PA51A:
Science to Action: How Hydrologists and Residents Can Work Together to Reduce the Impact of Flooding I


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Session ID#: 57785

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:

Co-producing climate science with residents: ISeeChange methods for building partnerships, innovating, and creating decision-relevant information (Invited) (401421)
Julia Kumari Drapkin, ISeeChange: Community Weather and Climate Journal, New Orleans, LA, United States
Leveraging King Tides and Citizen Science to Prepare for Coastal Flooding in Puget Sound, Washington State (454838)
Ian M Miller, Washington Sea Grant/Peninsula College, Port Angeles, WA, United States, David Wilkinson, Local 20/20, Port Townsend, WA, United States, Bridget Trosin, University of Washington, Washington Sea Grant, Seattle, United States and Cindy Jayne, Local 20/20, Port Townsend, United States
Failing to Communicate – The “Hundred-Year” Flood Concept (447589)
Victor R Baker, University of Arizona, Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, Tucson, AZ, United States
Multi-scale Geomorphic Visualization to Understand, Manage, and Communicate Local Flood Hazards: a Geomorphologist’s Perspective. (356592)
Andrew D Nelson, Northwest Hydraulic Consultants, Seattle, WA, United States, Karin Boyd, Applied Geomorphology Inc., Bozeman, MT, United States, Kathy V Dube, Watershed GeoDynamics, Kirkland, WA, United States and Northwest Hydraulic Consultants Floodplain Analysis, Mapping, and Management Team
Measuring, Mapping and Managing Urban Flood Risk: A Pilot Program in Southeast Texas (466154)
Russell Blessing, Texas A&M University at Galveston, Institute for a Disaster Resilient Texas (IDRT), Galveston, United States, Antonia Sebastian, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Earth, Marine, and Environmental Sciences, Chapel Hill, NC, United States, Samuel Brody, Institute for a Disaster Resilient Texas, Texas A&M University, Marine Sciences, College Station, United States and Wesley HighField, Department of Marine and Coastal Environmental Science, Texas A&M University, Marine Sciences, Galveston, United States
Nepal Flood 2017: Lessons Learned and Opportunities to improve Flood Risk Management of Nepal (394007)
Madhab Uprety1, Dinanath Bhandari1, Gopal Ghimire1, Buddhi Kumal1, Lok Pokharel1 and Prakash Khadka2, (1)Practical Action, Kathmandu, Nepal, (2)Centre for Social Development and Research, Nepalgunj, Nepal
Informing Flood Risk Reduction, De Soto, Missouri (421556)
Robert B Jacobson, U. S. Geological Survey, Columbia Environmental Research Center, Columbia, MO, United States, Amanda Cox, Saint Louis University, Civil Engineering, Saint Louis, United States, Susannah O. Erwin, US Geological Survey, Columbia, MO, United States, Daniel M Hanes, Saint Louis University Main Campus, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Saint Louis, MO, United States, Brian Baer, The Elevated Studio, New York, United States and Harriet Festing, Anthropocene Alliance, Micanopy, FL, United States

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