Informatics Publishing Limited

Sumit Pant ¹, Tom Thomas ¹

Affiliations
1 Banarasidas Chandiwala Institute of Hotel Management, New Delhi, IN

Abstract

With the advent of many new hotel chains in India and emergence of various forms of tourism like business, medical and MICE has contributed a lot in increasing the hotel industry Indian tourism and hospitality sector is scaling new heights. The World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) has predicted that India has the potential to become the number one tourist destination in the world with the demand growing at 10.1 per cent per annum.

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P. P. Mujumdar ¹, M. S. Mohan Kumar ¹, G. S. Sreenivasa Reddy ², Shubha Avinash ², Ila Chawla ¹, G. S. Kaushika ¹, Aisha Sharma ¹, Saimy Davis ¹, Tom Thomas ¹, Claris Ann Thomas ¹, Vanishri S. Jahagirdar ¹, H. M. Arpitha ², K. Parashuram ², Anjan Kumar ²

Affiliations
1 Interdisciplinary Centre for Water Research (ICWaR), Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru 560 012, IN
2 Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Center (KSNDMC), Bengaluru 560 064, IN

Abstract

In the recent past, a steep increase in the frequency and intensity of flash floods in urban regions has resulted in significant damage to life and property, necessitating a holistic approach to address the problem. An integrated urban flood model for Bengaluru city, Karnataka, India has been developed with a modular approach, which includes real-time rainfall and weather monitoring, and a rainfall forecast system feeding into a comprehensive hydrologic flood model. An output management and information dissemination channel for timely disaster preparedness and response is integrated in the framework, with active involvement of the government. The framework and outcomes of the system are summarized and presented here.

Keywords

Disaster preparedness, flash floods, rainfall forecast, urban flood model, weather monitoring.

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