Flood emergency response is an essential component of a flood risk management strategy. Effective flood emergency response depends on implementing the appropriate measures, and on executing them correctly. The skills and ...

According to UNISDR, floods are the most frequent and damaging natural threat worldwide. Whereas the assessment of direct losses is well advanced, the evaluation of indirect impacts is less frequently applied. Indirect ...

To evaluate the effects of implemented or planned flood risk management measures on risk and damage reduction, the International Commission for the Protection of the Rhine (ICPR) has developed a method and a specific tool ...

Evacuation is a tool to minimize the loss of life and economic damages in flood (threat) scenarios. The Dutch programs ‘Water and Evacuation’ and ‘Wave2020’ focused on the improvement of emergency preparation. Effort has ...

It has been pointed out that the French overseas territories are very concerned by flash floods, but this risk is poorly addressed by the national Government and local authorities. The need to innovate in flood risk ...

Recent extreme flood events show that the challenges posed by climate-related risks demand well-informed and -prepared local planning and governance. Consequently, the main political and academic discourse revolves around ...

Recent events including the establishment of national levee committees in many countries as well as the recent establishment of a Technical Committee on Levees at the International Commission on Large Dams points to the ...

Under the Climate Change Act 2008 the UK Government is required to publish a Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA) every five years. In response to this requirement future flood risk across the UK is explored here under ...

Design floods on the upper Rhine River are a major issue for French-German agreements on flood embankments. As intense river training has modified the Rhine River morphology during the 19th century, with a significant ...

Flooding is frequent on the Nantes ring road and disrupts users dependent on this mode of transport directly or indirectly. To deal with them, the road operator has defined preventive and curative measures based essentially ...