Parvathy Cb

UI4051

PUI22236

Kochi city, the highest per capita contributor to the state has seen devasting impacts of flood for years now since its 1924 flood. Flood risk reduction attempts that are seen currently in the city are through devising frameworks, indexes, vulnerability mapping, and zoning as well as through identification of community participation that helped in emergency responses. This research fills the gaps in assessing the existing and newly developing mitigation measures in the study area for its functionality and management for flood risk reduction. Also, the locally practiced adaption measures are found through this research. The recommendations intend to amplify these local adaptation measures through statutory mechanisms and increase efficiency in risk management through the locally contextualized Sus-Keralam (Susthira Keralam) FIRMM (Flood Information and Risk Management Monitoring) Platform designed through this research.


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The methodology of the research involved tasks and sub-tasks that were achieved through different methods

Impact profiling of the 100 year rain return flood event helped understand the impacts components in the city

Losses and damages in households found through post disaster needs assessment and reports were confirmed through surveys

The natural and anthropogenic driving factors for flood in the city

Flood risk profile of the city

Locally developed or adopted structural or non structural measures found through 56 non-equivalent surveys

Flood mitigation measures identified through official interviews are grouped and seen for their flood responsiveness vs prevention

Structural measures placed across LSGI limits for their spatial extent and similar placement is done for non-structural measures for areas exerted

The proposed platform for risk information and management monitoring that shall enable collaborative works and balancing of mitigation measures

The platform has been designed to have watershed, agencies, flood risk, relief, and weather information for better decisions by city managers and makers