Enhancing Dialogue between Flood Risk Management and Road Engineering Sectors for Flood Risk Reduction

Guangwei Huang
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Guangwei Huang: Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Sophia University, Tokyo 102-8554, Japan

Sustainability, 2018, vol. 10, issue 6, 1-15

Abstract: Disaster reduction is one of the most important keys towards sustainable development. Using a number of case studies, the present work was intended to elucidate the need for improved communication between the urban flood management community and the road planning sector for better flood risk management. These cases were classified in three categories: (1) Road tragedy during evacuation, (2) Why some roads are vulnerable to flooding, (3) How to quickly evaluate the potential impact of road construction on surface drainage characteristics. These cases provided strong evidence that insufficient dialogue between water and road sectors may hinder sound flood risk management by recommending wrong flood evacuation routes that are life threatening and neglecting the impact of road construction on the alteration of surface drainage characteristics. These cases were selected purposively but not comprehensively. Based on findings from these case studies, it can be stated that evacuation safety should be improved through better communication between flood risk and road management professionals, which in turn will lead to better road planning.

Keywords: Flooding; road; evacuation safety; road planning (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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