Abstract:
To better monitor the progression of a major
flood and its likely impact on people andproperties,
Romanian Water Boards are in need to build
sophisticated Flood Emergency Decision Support
Systems (DSS). The aim of such a DSS is to integrate the
hydrologic, hydraulic and GIS “flood intelligence”
assessed over the last years ( for example 10 years) and
extract and present vital flood emergency decision
making information during an actual event.
This paper outlines the DSS strategy and show how the
DSS should extract and display all thevarious
components of information to various groups which are
required to respond to a flood emergency. Examples are
provided of how the DSS interprets the basic hydraulic
and hydrologic inputs and GIS data to provide flood
intelligence such as: Flood Affected Properties –
overfloor flooding associated with a predicted flood
level; Evacuation and Exit Routes – the predicted depth
and relative timing along evacuation routes to and from
evacuation zones and nearest evacuation centers; and
Flood Damage – post flood spatial assessment of the
distribution of likely damage.
