Course detail

Flood Protection

FAST-NRB021Acad. year: 2024/2025

1. Catastrophic flood events of recent years – up to date methods of flood protection.
2. Extent and level flood protection in relation to potential damages and losses – economic (urban areas, agricultural areas, industry) and uneconomic (health and lifes of people and animals, ecologic).
3. Factors influencing number and extent of floods and flood damages.
4. Risk analysis (RA) of floodplains.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

5

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Aleš Dráb, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Water Structures (VST)

Entry knowledge

Hydraulics, hydrology, river engineering, weirs, fluvial numerical modelling, GIS.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Aims

The aim is to establish the framework of flood protection and isuues at the flood protection measures. The flood protection is assessed from the view of water management and flow hydrodynamics, environmetal and societal views. Students will learn basics of floodplain risk analysis.
Knowledge of topics:
1. Flood types, their generation, hydrologic measurements, historical floods
2. Identification of flood hazards (determination of potentially endangered areas and possible scenarios of flood course)
3. Simulation of flood scenarios (rainfall runoff models, modelling flood plain water flow and ground water flow), runoff conditions study
4. Flooding affected by water structures (operating regulation, actualisation of flood protection measures), hydraulic structures safety during flooding
5. Flood plain risk and its evaluation (vulnerability, exposition, risk, evaluation methods)
6. Assessment of potentially flooded areas (according water law, classification according town planning scheme)
7. Uncertainties and their effect on the level of flood protection
8. Flood plain damage determination, flood risk quantification.
9. Ground water regimes changes during flood events.
10. Types of flood protection and their design

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Not applicable.

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme NPC-SIV Master's 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Aleš Dráb, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Flood types, their generation, hydrologic measurements, historical floods. 2. Identification of flood hazards (determination of potentially endangered areas and possible scenarios of flood course). 3. Simulation of flood scenarios (rainfall runoff models, modelling flood plain water flow and ground water flow), runoff conditions study. 4. Flooding affected by water structures (operating regulation, actualisation of flood protection measures), hydraulic structures safety during flooding. 5. Flood plain risk and its evaluation (vulnerability, exposition, risk, evaluation methods). 6. Assessment of potentially flooded areas (according water law, classification according town planning scheme). 7. Uncertainties and their effect on the level of flood protection. 8. Flood plain damage determination, flood risk quantification. 9. Groundwater regimes changes during flood events. 10. Types of flood protection and their design.

Exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Aleš Dráb, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1.–2. Flood hazard maps. 3.–4. Flood danger and risk maps. 5.–6. Flood losses estimation. 7.–9. esign of flood protection measures. 10. Cost benefit analysis.