Disaster Management · M2 · read-chapter

Floods

M2 PPT pp 73–126 · syllabus units 1–2

1. Floods: definition, causes and classifications
2. Why cities flood; the sponge-city idea
3. Runoff calculation: understand C, rainfall, area and units
4. Channel discharge: why Q = area × velocity
5. Seven engineering and catchment measures for floods
6. Flood mapping, land-use control and floodplain zoning
7. Flood impacts, benefits and safe management through the cycle