Flash floods in Catalonia: a recurrent situation
This work focuses on the analysis and characterization of the flash flood events occurring during summer in Catalonia. To this aim, a database with information about the social impact produced by all flood events recorded in Catalonia between 1982 and 2007 has been built. The social impact was obtai...
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| author | M. C. Llasat M. Llasat-Botija A. Rodriguez S. Lindbergh |
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| description | This work focuses on the analysis and characterization of the flash flood
events occurring during summer in Catalonia. To this aim, a database with
information about the social impact produced by all flood events recorded in
Catalonia between 1982 and 2007 has been built. The social impact was
obtained systematically on the basis of news press data and, occasionally,
on the basis of insurance data. Flood events have been classified into
ordinary, extraordinary and catastrophic floods, following the proposal of
Llasat et al.~(2005). However, bearing in mind flash flood effects, some new
categories concerning casualties and car damage have also been introduced.
The spatial and temporal distribution of these flood events has been
analyzed and, in an effort to better estimate the social impact and
vulnerability, some indicators have been defined and analyzed for a specific
region. These indicators allow an analysis of spacial and temporal trends as
well as characterization of the events. Results show a flash-flood increase
in summer and early autumn, mainly due to inter-annual and intra-annual
changes in population density. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-dfde4dc7fdc04e64adb7ac0c65d46bf72022-12-21T22:35:47ZengCopernicus PublicationsAdvances in Geosciences1680-73401680-73592010-09-012610511110.5194/adgeo-26-105-2010Flash floods in Catalonia: a recurrent situationM. C. Llasat0M. Llasat-Botija1A. Rodriguez2S. Lindbergh3Department of Astronomy and Meteorology, Faculty of Physics, University of Barcelona, SpainDepartment of Astronomy and Meteorology, Faculty of Physics, University of Barcelona, SpainDepartment of Astronomy and Meteorology, Faculty of Physics, University of Barcelona, SpainUniversity of Montpellier III, Montpellier, FranceThis work focuses on the analysis and characterization of the flash flood events occurring during summer in Catalonia. To this aim, a database with information about the social impact produced by all flood events recorded in Catalonia between 1982 and 2007 has been built. The social impact was obtained systematically on the basis of news press data and, occasionally, on the basis of insurance data. Flood events have been classified into ordinary, extraordinary and catastrophic floods, following the proposal of Llasat et al.~(2005). However, bearing in mind flash flood effects, some new categories concerning casualties and car damage have also been introduced. The spatial and temporal distribution of these flood events has been analyzed and, in an effort to better estimate the social impact and vulnerability, some indicators have been defined and analyzed for a specific region. These indicators allow an analysis of spacial and temporal trends as well as characterization of the events. Results show a flash-flood increase in summer and early autumn, mainly due to inter-annual and intra-annual changes in population density.http://www.adv-geosci.net/26/105/2010/adgeo-26-105-2010.pdf |
| spellingShingle | M. C. Llasat M. Llasat-Botija A. Rodriguez S. Lindbergh Flash floods in Catalonia: a recurrent situation Advances in Geosciences |
| title | Flash floods in Catalonia: a recurrent situation |
| title_full | Flash floods in Catalonia: a recurrent situation |
| title_fullStr | Flash floods in Catalonia: a recurrent situation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Flash floods in Catalonia: a recurrent situation |
| title_short | Flash floods in Catalonia: a recurrent situation |
| title_sort | flash floods in catalonia a recurrent situation |
| url | http://www.adv-geosci.net/26/105/2010/adgeo-26-105-2010.pdf |
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