@article{MaiwaldSchwarzKaufmannetal.,
  author    = {Maiwald, Holger and Schwarz, Jochen and Kaufmann, Christian and Langhammer, Tobias and Golz, Sebastian and Wehner, Theresa},
  title     = {Innovative Vulnerability and Risk Assessment of Urban Areas against Flood Events: Prognosis of Structural Damage with a New Approach Considering Flow Velocity},
  series = {Water},
  volume    = {2022},
  journal   = {Water},
  number    = {Volume 14, issue 18, article 2793},
  publisher = {MDPI},
  address   = {Basel},
  doi       = {10.3390/w14182793},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20221012-47254},
  pages     = {1 -- 28},
  abstract  = {The floods in 2002 and 2013, as well as the recent flood of 2021, caused billions Euros worth of property damage in Germany. The aim of the project Innovative Vulnerability and Risk Assessment of Urban Areas against Flood Events (INNOVARU) involved the development of a practicable flood damage model that enables realistic damage statements for the residential building stock. In addition to the determination of local flood risks, it also takes into account the vulnerability of individual buildings and allows for the prognosis of structural damage. In this paper, we discuss an improved method for the prognosis of structural damage due to flood impact. Detailed correlations between inundation level and flow velocities depending on the vulnerability of the building types, as well as the number of storeys, are considered. Because reliable damage data from events with high flow velocities were not available, an innovative approach was adopted to cover a wide range of flow velocities. The proposed approach combines comprehensive damage data collected after the 2002 flood in Germany with damage data of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake tsunami in Japan. The application of the developed methods enables a reliable reinterpretation of the structural damage caused by the August flood of 2002 in six study areas in the Free State of Saxony.},
  subject      = {Bauschaden},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{KreibichPirothSeifertetal.,
  author    = {Kreibich, H. and Piroth, K. and Seifert, I. and Maiwald, Holger and Kunert, U. and Schwarz, Jochen and Merz, B. and Thieken, A. H.},
  title     = {Is flow velocity a significant parameter in flood damage modelling?},
  series = {Natural Hazards and Earth System Science},
  journal   = {Natural Hazards and Earth System Science},
  doi       = {10.25643/bauhaus-universitaet.3145},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20170425-31455},
  pages     = {1679 -- 1692},
  abstract  = {Flow velocity is generally presumed to influence flood damage. However, this influence is hardly quantified and virtually no damage models take it into account. Therefore, the influences of flow velocity, water depth and combinations of these two impact parameters on various types of flood damage were investigated in five communities affected by the Elbe catchment flood in Germany in 2002. 2-D hydraulic models with high to medium spatial resolutions were used to calculate the impact parameters at the sites in which damage occurred. A significant influence of flow velocity on structural damage, particularly on roads, could be shown in contrast to a minor influence on monetary losses and business interruption. Forecasts of structural damage to road infrastructure should be based on flow velocity alone. The energy head is suggested as a suitable flood impact parameter for reliable forecasting of structural damage to residential buildings above a critical impact level of 2m of energy head or water depth. However, general consideration of flow velocity in flood damage modelling, particularly for estimating monetary loss, cannot be recommended.},
  subject      = {Str{\"o}mungsgeschwindigkeit},
  language  = {en}
}