Measuring the economic benefits of advanced technology use for river flood forecasting

• Published in: Journal of Flood Risk Management
• Main Authors: Siew Hoon Lim, Yue Ge, Jennifer M. Jacobs, Xinhua Jia
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2022
• Subjects: contingent valuation; remote sensing technology; river flood forecast; willingness to pay; River protective works. Regulation. Flood control; TC530-537; Disasters and engineering; TA495; Hudson Bay; Hudson; Spring River
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1111/jfr3.12781; https://doaj.org/article/71235e69eee44663a7ec9357c2d97e83

Abstract As part of the Hudson Bay drainage system in North America, the Red River of the North Basin (RRB) has been subject to Spring River flooding in the past century. Previously, forecast errors had led to inadequate flood preparations that resulted in tremendous losses and overspending of taxpa...