Publication detail

An approach to the implementation of European Directive 2007/60/EC on flood risk management in the Czech Republic

DRÁB, A. ŘÍHA, J.

Original Title

An approach to the implementation of European Directive 2007/60/EC on flood risk management in the Czech Republic

Type

journal article - other

Language

English

Original Abstract

Directive 2007/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2007 on the assessment and management of flood risks (the Flood Risk Directive) signifies that flood risk analysis methods are gaining ground in EC Member States and, therefore, also in the Czech Republic (CR). Procedures of flood risk analysis have been developed in the Czech Republic since the catastrophic floods of 1997 in line with European and worldwide trends and have been tested and applied in hundreds of case studies to date. Currently, the Flood Risk Directive Guideline based on past experience with flood risk analysis applications is being processed. The aim of the paper is to present flood risk analysis procedures and specially developed techniques for the assembly of flood hazard, danger and flood risk maps. Methods related to flood risk management plans are briefly mentioned as well. The following particular problems are discussed in more detail: an application and extension of the "danger matrix" approach, the definition of residual danger, the formulation of efficiency criteria and preliminary multi-criteria flood risk assessment. These issues were tested in practical applications at pilot locations in the Czech Republic. Present experience provides evidence that the flood risk analysis methods used in the Czech Republic are in harmony with the requirements of the Flood Risk Directive. The proposed and applied methods are based primarily on existing available data such as flood extent maps, cadastral maps, the Register of Census Districts and Structures and others.

Keywords

Czech Republic, the flood, risk, management, maps

Authors

DRÁB, A.; ŘÍHA, J.

RIV year

2010

Released

24. 9. 2010

Publisher

the Copernicus GmbH (Copernicus Publications)

Location

Göttingen, DE

ISBN

1561-8633

Periodical

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences

Year of study

2010

Number

10

State

Federal Republic of Germany

Pages from

1977

Pages to

1987

Pages count

11

BibTex

@article{BUT50656,
  author="Aleš {Dráb} and Jaromír {Říha}",
  title="An approach to the implementation of European Directive 2007/60/EC on flood risk management in the Czech Republic",
  journal="Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences",
  year="2010",
  volume="2010",
  number="10",
  pages="1977--1987",
  doi="10.5194/nhess-10-1977-2010",
  issn="1561-8633"
}