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Decision‐Making and Flood Risk Uncertainty: Statistical Data Set Analysis for Flood Risk Assessment

Water resources research, 2018-10, Vol.54 (10), p.7291-7308 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

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Title:
Decision‐Making and Flood Risk Uncertainty: Statistical Data Set Analysis for Flood Risk Assessment
Author: Collet, L. ; Beevers, L. ; Stewart, M. D.
Subjects: Catchment area ; Climate change ; climate change impact ; Climate change influences ; Climate models ; Climatic extremes ; Cluster analysis ; Clustering ; Data processing ; Decision analysis ; Decision making ; Decision trees ; End users ; Environmental risk ; Environmental Sciences ; Extreme value distribution ; Extreme values ; Flood control ; Flood hazards ; Flood management ; Flood risk ; Floods ; Future climates ; Hazards ; Hydrologic data ; Hydrologic models ; Hydrology ; Industry standards ; Parameter uncertainty ; Probability theory ; regionalization analysis ; Risk analysis ; Risk assessment ; Statistical analysis ; Statistical methods ; Statistics ; Uncertainty ; uncertainty analysis
Is Part Of: Water resources research, 2018-10, Vol.54 (10), p.7291-7308
Description: Floods are a significant issue worldwide with over 1 billion people living in areas of potential flood risk. With climate change these risks are anticipated to increase, but there is great uncertainty associated with future projections, which poses challenges to those making decisions on flood management. Climate change projections which explicitly capture climate model parameters uncertainty are available in the United Kingdom; however, their use by practitioners, rather than researchers, has so far been limited. This paper takes an inclusive approach, working with end users, to answer practitioner relevant questions regarding future climate change influence for flood hazards. The method developed demonstrates the findings across Scotland, United Kingdom and investigates (i) the regional impacts to extreme flows and the associated uncertainty, (ii) the changes in extreme peak flows in terms of frequency, and (iii) the physical and hydroclimatic factors controlling these results. The method used industry standard statistical methods, driven by practitioner requirements, and explicitly includes the statistical uncertainty in the climate and extreme value distribution models in extreme flow estimates. Results are analyzed using hierarchical clustering and decision tree analysis, and the subsequent trends are shown to be constrained by different hydrological, climatic, and physical catchment characteristics. Results suggest that there is a high probability that low return period peak flow events would exceed the baseline extreme high return period event by the 2080s, which has significant implications for future‐proofing infrastructure design. This study provides a practical example and outputs resulting from collaboration between research and industry practices. Key Points Changes in peak flows and the associated uncertainties are driven by diverse physical and hydrometeorological controlling factors There is a high probability that low‐frequency peak flow events would become 2 to 4 times more frequent by the 2080s across Scotland Coupling bottom‐up to top‐down approaches in climate change impact studies would allow closing the gap between research and practice
Publisher: Washington: John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 0043-1397
EISSN: 1944-7973
DOI: 10.1029/2017WR022024
Source: Wiley Blackwell AGU Digital Archive

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