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Table of Contents

Preface .......................................................................................................................................... 4

Summary ....................................................................................................................................... 6
Table of Contents .......................................................................................................................... 8
1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................ 10

1.1 Background.................................................................................................................. 10
1.2 Motive ......................................................................................................................... 11
1.3 Objectives and scope of the study .............................................................................. 12
2 Research methodology ....................................................................................................... 14

2.1 Study ............................................................................................................................ 14
2.2 Scope and objectives ................................................................................................... 15
2.3 Input data .................................................................................................................... 16

2.3.1 Flood characteristics ........................................................................................... 16
2.3.2 Land use data ...................................................................................................... 17
2.3.3 Constructions ...................................................................................................... 19

2.3.4 Damage mechanisms .......................................................................................... 20
2.3.5 Maintenance policy ............................................................................................. 20
2.3.6 Costs .................................................................................................................... 21

2.4 Verification .................................................................................................................. 21
2.5 Validation .................................................................................................................... 21
3 Input model ......................................................................................................................... 22
3.1 General ........................................................................................................................ 22

3.2 Flood characteristics ................................................................................................... 22
3.3 Land use data .............................................................................................................. 25
3.3.1 Soil type ............................................................................................................... 25

3.3.2 Road infrastructure ............................................................................................. 28
3.4 Constructions .............................................................................................................. 31
3.4.1 Traditional constructions .................................................................................... 31
3.4.2 PowerCem based constructions .......................................................................... 33

3.5 Damage mechanisms .................................................................................................. 36
3.6 Maintenance policy ..................................................................................................... 37

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