Integrated Flood Management: A Case Study

The aim of this study is to utilize the Flood water potential as an opportunity to approach IFM in the case study. Flood forecasting and early warning that are key inputs for the reduction of the social and economic impact of all natural hazards are considered. Developed flood management strategies involve a combination of complementary options. An appropriate combination of structural and non-structural control options is proposed considering an economic analysis. In this paper in order to achieve the aim, certain short, mid and long term plans in the case study are proposed for an appropriate planning of flood events. The long term plans are included with some structural flood control options such as the construction of reservoirs and by supporting the flood plains with the construction of levees. The characteristics of these options are determined based on the economic optimization considering the construction cost and damage reduction with different flood events probability.

Keywords:

Integrated Flood Management , Flood Warning System , Water Dispatching , Karkheh