Building Resilience: Flood Impact Assessment and Solutions for Kerala

This report investigates the impact of flooding on buildings in Kerala, India, focusing on building types, construction practices, and materials used. It identifies the root causes of building damage during floods and explores technologies to mitigate such damage. The research aims to provide strategies for building resilience in the Kerala region, considering factors related to construction and civil engineering. Key research questions address building practices, materials damaged, types of buildings affected, causes of damage, and potential technologies for prevention. Case studies, including the Kerala floods and others from around the world, are examined to provide context and insights. The conclusion emphasizes the significant impact of flooding on infrastructure and buildings, highlighting the importance of understanding building types, construction materials, and building practices. Recommendations include government strategies for flood elimination and financial support for flood victims to aid in economic recovery.

Building resilience of fl ood in Kerala, India
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Introduction (Chapter 1)
• This research emphasizes on the flooding on the
Kerala sector and the concept and techniques
• In the Kerala area, a flood occurs due to heavy
seasonal rains

CHAPTER-2
• The key cause of flood in Kerala is utilization of
insufficient materials in building construction.

Aim of the Research
• The key purpose of this investigation is to offer
the resilience for building in flood in the region of
Kerala. This report also aims to offer the factor or
the reason accountable for the occurrence of the
floods in Kerala with respect to construction or
civil engineering.

Research objectives
• To bring into perspective the types of buildings, building practices
and structures that are implemented in Kerala.
• To determine the types of materials that are used to build and those
damaged during floods in Kerala.
• To identify the types of buildings that were damaged by the floods
in Kerala
• Determine the key issues that result in building damages in Kerala.
• To bring into perspective the technologies that can be employed in
order to reduce and prevent the damage of buildings by floods in
Kerala.
• To establish how buildings are destroyed by floods in Kerala.
• To bring into perspective the reason as to why the buildings were
damaged due to floods in Kerala.
• To determine the type of materials that should be used in Kerala in
order to reduce instances of flooding in the area.

Research questions
• RQ.1: What kind of building and building practices or
structures are implemented in Kerala?
• RQ.2: What are the material of building that damaged due to
floods in Kerala?
• RQ.3: What types of building got damaged due to floods in
Kerala?
• RQ.4: what are the root causes of building damages in Kerala?
• RQ.5: Which technology can be adopted for preventing
building damages in Kerala?
• RQ.6: How they got damaged due to floods in Kerala?
• RQ.7: Why they got damaged due to floods in Kerala?
• RQ.8: What type of material should be used to avoid floods in
Kerala?

CHAPTER-4
• Flood Resilience Measures:
• In the year of 2013, Zurich has launched the
international initiatives for improving the food
resilience (Gao, Liu, and Wang, 2013).
• There are different features offered by town
planning in the flood times that involves the
association amid the project

Chapter 5
• The PRISMA technique is practiced for involving
the preferred items
• Qualitative assessment is an approach that
focuses on the use of information and evidence
• The thematic assessment would be practiced for
assessing and evaluating data collected through
all case studies

Chapter 6
• Case Studies
• CASE STUDY-1 : The Kerala floods
• CASE STUDY 2 – SOUTH CAROLINA FLOODS IN
USA, 2015:
• CASE STUDY- 3 : Flood water in the streets
• CASE STUDY -4 : House destroyed by flood water
• CASE STUDY-5 : Provides resilience to flash
floods in wetland communities of north-eastern
Bangladesh

Conclusion
• As per the above interpretation, it can be
concluded that the impact of flooding in the
Kerala area cannot be comprehended. But, as per
the study, the impact of flooding on infrastructure
together with building could be reproduced by
focusing on the different aspects like the type of
building, material practiced for construction, and
building practices.

Recommendations
• From the above conclusion, it can be
recommended that the Government should
develop effective strategies to eliminate the flood
from Kerala.
• It can be suggested that the government should
provide funds to the sufferer of the flood as it can
help to develop the economy of Kerala.

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