Flood Risk Management in Europe: Innovation in Policy and Practice

Section I: Flood Risk Management PracticeDecision-making for flood-threatened propertiesI. KelmanThe influence of floodplain compartmentalization on flood risk within the Rhine-Meuse deltaD. Alkema and H. MiddelkoopOSIRIS - an example of citizen-oriented technology development in the area of dissemination of information on flood risk managementM. ErlichEvolving concepts in flood risk management: searching for a common languageK. de Bruijn, C. Green, C. Johnson and L. McFaddenCOMRISK - a transnational project of public authorities on coastal risk managementJ.L.A. HofstedeDike investigations using geophysical methods - Techniques for the future?R. Morawetz, J. Schön, C. Wohlfart and M. Röck Section II: Flood Events and ImpactsThe environmental impact of flooding of the Dutch 'Delta-Metropole'L.C.P.M. Stuyt, J.E.A. Reinders, E.E. van der Hoek, E.G.M. Hermans, M. de Muinck Keizer and J. IckeStructural economic effects of large-scale inundation: A simulation of the Krimpen Dike breakageM. Bockarjova, A.E. Steenge, A. Van der VeenA method to estimate loss of life caused by large-scale floods in the NetherlandsN.E.M. Asselman and S.N. JonkmanAutomation of flood contingency plans: benefits and implementation experiencesJ.-J.Flikweert, C. Coremans, K. de Gooijer, L. WentholtSection III: Flood Analysis and ModellingThe IMPACT European research project on flood propagation in urban areas: experimental and numerical modelling of the influence of buildings on the flowS. Soares Frazao, F. Alcrudo, J. Mulet, B. Noël, G. Testa and Y.ZechSustainable development and flood risk -Reducing uncertainty (Bristol city re-development case study)M. PinnellFlood risk mapping at the local scale: Concepts and challengesB. Merz, A.H. Thieken and M. GochtFlood modelling and the August 2002 flood in the Czech RepublicP. Sklenár, E. Zeman, J. Spatka and P. Tachecí Seasonal rainfall and flow trends within three catchments in South-West EnglandD. HanPropagation of discharge uncertainty in a flood damage model for the Meuse RiverY. Xu, M.J. Booij and A.E. MynettA stochastic model for simulating long time series of river-mouth discharge and sediment loadR. Hoogendoorn and G.J. Weltje Section IV: Flood ForecastingForecasting flash floods with an operational model: application in the south-east of France (Gard)P.A. Ayral, S. Sauvagnargues-Lesage, S. Gay and F. BressandFlood forecasting for the Upper and Middle Odra river basinM. Butts, A. Dubicki, K. Stronska, G. Jørgensen, A. Nalberczynski, A. Lewandowski and T. van KalkenFlood forecasting in the Anglian Region: User-driven development towards forecasting flood riskD.E. Cadman, D.A. Price and M.B. ButtsFlood forecasting model selection: A structured approachK.A. Tilford, K.J. Sene and R. KhatibiNumerical modelling in coastal flood forecasting and warning in England and WalesK. Hu, and C. WotherspoonSection V: Flood Risk Management PolicyReflections on the challenges of EU policy-making with view to flood risk management: actors, processes and the acquis communautaireA.L. Vetere Arellano, A. de Roo and J.-P. NordvikOn