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Simulation to counteract flood hazards
Floods are natural processes. Urbanization and increasing population density as well as a concentration of economic values in flood prone areas have increased the risk in many regions. Determination of Risk Potential Natural flood plains all over the world are being settled or and used for industrial purposes. Perception of the flood hazard and the associated risks in many cases is low, if not inexistent, particularly in such areas considered to be safe, e.g. behind dams or levees. New planning approaches, though, try to counteract these developments and create suitable flood protection concepts. In this process, the delineation of flood prone areas is a very important first step. Additional information in this delineation process is achieved by the calculation of water levels at any given point at different times during a flood event. Such information delivers very important basic data for the determination of the risk potential. In addition the possibility to simulate the temporal dynamics of the flood event produces important information for disaster management plans. FloodArea simulation software enables the user to do both types of analysis. FloodArea is an ArcGIS extension, which is completely integrated in the graphical user interface of ArcGIS desktop, utilizing Spatial Analyst functionality. . Please contact Savannah for information and prices.
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