PA53C:
Science to Action: How Hydrologists and Residents Can Work Together to Reduce the Impact of Flooding Posters


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Session ID#: 50325

Session Description:
Researchers estimate 41 million US citizens are at risk from flooding, and by 2050 more than 60 million may be vulnerable to devastating 1% annual floods. Flood disasters generated by Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria in 2017 generated approximately $265 million in damages, 198 deaths, and over 70,000 people displaced. In the wake of these recent disasters, this session encourages critical reflection on how scientists and engineers engage with residents to communicate the science of flooding, including hydrologic, socio-economic, and ecological dimensions. Central to this engagement is developing a level of scientific literacy that allows residents to interact with local government and federal agencies to shape and act on flood mitigation polices and practices. Submissions that present strategies, tools, or case studies of collaborative projects in which scientists have worked with residents to advance local priorities, conduct risk evaluations,  or identify sustainable solutions to historical and future flooding are encouraged.
Primary Convener:  Thomas Herrington, Monmouth University, West Long Branch, NJ, United States
Conveners:  Sarah Wilkins, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, United States, Susannah O. Erwin, US Geological Survey, Columbia, MO, United States and Harriet Festing, Anthropocene Alliance, Micanopy, FL, United States
Primary Liaison:  Thomas Herrington, Monmouth University, West Long Branch, NJ, United States
Chairs:  Thomas Herrington, Monmouth University, West Long Branch, NJ, United States and Harriet Festing, Anthropocene Alliance, Micanopy, FL, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Susannah O. Erwin, US Geological Survey, Columbia, MO, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • GC - Global Environmental Change
  • H - Hydrology
  • NH - Natural Hazards
  • OS - Ocean Sciences
Index Terms:

1630 Impacts of global change [GLOBAL CHANGE]
1637 Regional climate change [GLOBAL CHANGE]
4334 Disaster risk communication [NATURAL HAZARDS]
6699 General or miscellaneous [PUBLIC ISSUES]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Flood Risk Assessment from Dam Failure based on 2007/60/EC European Flood Directive: A case study on Kelefinas Dam in Greece (430729)
Georgios Kourakos1,2, Konstantinos Nikolaou3, Charalampos Andrikopoulos3 and Maria Gkini4, (1)University of California Davis, Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, Davis, CA, United States, (2)SPECIAL SECRETARIAT FOR WATER, Athens, Greece, (3)ADT OMEGA S.A., Athens, Greece, (4)General Secretariat for Natural Environment and Water, Athens, Greece

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