FLOOD VULNERABILITY VS. STRUCTURAL MEASURES RELATED TO JIU VALLEY DEVELOPED IN THE AREA OF CRAIOVA CITY

Moroşanu Gabriela Adina

Faculty of Geography, University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania

Abstract

The main purpose of this paper is to identify and analyze the extreme hydric phenomena which can occur around Craiova and to highlight the structural and nonstructural measures undertaken by the local authorities in order to reduce the probability of risk retention as low as possible. Craiova area overlaps a section of the middle basin of Jiu River, at the confluence with Amaradia River; Craiova was protected in time from floods, droughts, unlike other urban centers developed on the terraces of large rivers. The only significant and memorable flood was in October 1972, when two large districts, located in the South of the city - Mofleni and Ciuperca - were covered by a layer of water between 1 and 2 meters. Taking the data from Jiu Basin, and from the literature and processing some GIS techniques, like Kernel Distance and Buffer Zone methods, we analyzed the factors that determine the production of floods, as well as those that trigger them. Making the physical and geographical analyze of the area, we identified their qualitative and quantitative parameters and the induced adverse effects, together with economic, social and ecological damage.

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