D2E - Down to Earth

Piraeus | Space for Change

Flood Prevention using reforestation

High-Level Project Summary

Our project combines the open data provided by NASA and other existing tools and technologies to locate areas in the risk of flood in the years to come and to find viable ways for flood prevention.

Link to Project "Demo"

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1uuvSA3k1qHNPaCwBPsufg5tWsgHBSvUs/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=103720646392860422729&rtpof=true&sd=true

Link to Final Project

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rZLRGeYlQS526T_gCdb7iKJvi_AWiZlKTYSez59_b1w/edit?usp=sharing

Detailed Project Description

Our project combines the open data provided by NASA and other existing tools and technologies to locate areas in the risk of flood in the years to come and to find viable ways for flood prevention.


Space Agency Data

There were many resources available for us to use. First of all, the Aqueduct floods tool, which we used in order to detect the most exposed areas and cities to the flood risk. We also utilized the SEDAC map viewer tool, which uses the, available by NASA, open data, so that it can project a map with the population density of any area globally. Another useful tools were the EPI (Environmental Performance Index) Forestry, the data for urban expansion probabilities coming from PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences), the data for global flood total economic loss risk, the mortality risk, hazard frequency provided by CHRR (Center of Hazard and Risk Research). With these tools available, our team was able to locate the most vulnerable, by floods, populations on Earth in an effort to concentrate our exertions and save human lives and resources.

References

Drone pollinator:



Cost of Beekeeping:


Facts about bees:

Facts about trees

tree per acre https://theyardable.com/how-many-trees-can-you-plant-per-acre/

gallon per tree https://extension.psu.edu/the-role-of-trees-and-forests-in-healthy-watersheds

inch gia heavy rain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rain

socioeconomic data https://earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/pathfinders/disasters/floods-data-pathfinder

sedac https://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/

aqueduct https://www.wri.org/data/aqueduct-global-flood-analyzer

flood risk https://www.wri.org/applications/aqueduct/floods/#/hazard?p=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

tree planting cost https://www.apnursery.com/tree-planting-costs/

identifying flowers https://www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/3/1/9/htm

battery cycles  https://www.thedronegirl.com/2020/05/24/lipo-batteries-last/   

wholesale price of replacement batteries https://www.alibaba.com/showroom/wholesale-lipo-battery.html

maps of flood and flow https://waterwatch.usgs.gov/new/index.php?r=ca&id=ww_flood 

cost of flooding https://www.cbsnews.com/news/global-cost-of-flooding-to-increase-tenfold-by-2030/?fbclid=IwAR1z_Iz9xR-SvKMDEbJgxXMpBPjwgNewqWIqTV-2yj_2jvmWhhQIhpYTj4Y 




Prediction of flood cost:


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