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A Study on the Flood Quota and Trading System (홍수량 할당과 거래제도에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Dong Yeub;Choi, Young Jun
    • Environmental and Resource Economics Review
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    • v.15 no.5
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    • pp.939-959
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    • 2006
  • This paper studies the introduction of flood quota system for efficient flood prevention. In the present system where local governments decide its flood prevention independently, the optimal flood prevention in a river basin can not be achieved. Thus, the flood quota system is necessary. In deciding the flood quota for each local government in a river basin, its social and economic characteristics as well as geographical feature of the area should be considered. In order to promote the cooperation among local governments in a river basin, the flood quota is necessary to be accompanied with the trading system of the quota.

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Assessment of Human Impact on Mekong River Flood by Using Satellite Nightlight Image

  • Try, Sophal;Lee, Giha;Lee, Daeeop;Thuy, HoangThu
    • Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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    • 2016.05a
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    • pp.187-187
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    • 2016
  • High intensity of population distribution in deltaic setting especially in Asia tends to have increased and causes coastal flood risk due to lower elevations and significant subsidence. Maximum or peak discharge of flood always causes numerous deaths and huge economic losses. New technology of spatial satellite image has been applied to analyze flood damage. In this research, the relationship of nightlight intensity associated with flood damages has been determined during 1992-2013 with spatial resolution of 30 arc sec ($0.0083^{\circ}$) which is nearly one kilometer at the equator in whole six countries along the Mekong River (i.e., China, Myanmar, Lao PDR, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam). ArcGIS Hydrological Flow Length Tool has been used to determine the distance of each pixel areas from the rivers and streams. Statistical analysis results highlight the significant correlation R = 0.47 between nightlight digital number and economic damages per unit area (US$/km2) and R = 0.62 for number of affected people for unit area ($people/km^2$). The areas near by the Mekong River and its tributaries correspond to high flood damage. This spatial analysis result is going to be prestigious key information to the regions and all related stakeholders for decisions and mitigation strategies.

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A Study on Flash Flood Warning Trigger Rainfall in Mountainous Area (산악지역 돌발홍수 기준우량 결정에 관한 연구)

  • Jun, Kye-Won;Oh, Chae-Yeon
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.24 no.1
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    • pp.89-94
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    • 2009
  • The purpose of this study is to estimate the critical flood discharge and flash flood trigger rainfall for alarm system providing for a flash flood in mountainous area. The flash flood need non-linear approaching method, because rainfall-runoff is nonlinear and it is difficult to explain the existing linear rainfall-runoff. Hydrological characteristics would be utilized to apply such as hydrologic modelling or basin management. This study was effectively estimated a topographic characteristic factor of basin using the GIS. Especially, decided stream order using GIS at stream order decision that is important for input variable of GCIUH. A flash floods defined as a flood which follows shortly after a heavy or excessive rainfall event, with a few hours. In this study, we gave a definition that a critical flood for alarm is the flood when valley depth judging dangerous depth is over 0.5m depth from the bottom of channel. Result that calculate threshold discharge to use GCIUH, at the Mureung valley basin, flash flood trigger rainfall was 16.34mm in the first 20minutes when the threshold discharge was $14.54m^3/sec$.

Study of a Flood Vulnerability Assessment for Climate Change and Utilizing the Vulnerability-based Disaster Response in Jeju-do (기후변화에 따른 제주도의 홍수 취약성 평가 및 취약성 기반 소방 대응 활용 연구)

  • Lim, Chae-Hyun;Park, Yong-Yi
    • Fire Science and Engineering
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    • v.30 no.6
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    • pp.64-70
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    • 2016
  • This study assessed the flood vulnerability of Jeju-do depending on climate change using VESTAP. The results showed that the flood vulnerability of Jeju-do in the future (2020s, 2030s and 2040s) will increase continuously compared to the present time (2010s). In particular, the flood vulnerability of Jeju-si is expected to be higher than Seogwipo-si prior to 2030s. Conversely, the flood vulnerability of Seogwipo-si is expected to be higher than Jeju-si after 2030. These analysis results confirmed the characteristics of flood vulnerability between Seogwipo-si and Jeju-si and the growth of flood vulnerability entirely within Jeju-do.

Nationwide Inundation Analysis method for Flood and Storm Disaster Insurance Rate (풍수해보험요율 산정을 위한 전국단위 내수침수해석 방안)

  • Yoo, Jaehwan;Song, Juil;Jang, Moonyup;Kim, Hantae
    • Journal of the Society of Disaster Information
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    • v.11 no.1
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    • pp.55-62
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    • 2015
  • This study suggested Nationwide Inundation Analysis method for Storm and Flood Damage Insurance Rate. Suggested modified Level-Pool method considers Zoning of urban plan to reflect real inundated area and limit inundation-boundary. Inundated area, as results of modified Level-Pool method, compared with inundation risk area on "storm and flood damage mitigation total plan". Simulated inundated area by modified Level-Pool method was more matched than results of traditional method. Therefore, modified Level-Pool method could be useful to analyze nationwide inundated area.

Mobile Application Design for Farmland Flooding Prevention and Realtime Data Collection (농경지 침수 피해 감소와 실시간 자료 수집을 위한 모바일 기반 정보 시스템 설계)

  • Eun, Sang-Kyu;Kim, Tae-Gon;Lee, Ji-Min;Suh, Kyo;Jang, Min-Won
    • Journal of Korean Society of Rural Planning
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    • v.19 no.3
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    • pp.1-12
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    • 2013
  • Climate change has increased the number of floods and inundation on farmland. Recently various mobile applications through inundation mapping, flood forecasts and evacuation routes have been developed for the prevention and reduction of flood damages. However, most of current prevention systems for farmland flooding are still web-based systems relying on the field survey which needs a lot of human and time resources although mobile devices has been rapidly improved and widely used. The purpose of this study is to design a mobile application for preventing and reducing farmland flood and inundation damages and collecting damage information in real time. We put advanced mobile device functions such as GPS, network communications, cameras into our system design. This system implement 2way communication and intuitive application that will increase information efficiency and decrease flood damage. Our design has been tested through previous flooding data of Jinju city in 2010.