601
Views
16
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Articles

Assessment of flood risks in Pearl River Delta due to levee breaching

, , &
Pages 122-133 | Received 30 Oct 2012, Accepted 22 Feb 2013, Published online: 29 Apr 2013

References

  • Aboelata , M. A. and D. S. Bowles . 2005 . LIFESim: A Model for Estimating Dam Failure Life Loss . Report to Institute for Water Resources, US Army Corps of Engineers and Australian National Committee on Large Dams, Institute for Dam Safety Risk Management, Utah State University , Logan , Utah , USA .
  • Administration Bureau of North Pearl River Levee System . 1998 . Records of North Pearl River Levee System . Guangdong : Guangdong Higher Education Press . (In Chinese) .
  • ASTM . 2009 . D2488-09a , Standard Practice for Description and Identification of Soils . West Conshohocken , PA : ASTM International .
  • Barkau , R. L. 1985 . “ A Mathematical Model of Unsteady Flow through a Dendritic Network .” PhD thesis , Department of Civil Engineering, Colorado State University .
  • Chou , J. W. , J. K. Lu , N. Li , and H. Chen . 1999 . “ The Development of Flood Simulation Model in Flood Risk Information Management System in Beijing Area .” Journal of Catastrophology 14 4 : 17 – 21 . (In Chinese) .
  • Centre for Civil Engineering Research and Codes CUR . 1990 . Probabilistic Design of Flood Defences . CUR Report 141 , Gouda : Centre for Civil Engineering Research and Codes .
  • Dos Santos , R. N. C. , Caldeira , L. M. M. and Serra , J. P. B. 2012 . FMEA of a tailings dam . Georisk , 6 ( 2 ) : 89 – 104 . doi: 10.1080/17499518.2011.615751
  • GEO-SLOPE International Ltd . 2007 . GeoStudio 2007 . Calgary , AB : GEO-SLOPE International Ltd .
  • Graham , W. J. 1999 . A Procedure for Estimating Loss of Life Caused by Dam Failure . Publication No.DSO-99–06 . Denver , CO : U.S. Bureau of Reclamation .
  • Jonkman , S. N. 2007 . “ Loss of Life Estimation in Flood Risk Assessment: Theory and Applications .” PhD thesis , Delft University of Technology .
  • Jonkman , S. N. , Vrijling , J. K. and Vrouwenvelder , A. C. W. M. 2008 . Methods for the Estimation of Loss of Life due to Floods: A Literature Review and a Proposal for a New Method . Natural Hazards , 46 ( 3 ) : 353 – 389 . doi: 10.1007/s11069-008-9227-5
  • Lin , Z. , and X. M. Gu . 2005 . “ Comments on the Piping Problem in Shijiao Segment of the North River Levee System .” Guangdong Water Resources and Hydropower 5 : 17 – 21 . (In Chinese) . doi: 1008-0112(2005)05-0017-03 .
  • Liu , Y. , 2009 . “ An Explicit Risk-Based Approach for Levee Safety Decisions .” MPhil thesis , The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology .
  • Peng , M. and Zhang , L. M. 2012a . Breaching Parameters of Landslide Dams . Landslides , 9 ( 1 ) : 13 – 31 . doi: 10.1007/s10346-011-0271-y
  • Peng , M. and Zhang , L. M. 2012b . Analysis of Human Risks due to Dam-Break Floods-Part 1: A New Model Based on Bayesian Networks . Natural Hazards , 64 ( 1 ) : 903 – 933 . doi: 10.1007/s11069-012-0275-5
  • Peng , M. and Zhang , L. M. 2012c . Analysis of Human Risks due to Dam Break Floods-Part 2: Application to Tangjiashan Landslide Dam Failure . Natural Hazards , 64 ( 2 ) : 1899 – 1923 . doi: 10.1007/s11069-012-0336-9
  • Shannon Wilson, Inc . and T. F. Wolff . 1994 . Probability Models for Geotechnical Aspects of Navigation Structures . St. Louis, MO: Report to the St. Louis District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers .
  • USACE . 2008 . Hydraulic Reference Manual of HEC-RAS . California : Hydrologic Engineering Center, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers .
  • Vrijling , J. K. , T. Schweckendiek , and W. Kanning . 2011 . “ Safety Standards of Flood Defenses .” In Proc. 3rd Int. Symposium on Geotech, Safety and Risk , Munich , Germany , 2–3 June 2011 , N. Vogt , B. Schuppener , and  G. Brau , 67 – 84 . Karlsrule : Bundesanstalt fur Wasserbau .
  • Wolff , T. F. 2008 . “ Reliability of Levee Systems .” In Reliability-Based Design in Geotechnical Engineering , Kok-KwangPhoon , Chapter 12 , 448 – 496 . London and New York : Taylor & Francis .
  • Xu , Y. and Zhang , L. M. 2009 . Breaching Parameters of Earth and Rockfill Dams . Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering (ASCE) , 135 ( 12 ) : 1957 – 1970 . doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0000162
  • Yang , H. W. , Luo , Z. Q. and Tang , G. Z. 2006 . Administration Map of Guangdong Province , Guangzhou : Cartographic Publishing House of Guangdong .
  • Zhang , L. M. , Xu , Y. and Jia , J. S. 2009 . Analysis of Earth Dam Failures-A Database Approach . Georisk , 3 ( 3 ) : 184 – 189 . doi: 10.1080/17499510902831759

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.