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Influence of urban pattern on inundation flow in floodplains of lowland rivers.

Authors :
Bruwier, M.
Mustafa, A.
Aliaga, D.G.
Archambeau, P.
Erpicum, S.
Nishida, G.
Zhang, X.
Pirotton, M.
Teller, J.
Dewals, B.
Source :
Science of the Total Environment. May2018, Vol. 622, p446-458. 13p.
Publication Year :
2018

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to investigate the respective influence of various urban pattern characteristics on inundation flow. A set of 2000 synthetic urban patterns were generated using an urban procedural model providing locations and shapes of streets and buildings over a square domain of 1 × 1 km 2 . Steady two-dimensional hydraulic computations were performed over the 2000 urban patterns with identical hydraulic boundary conditions. To run such a large amount of simulations, the computational efficiency of the hydraulic model was improved by using an anisotropic porosity model. This model computes on relatively coarse computational cells, but preserves information from the detailed topographic data through porosity parameters. Relationships between urban characteristics and the computed inundation water depths have been based on multiple linear regressions. Finally, a simple mechanistic model based on two district-scale porosity parameters, combining several urban characteristics, is shown to capture satisfactorily the influence of urban characteristics on inundation water depths. The findings of this study give guidelines for more flood-resilient urban planning. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00489697
Volume :
622
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Science of the Total Environment
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
127920538
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.11.325