Web GIS-Based Flood Management System for the Architectural Heritage

Abstract

In recent years, flood damage is drastically increasing due to global warming, urbanization, irregular weather condition and so on. Especially, flash flood by torrential rain and locally heavy rainfall damage the architectural heritage before an appropriate measure is taken. Multilateral efforts are put into solving the issue, however, weakness in effectively responding to the flood risk toward the cultural heritage buildings located all over the nation exists. To solve the problem, the Cultural Heritage Administration conducted researches from 2009 to 2012. Despite efforts, however, there are difficulties in actively corresponding to the flood disaster due to unclassified research data, low accessibility to the information and so on. To address these limitations, this research attempts to present an effective flood management system by integrating Web Geographic Information System (Web-GIS) with Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) and using real-time rainfall data. Compared to the traditional system, suggested Web GIS based flood management system is expected to be more efficient, adaptable and flexible. Ultimately, this research aims to be more supportive tool for flood risk managers decision making.