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Designing Post-Fire Flood Protection Techniques for a Real Event in Central Greece

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Alamanos, A., Papaioannou, G., Varlas, G., Markogianni, V., Plataniotis, A., Papadopoulos, A., Dimitriou, E., & Koundouri, P. (2024). Designing Post-Fire Flood Protection Techniques for a Real Event in Central Greece. Prevention and Treatment of Natural Disasters, 3(2). https://doi.org/10.54963/ptnd.v3i2.303
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  • Angelos Alamanos Independent Researcher, 10243 Berlin, Germany https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3875-2449
  • George Papaioannou
    Department of Forestry and Management of the Environment and Natural Resources, Democritus University of Thrace, 68200 Orestiada, Greece https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7389-6640
  • George Varlas Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Institute of Marine Biological Resources and Inland Waters, 19013 Anavissos, Greece https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7929-9452
  • Vassiliki Markogianni Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Institute of Marine Biological Resources and Inland Waters, 19013 Anavissos, Greece
  • Angelos Plataniotis 1. Sustainable Development Unit, Athena Research Center (RC), 15125 Athens, Greece; 2. Department of Economics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 10559 Athens, Greece
  • Anastasios Papadopoulos Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Institute of Marine Biological Resources and Inland Waters, 19013 Anavissos, Greece https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4441-3443
  • Elias Dimitriou Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Institute of Marine Biological Resources and Inland Waters, 19013 Anavissos, Greece https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6669-6897
  • Phoebe Koundouri 1. Sustainable Development Unit, Athena Research Center (RC), 15125 Athens, Greece; 2. School of Economics and Research Laboratory on Socio-Economic and Environmental Sustainability, Athens University of Economics and Business, 10434 Athens, Greece; 3. Department of Technology, Management and Economics, Denmark Technical University (DTU), 2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5979-6128

Wildfires pose a growing global danger for ecosystems and human activities. The degraded ecosystem functions of burnt sites, include, among others, shifts in hydrological processes, land cover, vegetation, and soil erosion, that make them more vulnerable to flood and extreme sediment transport risks. Several post-fire erosion and flood protection treatments (PFPs) have been developed to avoid and mitigate such consequences and risks. The Mediterranean region faces severe climate change challenges that are projected to escalate the wildfire and post-fire flood risks. However, there is limited research on the dynamics of post-fire flood risks and their mitigation through the design of the appropriate PFPs. This paper aims to cover this gap by simulating a real post-fire flash-flood event in Central Greece, and design the PFPs for this case study, considering their suitability and costs. An integrated framework was used to represent the flood under the baseline scenario: the storm conditions that caused the flood were simulated using the atmospheric model WRF-ARW; the burn extent, severity, and the flood extent were retrieved through remote sensing analyses; and a HEC-RAS hydraulic-hydrodynamic model was developed to simulate the flood event, applying the rain-on-grid technique. Several PFPs were assessed, and certain channel- and barrier-based PFPs were selected as the most suitable for the study area. The recommended PFPs were spatially represented within a geographic information system (GIS). Moreover, we present a detailed analysis of their expected costs. This study provides an interdisciplinary and transferable framework for understanding and enhancing the flood resilience of burnt sites.

Keywords:

post-fire flash-floods post-fire protection remote sensing costs techno-economic analysis
(This article belongs to the Topical Collection "The Nexus between Resilience and Sustainability of Interconnected Critical Entities in the View of Climate Change".)

Highlights

  • Assesses different Post-fire erosion and Flood Protection treatments (PFPs).
  • Suggests the most appropriate PFPs for a real, simulated post-fire flood event.
  • Designs the suggested PFPs and spatially represents within a Geographic Information System (GIS).
  • Detailed analysis of the PFPs costs.
  • Novel and useful insights for the flood resilience of burnt sites.

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