Author(s): Klaudija Lebar; Simon Rusjan; Andrej Vidmar; Susanna Wernhart; Nicola Rebora; Ivana Cipranic; Ela Doganay; Matjaz Mikos

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Keywords: Flood risk assessment; BORIS project; Cross-border areas; European Union Civil Protection

Abstract: The main aim of the project BORIS (Cross-border risk assessment for increased prevention and preparedness in Europe) is to improve preparedness and prevention in cross-border areas by developing and applying a harmonized methodology and tools for both seismic and flood risk assessment for the selected cross-border areas. Five project partners from five countries, namely, Italy, Slovenia, Austria, Montenegro, and Turkey, are working on the project co-funded by European Union Civil Protection Mechanism. One of the most important project tasks that will lay the foundations for the development of the methodology is the review of national methodologies of risk assessment. Here, the focus will be on the flood risk assessment. Project partners provided a detailed description of flood risk assessment methodology in their county. More specifically, for each country flood hazard, vulnerability, exposure elements, and impact indicators were analysed. It was found that the flood hazard assessment methodologies are in compliance with the EU Floods Directive implementation. Further, incorporation of the flood risk assessment methodology in the Union Civil Protection Mechanism was investigated. Last but not least, information on existing flood risk assessment tools was provided for each country. It was found that flood risk assessment methodologies somewhat vary from one country to another which will make the flood risk assessment in cross-border areas a demanding task.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3850/IAHR-39WC252171192022733

Year: 2022