Causes of flood disasters and suggestions for disaster reduction in the Yangtze-River Basin
Yu Jingjing1, Wan Jinhong2, Chen Guiya1
（1. Office of Flood Control and Drought Relief in Yangtze-River Water Resources Commission, Wuhan, 430010 ；
2. China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, Beijing 100038；
3. Research Center on Flood and Drought Disaster Reduction，MWR，Beijing 100038 ）
Abstract：Affected by the strong El Nino events, Yangtze-River Basin occurred heavy rainstorms frequently and experienced exceed history record flood in 2016. In this paper, after analyzing the data of the flood disasters, the characteristics of disasters are summarized which are: the losses caused by the disaster are serious, disaster situation various among regions, flash flood and urban waterlogging in serious conditions. The main causes of severe flood disaster are the rapid urbanization and outdated urban drainage facilities, flood control capacities are lacking in medium and small rivers, vulnerable flash flood prevention, and deficient non-engineering measures. Furthermore, the suggestions are proposed to provide technical support to flood management.
2017, Vol. 27 
