Flood information systems: Needs and improvements in Eastern India |
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Authors: | Robert Schware |
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Institution: | (1) Environmental and Societal Impacts Group, National Center for Atmospheric Research, 80307 Boulder, Colorado |
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Abstract: | Flood warning systems offer a large potential for reducing human losses and property damage in flood-prone regions. This article illustrates why official organized systems should not be relied on completely in either developing or developed societies. It then discusses an indigenous flood warning system in a rural area of Eastern India, its value, and its importance in providing an alternative means of detecting, interpreting, and relaying flood warning information to the ultimate users of this information, i.e., those populations most at risk from floods.The National Center for Atmospheric Research is operated by the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research and is sponsored by the National Science Foundation. |
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Keywords: | Rural people's knowledge Ideal official and folk flood warning systems Subarnarekha River basin Orissa Bihar and West Bengal Monsoon Indigenous technology |
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