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Evaluation of benefits of a flood warning system
Author(s) -
Day H. J.,
Bugliarello G.,
Ho P. H. P.,
Houghton V. T.
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
water resources research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.863
H-Index - 217
eISSN - 1944-7973
pISSN - 0043-1397
DOI - 10.1029/wr005i005p00937
Subject(s) - damages , flood myth , warning system , environmental science , forensic engineering , flood warning , computer science , environmental planning , engineering , geography , telecommunications , archaeology , political science , law
Benefits due to a flood warning system are estimated by using individual structure stage damage curves for several warning periods. Typical stage damage warning time data for residences, a grocery Supermarket, and a railroad switchyard serve as examples for benefit evaluation. The application of these concepts to 650 residences involved in the 1959 flood at Meadville, Pennsylvania, indicated that reducible damages represent approximately one third of the total residential damage. Both evacuation and temporary floodproofing, two non‐structural alternatives used frequently, may be evaluated more explicitly by this method.