Assessing the Value of Flood Mitigation Projects
Sponsor/grant agency:
Team:
Witold Krajewski and Ibrahim Demir
A web tool that allows users to estimate the economic impact of flood mitigation projects on infrastructure in the floodplain
Sponsor/grant agency:
Team:
Witold Krajewski and Ibrahim Demir
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Location
Partners:
Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management
Services provided by IFC:
In collaboration with the Homeland Security and Emergency Management Department, the Iowa Flood Center is working to assess the economic impact of flood mitigation projects on infrastructure in the floodplain.
“The [Iowa Flood] Center’s importance to river communities can’t be overstated. Its value vastly exceeds its budget.” —Cedar Rapids Gazette editorial
In May 2017, the Iowa Flood Information System (IFIS) added data from the web tool Hazus, which allows users to estimate the cost of flood damages to buildings and other structures under various flooding scenarios.
Hazus, developed and distributed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), is a area, and then quantifies the total damage in dollars. In 2017, the IFC’s Ibrahim Demir and graduate student Enes Yildirim integrated Hazus datasets into IFIS flood maps.
IFIS currently provides flood loss and damage estimates for 12 communities:
After expanding Hazus to more Iowa communities, Demir and Yildirim plan to add additional analysis layers to include the number of schools, critical structures, and emergency centers affected in the damage estimate.
Iowa Flood Center
The University of Iowa
100 Stanley Hydraulics Laboratory
Iowa City, IA 52242
E-mail: iihr-iowafloodcenter@uiowa.edu
Contact: Breanna Shea
Phone: 319-384-1729
Fax: 319-335-5238