A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
Assessing Applicability of Structural Measures for Enhancing Flood Management in Sri Lanka
Floods can be identified as one of the most devastating natural disasters all over the world which brings a considerable amount of social, economic and environmental impacts. Therefore, it is important to focus on adequate knowledge, strategies and decision makers in order to prevent these floods from becoming disasters. Different measures are taken in order to respond to the prevailing disaster situations and those measures can be categorized as structural measures as well as non-structural measures. Among them, substantial attention should be paid for adopting structural measures for flood mitigation. Structural measures can be defined as different types of facilities which are permanently constructed with the aim of reducing potential risk at an event of a flood. The study provides literature synthesis addressing the importance of structural measures in flood mitigation process, different types of structural measures and their impact regarding Sri Lankan context.
Assessing Applicability of Structural Measures for Enhancing Flood Management in Sri Lanka
Floods can be identified as one of the most devastating natural disasters all over the world which brings a considerable amount of social, economic and environmental impacts. Therefore, it is important to focus on adequate knowledge, strategies and decision makers in order to prevent these floods from becoming disasters. Different measures are taken in order to respond to the prevailing disaster situations and those measures can be categorized as structural measures as well as non-structural measures. Among them, substantial attention should be paid for adopting structural measures for flood mitigation. Structural measures can be defined as different types of facilities which are permanently constructed with the aim of reducing potential risk at an event of a flood. The study provides literature synthesis addressing the importance of structural measures in flood mitigation process, different types of structural measures and their impact regarding Sri Lankan context.
Assessing Applicability of Structural Measures for Enhancing Flood Management in Sri Lanka
Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering
Dissanayake, Ranjith (editor) / Mendis, Priyan (editor) / Weerasekera, Kolita (editor) / De Silva, Sudhira (editor) / Fernando, Shiromal (editor) / Ernst, Rusiru (author) / Kulatunga, Udayangani (author) / Rathnasiri, Pavithra (author)
2020-09-19
15 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
| British Library Conference Proceedings | 1999
Guidelines on non-structural measures in urban flood management
| TIBKAT | 2001
Dam Safety Measures in Flood Periods: Review of Standing Orders of Gal Oya Scheme, Sri Lanka
| British Library Conference Proceedings | 1997
Effective Stakeholder Management for Inclusive Post-Flood Management: Sri Lanka as a Case Study
| DOAJ | 2024
EFFECTIVENESS OF NATURAL FLOOD MANAGEMENT MEASURES
| TIBKAT | 2020