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2016
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Resilience Alliance
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Review of the flood risk management system in Germany after the major flood in 2013
Widespread flooding in June 2013 caused damage costs of (sic)6 to 8 billion in Germany, and awoke many memories of the floods in August 2002, which resulted in total damage of (sic)11.6 billion and hence was the most expensive natural hazard event in Germany up to now. The event of 2002 does, however, also mark a reorientation toward an integrated flood risk management system in Germany. Therefore, the flood of 2013 offered the opportunity to review how the measures that politics, administration, and civil society have implemented since 2002 helped to cope with the flood and what still needs to be done to achieve effective and more integrated flood risk management. The review highlights considerable improvements on many levels, in particular (1) an increased consideration of flood hazards in spatial planning and urban development, (2) comprehensive property-level mitigation and preparedness measures, (3) more effective flood warnings and improved coordination of disaster response, and (4) a more targeted maintenance of flood defense systems. In 2013, this led to more effective flood management and to a reduction of damage. Nevertheless, important aspects remain unclear and need to be clarified. This particularly holds for balanced and coordinated strategies for reducing and overcoming the impacts of flooding in large catchments, cross-border and interdisciplinary cooperation, the role of the general public in the different phases of flood risk management, as well as a transparent risk transfer system. Recurring flood events reveal that flood risk management is a continuous task. Hence, risk drivers, such as climate change, land-use changes, economic developments, or demographic change and the resultant risks must be investigated at regular intervals, and risk reduction strategies and processes must be reassessed as well as adapted and implemented in a dialogue with all stakeholders.
Ecology and society : a journal of integrative science for resilience and sustainability
10.5751/ES-08547-210251
1708-3087
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51
WOS:000380049100049
Thieken, AH (reprint author), Univ Potsdam, Inst Earth & Environm Sci, Potsdam, Germany.
German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) [13N13016, 13N13017]; Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft; University of Potsdam; Forensic Disaster Analysis (FDA) Task Force of the Center for Disaster Management and Risk Reduction Technology (CEDIM) in Potsdam; Forensic Disaster Analysis (FDA) Task Force of the Center for Disaster Management and Risk Reduction Technology (CEDIM) in Karlsruhe
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Annegret Henriette Thieken
Sarah Kienzler
Heidi Kreibich
Christian Kuhlicke
Michael Kunz
Bernhard Muehr
Meike Mueller
Antje Otto
Theresia Petrow
Sebastian Pisi
Kai Schroeter
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August 2002 flood
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Central Europe
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governance
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June 2013 flood
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Review of the flood risk management system in Germany after the major flood in 2013
Widespread flooding in June 2013 caused damage costs of €6 to 8 billion in Germany, and awoke many memories of the floods in August 2002, which resulted in total damage of €11.6 billion and hence was the most expensive natural hazard event in Germany up to now. The event of 2002 does, however, also mark a reorientation toward an integrated flood risk management system in Germany. Therefore, the flood of 2013 offered the opportunity to review how the measures that politics, administration, and civil society have implemented since 2002 helped to cope with the flood and what still needs to be done to achieve effective and more integrated flood risk management. The review highlights considerable improvements on many levels, in particular (1) an increased consideration of flood hazards in spatial planning and urban development, (2) comprehensive property-level mitigation and preparedness measures, (3) more effective flood warnings and improved coordination of disaster response, and (4) a more targeted maintenance of flood defense systems. In 2013, this led to more effective flood management and to a reduction of damage. Nevertheless, important aspects remain unclear and need to be clarified. This particularly holds for balanced and coordinated strategies for reducing and overcoming the impacts of flooding in large catchments, cross-border and interdisciplinary cooperation, the role of the general public in the different phases of flood risk management, as well as a transparent risk transfer system. Recurring flood events reveal that flood risk management is a continuous task. Hence, risk drivers, such as climate change, land-use changes, economic developments, or demographic change and the resultant risks must be investigated at regular intervals, and risk reduction strategies and processes must be reassessed as well as adapted and implemented in a dialogue with all stakeholders.
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Ecology and society : E&S (2016) 21(2):51. - DOI: 10.5751/ES-08547-210251
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Keine öffentliche Lizenz: Unter Urheberrechtsschutz
Annegret Henriette Thieken
Sarah Kienzler
Heidi Kreibich
Christian Kuhlicke
Michael Kunz
Bernhard Mühr
Meike Müller
Antje Otto
Theresia Petrow
Sebastian Pisi
Kai Schröter
Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe
294
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uncontrolled
August 2002 flood
eng
uncontrolled
Central Europe
eng
uncontrolled
Floods Directive
eng
uncontrolled
June 2013 flood
eng
uncontrolled
governance
eng
uncontrolled
risk management cycle
Biowissenschaften; Biologie
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Institut für Geowissenschaften
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Review of the flood risk management system in Germany after the major flood in 2013
Widespread flooding in June 2013 caused damage costs of €6 to 8 billion in Germany, and awoke many memories of the floods in August 2002, which resulted in total damage of €11.6 billion and hence was the most expensive natural hazard event in Germany up to now. The event of 2002 does, however, also mark a reorientation toward an integrated flood risk management system in Germany. Therefore, the flood of 2013 offered the opportunity to review how the measures that politics, administration, and civil society have implemented since 2002 helped to cope with the flood and what still needs to be done to achieve effective and more integrated flood risk management. The review highlights considerable improvements on many levels, in particular (1) an increased consideration of flood hazards in spatial planning and urban development, (2) comprehensive property-level mitigation and preparedness measures, (3) more effective flood warnings and improved coordination of disaster response, and (4) a more targeted maintenance of flood defense systems. In 2013, this led to more effective flood management and to a reduction of damage. Nevertheless, important aspects remain unclear and need to be clarified. This particularly holds for balanced and coordinated strategies for reducing and overcoming the impacts of flooding in large catchments, cross-border and interdisciplinary cooperation, the role of the general public in the different phases of flood risk management, as well as a transparent risk transfer system. Recurring flood events reveal that flood risk management is a continuous task. Hence, risk drivers, such as climate change, land-use changes, economic developments, or demographic change and the resultant risks must be investigated at regular intervals, and risk reduction strategies and processes must be reassessed as well as adapted and implemented in a dialogue with all stakeholders.
Ecology and society : E&S ; a journal of integrative science for resilience and sustainability
10.5751/ES-08547-210251
1708-3087
1195-5449
Universität Potsdam, Publikationsfonds
PA 2016_23
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<a href="http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-100600">Zweitveröffentlichung in der Schriftenreihe Postprints der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe ; 294</a>
Keine öffentliche Lizenz: Unter Urheberrechtsschutz
Annegret Henriette Thieken
Sarah Kienzler
Heidi Kreibich
Christian Kuhlicke
Michael Kunz
Bernhard Mühr
Meike Müller
Antje Otto
Theresia Petrow
Sebastian Pisi
Kai Schröter
eng
uncontrolled
August 2002 flood
eng
uncontrolled
Central Europe
eng
uncontrolled
Floods Directive
eng
uncontrolled
governance
eng
uncontrolled
June 2013 flood
eng
uncontrolled
risk management cycle
Biowissenschaften; Biologie
Institut für Geowissenschaften
Referiert
Publikationsfonds der Universität Potsdam
Open Access
Institut für Erd- und Umweltwissenschaften
Universität Potsdam