Outcomes

Final Report

Final project report RISK MAP
Improving Flood Risk Maps as a Means to Foster Public Participation and
Raising Flood Risk Awareness: Toward Flood Resilient Communities (PDF 28.3 MB)

Appendix A:
Overview of the implementation of Flood Mapping Practices and development of hazard and risk maps (PDF 398 KB)

Appendic B:
FloodCalc 4 .NET help file (CHM 2.4 MB)

Appendix C:

Detailed Report on Experimental Graphic Semiology (PDF 20 MB)

Annexes to EGS report (PDF 21 MB)

Publications

Unnerstall, Herwig (2010):
Legal Framework for Public Participation in Flood Risk Mapping
A comparative study of the responses of different European Member States to some requirements of the Floods Directive (PDF 577 KB).
UFZ-Discussion papers, Department of Environmental and Planning Law, 13/2010 (see more at http://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=14487)

Priest, S.J., Pardoe, J., McCarthy, S.S. and Viavattene, C. (2011)
Narrowing the focus: Public understanding of flood maps in the River Thames catchment, Proceedings of Urban Flood Risk Management:  Approaches to enhance resilience of communities International Symposium, Graz, Austria, 21st to 23rd September 2011, p 309-314.

Scheuer, S., D. Haase, V. Meyer, J. Luther and C. Kulicke (2011)
Enhancing Flood Risk Assessment, Management and Mapping by means of a Risk Assessment Ontology.
Proceedings of Urban Flood Risk Management:  Approaches to enhance resilience of communities International Symposium, Graz, Austria, 21st to 23rd September 2011.

Seidel, J. and W. Dorner (2011)
Flood Risk Maps for Disaster Control. Application and Resulting Requirements. Proceedings of Urban Flood Risk Management:  Approaches to enhance resilience of communities International Symposium, Graz, Austria, 21st to 23rd September 2011.   

Unnerstall, H. (2011)
Legal Framework for Public Participation in Flood Risk Mapping.
Proceedings of Urban Flood Risk Management:  Approaches to enhance resilience of communities International Symposium, Graz, Austria, 21st to 23rd September 2011.

Presentation

Recommendations from the RISK MAP project
Presentation held at the UFRIM conference in GRAZ, Sepetmber 2011 (PDF 1.8 MB)