks. J. Flood Risk Manage, 7: 31-41. doi:10.1111/jfr3.12028], which has been published in final form at [https://doi.org/10.1111/jfr3.12028]
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Subjects
Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Physical Sciences
Environmental Sciences
Water Resources
Environmental Sciences & Ecology
Asset network
consequence
dependency
flood risk assessment
probability
risk
water industry
MANAGEMENT
UK
INTERDEPENDENCIES
METHODOLOGY
SYSTEMS
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2012-12-26