City-scale accessibility of emergency responders operating during flood events

Green, Daniel; Yu, Dapeng; Pattison, Ian; Wilby, Robert; Bosher, Lee; Patel, Ramila; Thompson, Philip; Trowell, Keith; Draycon, Julia; Halse, Martin; Yang, Lili; Ryley, Tim

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-17-1-2017

Articles | Volume 17, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-17-1-2017

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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-17-1-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 17, issue 1

Research article

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03 Jan 2017

Research article |

| 03 Jan 2017

City-scale accessibility of emergency responders operating during flood events

Daniel Green, Dapeng Yu, Ian Pattison, Robert Wilby, Lee Bosher, Ramila Patel, Philip Thompson, Keith Trowell, Julia Draycon, Martin Halse, Lili Yang, and Tim Ryley

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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-17-1-2017-supplement

Data sets

Ordnance Survey Datasets Edina Digimap https://digimap.edina.ac.uk/os

Long term flood risk information UK Government https://flood-warning-information.service.gov.uk/long-term-flood-risk/map?map=Reservoirs

Preliminary Flood Risk Assessment Leicester City Council http://www.leicester.gov.uk/media/178251/swmp-main-report.pdf

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This paper demonstrates a novel method of evaluating emergency responder accessibility at the city scale during fluvial and surface water flood events of varying magnitudes. Results suggest that surface water flood events within the city of Leicester, UK, may cause more disruption to emergency responders when compared to fluvial flood events of the same magnitude. This study provides evidence to guide strategic planning for decision makers prior to and during flood events.