1. FLOODsite Integrated Project
Current Status
Relationship to the EU Directive
Paul Samuels
Coordinator
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FLOODsite Overview
EC grant to budget of €9.68 Million
Complemented by other funds
Start date 1 March 2004
Duration of 5 years
35 “Tasks”
36 Partners
Over 150 research team members
13 Countries (BE, CZ, DE, ES, FR, GR, HU, IT, NL, PL, PT, SE, UK)
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3. Flood Action Programme - 4th Stakeholder Meeting
Project Vision
Our research will improve the management of flood risks in the EU and more broadly.
FLOODsite will benefit the citizens of Europe, by reducing flood risks and improving resilience in the face of floods.
The partners will work together to implement the research results in practice.
The team will produce peer-reviewed scientific publications from their research
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Current Status
Month 25 of the project
All research tasks underway
Some tasks nearing completion
10 deliverables achieved at Month 24
First results being published in scientific literature and conferences
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5. FLOODsite: Risk analysis model
Source:
Rainfall, river flow, storm surge, snowmelt
Pathway:
Bank failure, flood plain flow, sewer surcharging
Receptor:
Property, people, possessions, environment
Consequence:
Damages, distress, disease, death, degradation
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6. Estimation of extremes
Mainly coastal data used
Methods not restricted to coastal cases
Joint probability estimation
Tide / wave / surge
Comparison of approaches
Spatial and temporal correlation
Bands of uncertainty
Planned special issue of Journal of Hydraulic Research
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Flash floods
Concentrate on “small” catchments
Development of new monitoring methodologies for flash flood events
Meteorological conditions
Stationary storms
Spatial distribution
New runoff model for ungauged basins
Use of remote sensing
Joint radar and satellite data
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8. Socio-economic aspects
Damage evaluation
Harmonised guidelines drafted
Data from several countries
Close relation to several pilot study areas
Vulnerability modelling methodologies under development
Questionnaires on risk perception and social resilience
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9. Adaptive and co-operative process model of flood risk management
Society (Context)
Flood Risk Management
Actor 1
Formulation / implementation of strategies
Actor n
Risk analysis
Risk assessment
Risk reduction
Flood risk system (location, hazard and vulnerability)
Schanze, 2005
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10. Networking and dissemination
Mapped the project links
About 150 projects
National and EU
In dialogue with CRUE
Available to the public from the website
Communication and dissemination plan
Recognises 7 categories of “user”
Different dissemination routes
Uptake and implementation is separate
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11. Preliminary flood risk assessment (Art. 4-6)
Likelihood of future floods (Tasks 1 and 2)
Consequences of floods (Tasks 9 to 11)
Also Tasks 4, 6 and 7 look at the security of flood defences
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Flood risk maps (Art. 7 & 8)
Guidelines on flood hazard mapping (Task 3)
Flood probability (Tasks 1 & 2)
Also Tasks 4, 6 and 7 look at the security of flood defences
Task 20 considers uncertainty
Projected depths and velocity (Task 8)
Bank erosion (Task 5)
Potential damages (Tasks 9 to 11)
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13. Flood risk management plans (Art.9 to 12)
The flood risk management cycle (Tasks 12 to 14)
Preparedness (Tasks 11, 16, 17 & 19)
Spatial planning and land use (Tasks 12 – 14 & 18)
International rivers (Tasks 21, 22, 23 & 25)
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Conclusion
FLOODsite is contributing knowledge and techniques relevant to implementing the Directive
Output schedule fits well with the dates of steps in the Directive
FLOODsite does not implement research findings in practice, this is a separate activity
Commitment to the dissemination and communication of FLOODsite results.
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