Institute of Geography
Topic
Mapping and assessment of the risk of compound occurrence of fluvial and pluvial flooding
PhD. program
Physical Geography, Geoecology and Geoinformatics
Year of admission
2024
Name of the supervisor
Doc. RNDr. Matej Vojtek, PhD.
Contact:
Receiving school
Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Bratislava
Annotation
Fluvial and pluvial floods are among the most frequently occuring types of floods. Fluvial floods are characterized by water overflowing the channel and flooding the adjacent areas. Pluvial floods, or floods from surface runoff, are directly caused by extreme high-intensity rainfall, the amount of which exceeds the retention capacity of the given territory or the capacity of the drainage system. The aim of the dissertation thesis is to create a methodology for mapping and assessment of compound risk of fluvial and pluvial flooding. The risk of compound occurrence of these types of floods will be assessed from the point of view of the hazard itself, but also from the point of view of vulnerability segment using geo-spatial data and technologies and approaches based on rainfall-runoff and hydraulic modeling and remote sensing data analysis.