TY  - JOUR
A1  - Salazar, S.
A1  - Frances, F.
A1  - Komma, J.
A1  - Blume, Theresa
A1  - Francke, Till
A1  - Bronstert, Axel
A1  - Blöschl, Günter
T1  - A comparative analysis of the effectiveness of flood management measures based on the concept of "retaining water in the landscape" in different European hydro-climatic regions
JF  - Natural hazards and earth system sciences
N2  - In this paper, we analyse the effectiveness of flood management measures based on the concept known as "retaining water in the landscape". The investigated measures include afforestation, micro-ponds and small-reservoirs. A comparative and model-based methodological approach has been developed and applied for three meso-scale catchments located in different European hydro-climatological regions: Poyo (184 km(2)) in the Spanish Mediterranean, Upper Iller (954 km(2)) in the German Alps and Kamp (621 km(2)) in Northeast-Austria representing the Continental hydro-climate. This comparative analysis has found general similarities in spite of the particular differences among studied areas. In general terms, the flood reduction through the concept of "retaining water in the landscape" depends on the following factors: the storage capacity increase in the catchment resulting from such measures, the characteristics of the rainfall event, the antecedent soil moisture condition and the spatial distribution of such flood management measures in the catchment. In general, our study has shown that, this concept is effective for small and medium events, but almost negligible for the largest and less frequent floods: this holds true for all different hydro-climatic regions, and with different land-use, soils and morphological settings.
Y1  - 2012
U6  - https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-12-3287-2012
SN  - 1561-8633
VL  - 12
IS  - 11
SP  - 3287
EP  - 3306
PB  - Copernicus
CY  - Göttingen
ER  -