DEVELOPMENT OF

SENSITIVE AREAS
 DEVELOPMENT OF SENSITIVE AREAS

Risk of disaster
 Floods
 Haze
 Land slides

 The drainage basin / watershed

 Humid lands
 Dry lands
 The highlands
 Flood Plains
 Therole of government agencies to
control flood through
 Protecting coastal areas
 Prevent flash flooding

There should be activities to control and prevent

flood taken placed along river basin.
 Development Along Floodplains
Historically, rapid development along rivers for

 living, industry, commerce and recreation

 Settlement near water:

 water transportation,
 water supply and water power
 Fertile land for agriculture
Development Along Floodplains
 Development continued as communities grew.

 Recent decades – development along

waterways and shorelines spurred by aesthetic
and recreational values of these sites.

 Increasing level of destruction – cause

landslides, flood and tsunami
 TYPES OF FLOODING
 Most floods fall into one of three categories:

 Riverine flooding
 Coastal flooding
 Shallow flooding
 RIVERINE FLOODING
A watershed is an area that drains into a
lake, stream or other body of water – basin
or catchment area.
 Watershed vary in size
 Water from rain and snowmelt flows
through channels
 Channels can be river, creek, stream or
ditches
 Can be wet all the time or dry most of the
time
 Access water flows over its bank into
adjacent floodplain

 Flooding occurs along the channels called

riverine flooding

 In relatively flat areas the slow moving flood

water may cover the lands for days or even
weeks

 Hilly areas – flood will move through the area

quickly but very dangerous because it moves
very fast – people and property
OVERBANK FLOODING
 When down stream channels receive more
rain or snowmelt from their watershed than
normal.
 Excess water overloads the channels and
flows onto the floodplains
 Hilly and mountainous areas have faster
moving water – can pose a serious hazard
 May not give warning that flash flood will
strike
 Flat areas may take days before actual
flooding
 Flash Flooding
 Due to sivere storm that drops so much
rainfall in a short time
 Areas with steep slopes and narrow
valleys – vulnerable
 Hilly areas are hazadous and very
distructive
 Urban areas – flash flooding
 Can cause dam failure
 COASTAL FLOODING
 Hurricanes and severe storms cause most
coastal flooding
 Major coastal storm can significantly
change the shape of the shoreline
 Wind and waves shape sand dunes, bluffs
and barrier island – provide natural buffers
from effects of a strom
 Preservation is important to the protection
of inland development
Human activity – such as construction that
altering the natural systems that transport the
sand can cause coastal erosion.

Tsunamis – another hazard along the coast

A large wave a tidal wave – caused by an
underwater earthquake or volcano.
Can raise water level as much as 15 feet or
more.
 SHALLOW FLOODING
 Occurs in flat areas where a lack of channels
means water cannot drain away easily. 3
categories:
 Sheet flows – water spread out over a large area
at somewhat uniform depth
 Ponding – cannot drain-out , creating ponding
effect.
 Urban Drainage – drainage systems built to
handle normal storm water – overload water
cause shallow flooding