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In recent years major floods have occurred across Europe causing serious damages and huge financial implications. Flood risk and vulnerability is increasing with increased frequency of occurrence of extreme events due to climate change, changes in land-use, encroachment into floodplains and increasing economic value of assets and businesses. Human lives, property, environment and socio-economics are at increasing risk due to flooding. Recent alarming events in Central Europe, UK and The Netherlands have provided renewed impetus to the development of improved policies and techniques for flood risk management across Europe. Sharing of knowledge and understanding of the practical problems, dilemmas and challenges will aid in the development and implementation of new technologies and strategies of the challenging issues of flood risk management in Europe. This valuable edition brings together 26 peer reviewed articles on technical, socio-economic, environmental and policy aspects of flood risk management. These articles contribute to the five sections with the general themes: i) flood risk management practice, ii) flood events and impacts, iii) flood analysis and modelling iv) flood forecasting and v) flood risk management policy. Some emerging technologies are presented and several future challenges are identified.
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Flood Risk Management in Europe Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research VOLUME 25 The titles published in this series are listed at the end of this volume. Flood Risk Management in Europe Innovation in Policy and Practice Edited by SELINA BEGUM Environment Agency, Peterborough, UK MARCEL J.F. STIVE Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands JIM W. HALL Newcastle University, UK A C.I.P. Catalogue record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. ISBN 978-1-4020-4199-0 (HB) ISBN 978-1-4020-4200-3 (e-book) Published by Springer, P.O. Box 17, 3300 AA Dordrecht, The Netherlands. www.springer.com Printed on acid-free paper Chapters 2 and 26 have been published in Natural Hazards, Vol. 36, Nos. 1-2, 2005 on pp. 125–145 and 5–24 respectively. All Rights Reserved © 2007 Springer No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. To my family, friends, and the like minded colleagues who throughout this challenging editing process have sustained me with their encouragement and support, this book is lovingly dedicated. Selina Begum TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface xi Acknowledgements xv Section I: Flood Risk Management Practice 1. Decision-Making for Flood-Threatened Properties I. Kelman 3 2. The Influence of Floodplain Compartmentalization on Flood Risk within the Rhine-Meuse Delta D. Alkema and H. Middelkoop 21 3. OSIRIS – An Example of Citizen-Oriented Technology Development in the Area of Dissemination of Information on Flood Risk Management M. Erlich 43 4. Evolving Concepts in Flood Risk Management: Searching for a Common Language K.M. De Bruijn, C. Green, C. Johnson and L. McFadden 61 5. COMRISK – A Transnational Project of Public Authorities on Coastal Risk Management J.L.A. Hofstede 77 6. Dike Investigations Using Geophysical Methods – Techniques for the Future? R. Morawetz, J. Schön, C. Wohlfahrt and M. Röck 89 Section II: Floo