Stručni rad
Protection from floods
Josip Silaj
orcid.org/0000-0002-2105-0889
; Sisak
Sažetak
Floods in the world, but also in our country, are one of the most common natural disasters. Preventive measures in solving problems caused by floods are regulating water flows and building of dams. In emergencies various operative measures such as setting up water barriers are used. Nowadays we realise that these measures are not sufficient because floods occur more and more often, which puts into danger human lives, animals and properties. As the technology of protection and saving is improving, some shifts in the flood defense have been done. There is a whole variety of defense measures that we are still not familiar with. For example, a lot of people and technics is needed to set up a water barrier built of sandbags, whereas there are a lot of other simpler and more efficient water barriers, but all of them have their advantages and disadvantages.
Building of regulating and protective water structures is conducted according to the Programme of building of regulating and protective water structures, which is enacted by the Government of the Republic of Croatia and proposed by the sectoral minister. Technical and economical maintenance of watercourses, water resources and water structures is based on the Programme of arranging of rivers and other watercourses. This programme is part of the annual plan of water management and is enacted by Croatian Waters in accordance with the Ministry of the regional development, forestry sector and water economics.
Policies and measures to protect nature and the environment will be incorporated In the above plans of water management. The idea to be able to carry out flood protection measures and the construction of water barriers in emergency situations more efficiently and more quickly led to the invention of some new water barriers which would facilitate and accelerate the crisis situation caused on the specific area. In the further work more about these new methods of flood defense will be revealed.
Ključne riječi
floods; defense; new technology
Hrčak ID:
165896
URI
Datum izdavanja:
16.8.2016.
Posjeta: 5.533 *