
Technical Issues for Flood Risk Mapping
Xiang Liyun
(China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research,Beijing;2.Research Center on Flood&Drought Reduction,Ministry of Water Resources,Beijing)
摘要: Floodrisk mapsareanessentialtoolandfoundationsforfloodrisk managementandoneofthe most criticalcomponentsinfloodcontrolanddroughtmitigation.Inordertomeettherequirementsofnationalfloodriskman-agementandtoprovidehighqualityoffloodmapping,thetechnicalissuesoffloodriskmappingarediscussed,including selectedfloodmagnitudeandanalysismethods,therequirementsforbasicdata,theprincipleoffloodcombination,defi-nitionoffloodboundaryconditions,parameterscalibrationandvalidationformodeling,optionvariouscalculation meth-odsforsmallandmediumriversbasins,distinguishingbetweensingleandmultipleleveebreaches;aswellasindicators forfloodregionalization.Eachcomponentoftherisk mappingshouldbeconsistent,andthereturnperiodsshouldnotbe lessthan100 year.Furthermore,thetechnicaldetailstoachievethosecriterionsareproposed.Thisstudyprovides technicalsupporttoongoingfloodrisk mappingandhasreferencevaluefordevelopingfloodrisk managementstrategies.
Abstract: Floodrisk mapsareanessentialtoolandfoundationsforfloodrisk managementandoneofthe most criticalcomponentsinfloodcontrolanddroughtmitigation.Inordertomeettherequirementsofnationalfloodriskman-agementandtoprovidehighqualityoffloodmapping,thetechnicalissuesoffloodriskmappingarediscussed,including selectedfloodmagnitudeandanalysismethods,therequirementsforbasicdata,theprincipleoffloodcombination,defi-nitionoffloodboundaryconditions,parameterscalibrationandvalidationformodeling,optionvariouscalculation meth-odsforsmallandmediumriversbasins,distinguishingbetweensingleandmultipleleveebreaches;aswellasindicators forfloodregionalization.Eachcomponentoftherisk mappingshouldbeconsistent,andthereturnperiodsshouldnotbe lessthan100 year.Furthermore,thetechnicaldetailstoachievethosecriterionsareproposed.Thisstudyprovides technicalsupporttoongoingfloodrisk mappingandhasreferencevaluefordevelopingfloodrisk managementstrategies.
关键词:Floodriskmapping Flood analysis Flood regionalization
Keywords:Floodriskmapping Flood analysis Flood regionalization