URBAN FLOODS IN BENGALURU AND FLOOD MODELS: A REVIEW

The Urbanization consistently affecting various parameters of environment, affecting human activities. Urban flooding is one of the major concerns affecting by urbanization damaging life of people and properties. Bengaluru is marked as Silicon city and a major IT hub, which is facing such issues from past decade due to rapid urbanization. Managing urban flood is a challenging task for environmental as well as for urban planners. It is necessary to utilize or to develop flood model for getting better knowledge about existing issue. A critical review on various studies on Bengaluru flooding and flood models has made, which reveals that urban flooding is majorly due to conversion of permeable surfaces to concrete or bitumen asphalts and encroachment of natural drains. Most of the models based on empirical, conceptual and data driven. This article presents a critical review on some of the practicing flood models and effects of flooding.