Flood Analysis and Mitigation Strategies in Algeria

Abstract Floods are frequent hazard in Algeria. They cause severe casualties, destroy infrastructures, and impair economies. In the past decades, Algeria experienced devastating floods. The dominant type of occurring floods flash floods, which tend to be not well documented studied This chapter presents a brief introduction flood phenomena within Algerian climatic management context, based on databases, scientific publications, local technical reports. Existing studies about reviewed. It also provides an analysis most disastrous that occurred decades. Of noteworthy highlight Bab El Oued heavily urbanized setting M’zab Valley flood, took place UNESCO World Heritage Site. monitoring network is presented data availability discussed. implementation first forecasting early warning system presented. Different aspects were including effect increase urbanization, influence climate change adopted strategies risk management. Heavy increasing urbanization population growth increased vulnerability this trend must mitigated.