Addressing flooding in the city of Surat beyond its boundaries
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12242501 |
|---|---|
| Authors | G K Bhat (TARU, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India), Gopalkrishna Bhat (corresponding author), Anup Karanth (E-mail, corresponding author), Lalit Kumar Dashora (corresponding author), Lalit Dashora (E-mail), Umamaheshwaran Rajasekar (E-mail, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 429-441 |
| Publication date | 2013-07-23 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environment and Urbanization (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0956-2478 • E-ISSN: 1746-0301 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0956247813495002 |
| OpenAlex | W2158373216 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
This paper describes the flood risks faced by Surat, one of India’s most successful and also most flood-prone cities. The city is located on the Tapi River and faces flood risks not only from heavy precipitation in and around the city but also from heavy precipitation upstream and from high tides downstream. Reducing the risks from upstream depends on better water management in a water catchment area and dam reservoir located far outside the city authority’s jurisdiction and in another state. The paper also reviews measures being taken to reduce flood risks – and how climate change is likely to affect such risks. It suggests that part of the city’s response needs to be a greater ability to live with floods, while minimizing the costs these usually bring in terms of loss of life, damage to homes and disruption to businesses
Business · Climate change · Downstream (manufacturing · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Flood myth · Flooding (psychology · Geography · Jurisdiction · Meteorology · Political science · Precipitation · Upstream (networking · Water resource management · Engineering · Environmental Science · Flood Risk Assessment and Management · Water resources management and optimization · Geology
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| Unique citing works | 13 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2021 (9) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 13 |