Flood Damage Survey and Assessment

Daniela Molinari, Politecnico di Milano, ItalyScira Menoni, Politecnico di Milano, ItalyFrancesco Ballio, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

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• Contributors viiPreface xiAcknowledgments xvPart I: Introduction1 Overview of the United Nations Global Loss Data Collection InitiativeJulio Serje 32 Technical Recommendations for Standardizing Loss DataDaniele Ehrlich, Christina Corbane, and Tom De Groeve 17Part II: Data Storage3 Overview of Loss Data Storage at Global ScaleRoberto Rudari, Marco Massabo, and Tatiana Bedrina 334 Direct and Insured Flood Damage in the United StatesMelanie Gall 535 HOWAS21, the German Flood Damage DatabaseHeidi Kreibich, Annegret Thieken, Soren-Nils Haubrock, and Kai Schroter 65Part III: Data Collection6 Best Practice of Data Collection at the Local Scale: The RISPOSTA ProcedureNicola Berni, Daniela Molinari, Francesco Ballio, Guido Minucci, and Carolina Arias Munoz 797 Data Collection for a Better Understanding of What Causes Flood Damage–Experiences with Telephone SurveysAnnegret Thieken, Heidi Kreibich, Meike Muller, and Jessica Lamond 958 Utilizing Post]Disaster Surveys to Understand the Social Context of Floods–Experiences from Northern AustraliaDavid King and Yetta Gurtner 1079 Understanding Crowdsourcing and Volunteer Engagement: Case Studies for Hurricanes, Data Processing, and FloodsShadrock Roberts and Tiernan Doyle 121Part IV: Data Analysis10 After the Flood Is Before the Next Flood: The Post]Event Review Capability Methodology Developed by Zurich’s Flood Resilience AllianceMichael Szoenyi, Kanmani Venkateswaran, Adriana Keating, and Karen MacClune 13711 Defining Complete Post]Flood Scenarios to Support Risk Mitigation StrategiesScira Menoni, Funda Atun, Daniela Molinari, Guido Minucci, and Nicola Berni 15112 Rebuild and Improve Queensland: Continuous Improvement After the 2010–2011 Floods in AustraliaBrendan Moon 17313 Forensic Disaster Analysis of Flood Damage at Commercial and Industrial FirmsMartin Dolan, Nicholas Walliman, Shahrzad Amouzad, and Ray Ogden 195Part V: Information and Communication Technology Tools14 Response to Flood Events: The Role of Satellite]based Emergency Mapping and the Experience of the Copernicus Emergency Management ServiceAndrea Ajmar, Piero Boccardo, Marco Broglia, Jan Kucera, Fabio Giulio]Tonolo, and Annett Wania 21315 Data Collection and Analysis at Local Scale: The Experience within the Poli]RISPOSTA ProjectCarolina Arias Munoz, Mirjana Mazuran, Guido Minucci, Danilo Ardagna, and Maria Brovelli 229ConclusionsDaniela Molinari, Scira Menoni, and Francesco Ballio 247Index 257