Development of software system on dike safety assessment

摘要

During flood season, people's life and properties are strongly dependent on good (safe) waterdefences (river dikes).The increased demand for knowing the safety status of river dikes and making promptdecision in high water level situation has lead to the development of dike safety assessment system.In the paper,the functions and procedures of the dike safety assessment software system are presented.Based on the developingpractices of the Heilongjiang provincial flood control management system, the basic concepts of dikesafety assessment and the applications of information technology are introduced.