Unravelling the impacts to the built environment caused by floods in a river heavily perturbed by volcanic eruptions

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datacite.alternateIdentifier.citationJournal of South American Earth Sciences, 102, 2020
datacite.alternateIdentifier.doi10.1016/j.jsames.2020.102655
datacite.alternateIdentifier.issn0895-9811
datacite.creatorBasso-Báez, Sebastián
datacite.creatorMazzorana, Bruno
datacite.creatorUlloa, Héctor
datacite.creatorBahamondes, Diego
datacite.creatorRuiz-Villanueva, Virginia
datacite.creatorSanhueza, Daniel
datacite.creatorIroumé, Andrés A.
datacite.creatorPicco, Lorenzo
datacite.date2020
datacite.rightsRegistro bibliográfico
datacite.subjectBridge Clogging
datacite.subjectCascade Processes
datacite.subjectChaitén Volcano
datacite.subjectFlood
datacite.subjectHazard
datacite.subjectImpact
datacite.subjectModelling
datacite.subjectBuilding
datacite.subjectExplosive Volcanism
datacite.subjectFlood
datacite.subjectFlooding
datacite.subjectRisk Assessment
datacite.subjectRiver Channel
datacite.subjectVolcanic Eruption
datacite.subjectVulnerability
datacite.subjectBlanco River [los Lagos]
datacite.subjectChaiten Volcano
datacite.subjectChile
datacite.subjectLos Lagos
datacite.subjectSouthern Volcanic Zone
datacite.titleUnravelling the impacts to the built environment caused by floods in a river heavily perturbed by volcanic eruptions
dc.description.abstractExplosive volcanic eruptions generate a range of physical processes with great hazard potential. Subsequent fluvial processes have major effects on channel and valley-floor geometry, potentially resulting in extreme sediment and large wood (LW) yields. The associated impacts can be severe, both immediately and in the longer term as river channels are permanently reworking the large volumes of their own sediment. The city of Chaitén (Lake District, Chile) is a unique case, since sediment- and wood-laden flows in the Blanco River may still pose, even 11 years after the paroxysmal eruption of the Chaitén volcano, large urban sectors at risk. Thoroughly assessing the flood hazard and the generated impact for such urban settings is, hence, of utmost importance. To achieve this goal, we designed a workflow integrating the following tasks: (i) hydrologic modelling at catchment scale employing the HEC-HMS model to obtain flood hydrographs for a 30 and 100 years flood, respectively, (ii) estimation of the sediment fluxes to establish reliable boundary conditions for (iii) the subsequent extensive 2D flood modelling with the model Iber in the unconfined floodplain and delta of the Blanco River including also the effects of possible clogging of the Austral Road bridge with transported LW, (iv) quantification of a series of building performance indicators for a set of 13 residential buildings as a basis for subsequent vulnerability and risk assessment. We found that, even without a new volcanic eruption as a potent hazard trigger, vast urban sectors are still exposed to flooding, in particular if LW gets entrapped at the Austral Road bridge and channel outbursts occur as a consequence of the reduced conveyance and backwater rise. Our results indicate a great spatial variability of flood impacts, being worst in the urban areas either located closely to the channel outburst locations or where overland flow locally channelizes on concave floodplain topographies. Based on our findings we outline provisional recommendations for risk mitigation and informed land use planning. © 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
dc.description.ia_keywordflood, sediment, river, urban, volcanic, hazard, subsequent
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositoriodigital.uct.cl/handle/10925/3697
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElsevier BV
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dc.rights.driverinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.sourceJournal of South American Earth Sciences
dc.subject.ia_odsODS 11: Ciudades y comunidades sostenibles
dc.subject.ia_oecd1nCiencias Naturales
dc.subject.ia_oecd2nCiencias Biológicas
dc.subject.ia_oecd3nCiencias del Medio Ambiente
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oaire.citationEdition2020
oaire.citationTitleJournal of South American Earth Sciences
oaire.citationVolume102
oaire.fundingReferenceANID FONDECYT 3180109 (Postdoctorado), 1170413 (Regular)
oaire.licenseConditionCopyright © Elsevier Ltd, 2020
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uct.departamentoDepartamento de Ciencias Ambientales
uct.facultadFacultad de Recursos Naturales
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