Flood risk assessments at different spatial scales

• Published in: Mitigation and adaptation strategies for global change Vol. 20; no. 6; pp. 865 - 890
• Main Authors: de Moel, H., Jongman, B., Kreibich, H., Merz, B., Penning-Rowsell, E., Ward, P. J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.08.2015; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Atmospheric Sciences; Climate change; Climate Change Management and Policy; coasts; Earth and Environmental Science; Earth Sciences; economic impact; Emergency preparedness; Environmental Management; Environmental risk; Flood control; Flood protection; Flooding; Floods; GDP; global change; Gross Domestic Product; infrastructure; methodology; Original; Original Article; risk; Risk assessment; Risk management; rivers; society; Spatial data; Time series; Spatial scales; Risk assessment; Flood risk; Adaptation

Managing flood risk, i.e. both the hazard and the potential consequences, is an important aspect of adapting to global change and has gained much traction in recent decades. As a result, a priori flood risk assessments have become an important part of flood management practices. Many methodologies h...