@inbook{9c28557b477a4114b8aa118ff37c6fc3,
title = "Urban flood alarm system: SmartAlarm",
abstract = "More than half of the world's natural disasters are floods, affecting millions of people each year. More than 3 billion people have been affected by major floods over the last century, including almost 7 million deaths and 441 billion USD in damages (www.em-dat.net). VTT is currently conducting extensive research on urban flooding and related ICT solutions. Key challenges addressed include minimizing damage to people, property and businesses caused by heavy rain flooding; predicting floods and alerting authorities and the public; locating potential flood sites; and determining who should be alerted and informed first and what this information should contain. The first concept and related research prototype of a local early warning system for urban floods caused by heavy rains has been developed by VTT under the Tekes project SmartAlarm (Urban Flood Alarm System).",
author = "Juhani Korkealaakso and Kalevi Piira",
year = "2013",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-951-38-8129-0",
series = "VTT Research Highlights",
publisher = "VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland",
number = "10",
pages = "16--17",
booktitle = "Research highlights in safety and security",
address = "Finland",
}