Regional prioritisation of flood risk in mountainous areas

Rogelis, María Carolina; Werner, Micha; Obregón, Nelson; Wright, Nigel

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-16-833-2016

Articles | Volume 16, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-16-833-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-16-833-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 16, issue 3

Research article

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23 Mar 2016

Research article |

| 23 Mar 2016

Regional prioritisation of flood risk in mountainous areas

María Carolina Rogelis, Micha Werner, Nelson Obregón, and Nigel Wright

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RC C1335: 'Comment on "Regional prioritisation of flood risk in mountainous areas"', Anonymous Referee #1, 26 Jul 2015
- AC C2543: 'Reply to Anonymous Referee #1', Carolina Rogelis, 12 Dec 2015
RC C1526: 'Interactive comment on the scientific paper “Regional prioritisation of flood risk in mountainous areas” by M. C. Rogelis, M. Werner, N. Obregón, and G. Wright', Anonymous Referee #2, 19 Aug 2015
- AC C2572: 'Reply to Anonymous Referee #2', Carolina Rogelis, 12 Dec 2015

Short summary

A method to identify mountainous watersheds with the highest flood risk at the regional level is proposed and applied in Bogotá (Colombia). Vulnerability at the regional level was assessed and combined with an existing flood susceptibility indicator, thus providing an index that allows the watersheds to be prioritised. Results show that vulnerability can be expressed in terms of four constituent indicators and a sensitivity analysis shows that the classification of vulnerability is robust.