Title: Managing floodplains using nature-based solutions to support multiple ecosystem functions and services Abstract Floodplains include unique environments shaped over a long time horizon along rivers and smaller streams and formed by alluvial sediments. As floodplains are flat, often with highly READ MORE
Title: Nature-Based Solutions for Flood Mitigation and Resilience in Urban Areas Abstract Urban areas face several environmental problems and risks related to water management, such as floods and degradation of water quality, enhancing population vulnerability and threatening urban sustainability. These problems READ MORE
On 20 September, IWRA in close cooperation with LAND4FLOOD broadcasted high featured policy brief roundtable: Taking Land Seriously in Spacial Flood Risk Management. Four guest speakers – Håkan Tropp, Gabriel Eckstein, Alice Budniok, Jan Kruijshoop – gave feedback on LAND4FLOOD READ MORE
Title: Strategic use of instruments of land policy for mobilising private land for flood risk management Full citation: Löschner L., Hartmann T., Priest S., Collentine D. STRATEGIC USE OF INSTRUMENTS OF LAND POLICY FOR MOBILISING PRIVATE LAND FOR FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT. Environmental Science READ MORE
Title: Land for flood risk management—Instruments and strategies of land management for polders and dike relocations in Germany Abstract Like many other countries, Germany aims to create flood retention areas via polders and dike relocations. As these measures require access to READ MORE
Title: Flood prevention in Serbia and legal challenges in obtaining the land for flood risk management Abstract Serbia suffered severe flood events in May 2014, which affected 1.6 million people. The Government declared a state of emergency for the territory of READ MORE
Title: Taking land seriously in spatial flood risk management Key policy messages: – Stop financing measures! Focus on the governance of private land for flood risk management. – Focus on private land! Flood risk management today leans too much on READ MORE
Title: Paradoxes of financial schemes for resilient flood recovery of households Abstract Flood resilience (resilient flood risk management), which has been repeatedly demanded, can be achieved through the phases of the risk management cycle. There is a vast body of literature READ MORE
Title: Short-Term of Tillage on Soil and the Hydrological Response within a Fig (Ficus Carica) Orchard in Croatia Abstract Tillage is well known to have impacts on soil properties and hydrological responses. This work aims to study the short-term impacts READ MORE
Title: River flooding risk prevention: A cooperative game theory approach Abstract Socio-economic development combined with changing hydrological factors represents a challenge for extending flood protection. In particular, land owners should be encouraged to use their land in a way that improves READ MORE