Urban Growth, Sewerage Network and Flooding Risk: Flooding of November 10, 2001 in Algiers
The objective of this work is to present a expertise on
flooding hazard analysis and how to reduce the risk. The analysis
concerns the disaster induced by the flood on November 10/11, 2001
in the Bab El Oued district of the city of Algiers.The study begins by
an expertise of damages in related with the urban environment and
the history of the urban growth of the site. After this phase, the work
is focalized on the identification of the existing correlations between
the development of the town and its vulnerability. The final step
consists to elaborate the interpretations on the interactions between
the urban growth, the sewerage network and the vulnerability of the
urban system.In conclusion, several recommendations are formulated
permitting the mitigation of the risk in the future. The principal
recommendations concern the new urban operations and the existing
urbanized sites.
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[1] J. L. DURVILLE, Rapport d-activité 2001, Laboratoire des ponts et
chaussées de Paris, 2001.
[2] R.S. STEPHENSON, Disaster Assessment, Course on the natural
disaster for The UN, Montreal, Canada, 1991.
[3] Brauch, Hans G├╝nter, 2003b, "Urbanization and Natural Disasters in the
Mediterranean - Population Growth and Climate Change in the 21st
Century", in: Kreimer. Alcira; Arnold, Margaret; Carlin, Anne (Eds.):
The Future of Disaster Risk: Building Safer Cities. Conference Papers
(Washington, D.C., World Bank, 2003), December 2002, pp. 149-164.
[4] A.S.H.A: Archives of hydraulic office of the Algiers city, 2001.
[5] Heinz Centre for Science, Economics, and the Environment, The Hidden
Costs of Coastal Hazards: Implications for Risk Assessment and
Mitigation, Washington DC, Island Press, 1999.
[6] Nasa.gov,
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/RisingCost/J., 2010.
[7] Brauch, Hans G├╝nter, "Freedom from Hazard Impact: Developing the
Environmental Dimension of Human Security", in: Intersections, UNUEHS,
2/2005.
[8] Brauch, Hans G├╝nter, Threats, Challenges, Vulnerabilities and Risks in
Environmental Human Security, Source 1/2005 (Bonn: UNU-EHS).
[9] UN, World Population Prospects, The 2006 Revision , Highlights (New
York, Population Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs,
UN Secretariat), 2007.
[10] Brauch, Hans G├╝nter, "Natural disasters in the Mediterranean (1900-
2001). From Disaster Response to Preparedness", in: Brauch, Hans
G├╝nter; Liotta, P.H; Marquina, Antonio; Rogers, Paul; Selim,
Mohammed El-Sayed (Eds.): Security and Environment in the
Mediterranean. Conceptualising Security and Environmental Conflicts
(Berlin-Heidelberg: Springer), 2003, pp. 863-906.
[11] UNDP (United Nations Development Programme), 2004 Arab Human
Development Report 2003: Building a Knowledge Society (New York:
UNDP, April); at: <http://cfapp2.undp.org/rbas/ahdr2.cfm?menu=9>, 12
September 2006.
[12] C.I.P.R.N.M., Comité Interministériel de Prévention des risques naturels
majeurs : Rapport du délégué aux risques majeurs, France. 2002
[13] D. BENOUAR,. Improving disaster management in Algeria, Séminaire
Euro- Méditerranéen sur les catastrophes Naturelles, Environnementales
et Technologiques du 11, 12, et 13 Octobre 2001, Université Houari
Boumediene (USTHB), Alger, Algeria, 2001.
[14] S. King, and A. Kiremidjian, Use of GIS for earthquake hazard and loss
estimation in Geographic Information Research: Bridging the Atlantic.
London: Taylor & Francis, 1997.
[15] P. Kleindorfer and H..Kunreuther, Challenges Facing the Insurance
Industry in Managing Catastrophic Risks in Kenneth Froot (ed), the
Financing of Property/Casualty Risks, University of Chicago, 1999.
[16] B.Stone, and J. Bullen, "Urban form and watershed
management: How zoning influences residential stormwater volumes."
Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design 33 (1), pp. 21-37,
2006.
[17] UN, World Urbanization Prospects, The 2005 Revision, Data, Tables
and Highlights, UN Secretariat, Department of Economic and Social
Affairs, Population Division, New York, 2006.
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flooding hazard analysis and how to reduce the risk. The analysis
concerns the disaster induced by the flood on November 10/11, 2001
in the Bab El Oued district of the city of Algiers.The study begins by
an expertise of damages in related with the urban environment and
the history of the urban growth of the site. After this phase, the work
is focalized on the identification of the existing correlations between
the development of the town and its vulnerability. The final step
consists to elaborate the interpretations on the interactions between
the urban growth, the sewerage network and the vulnerability of the
urban system.In conclusion, several recommendations are formulated
permitting the mitigation of the risk in the future. The principal
recommendations concern the new urban operations and the existing
urbanized sites.", keywords = "urban growth, sewerage network, vulnerability of
town, flooding risk, mitigation", volume = "5", number = "10", pages = "433-8", }
