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).
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Research highlights in safety and security |
| Place of Publication | Espoo |
| Publisher | VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland |
| Pages | 16-17 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-951-38-8130-6 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-951-38-8129-0 |
| Publication status | Published - 2013 |
| MoE publication type | Not Eligible |
Publication series
| Series | VTT Research Highlights |
|---|---|
| Number | 10 |
| ISSN | 2242-1173 |
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Korkealaakso, J., & Piira, K. (2013). Urban flood alarm system: SmartAlarm. In Research highlights in safety and security (pp. 16-17). VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland. VTT Research Highlights, No. 10 http://www.vtt.fi/inf/pdf/researchhighlights/2013/R10.pdf