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Urban Floods:
Case Study of Bangalore
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T. V. Ramachandra 1 and Pradeep P. Mujumdar 2
1 Energy & Wetlands Research Group, Centre for Ecological Sciences, 2 Department of Civil Engineering,
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore – 560 012, India
E-mail: cestvr@ces.iisc.ernet.in, pradeep@civil.iisc.ernet.in

 
Profile of the City
History – topography – hydrology & water bodies – vegetation - rainfall pattern - demographic and settlement pattern - socio-economic and cultural profile related to flood
 
City Infrastructure

Roads – sewerage – solid waste management – drainage system, Land-use changes

 
Floods in the City
  1. Brief historical account of recurrent and abnormal floods in the city and their impacts, including human dimensions
  2. Recent floods in the city – detailed accounts, immediate and long-term impacts
  3. Various factors responsible for the floods – natural, physical, environmental, managerial, developmental, etc.
 
Efforts made to mitigate and manage the floods
  1. Master plan provisions in relation to city drainage / sewerage and carrying capacity management – extent of their implementation including regulatory or voluntary efforts
  2. Inquiry and faction finding reports – why were the provisions suggested could not been implemented
  3. Various structural and non-structural measures for mitigation of flood – achievements and shortcomings
  4. What went wrong – critical appraisal of city flood mitigation and management in terms of planning, resources, implementation, capacity, enforcement, participation, etc.
  5. Good practices and exemplary lessons

 
Strategies for the future

What are the strategies of city or state government to mitigate and manage the floods – what are the constraints – what should be done.




Citation: Ramachandra T. V. and Pradeep P. Mujumdar, 2009, Urban Floods: Case Study of Bangalore, Journal of the National Institute of Disaster Management, Vol. 3, No. 2, April 2009, pp. 1 – 98.
* Corresponding Author :
  Dr. T.V. Ramachandra
Energy & Wetlands Research Group,
Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore – 560 012, INDIA.
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E-mail : cestvr@ces.iisc.ernet.in, energy@ces.iisc.ernet.in,    Web : http://wgbis.ces.iisc.ernet.in/energy
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