Flood Maps in the Czech Republic: Content, Perception and Information value

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14310%2F16%3A00113635" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14310/16:00113635 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.e3s-conferences.org/articles/e3sconf/pdf/2016/02/e3sconf_flood2016_10006.pdf" target="_blank" >https://www.e3s-conferences.org/articles/e3sconf/pdf/2016/02/e3sconf_flood2016_10006.pdf</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20160710006" target="_blank" >10.1051/e3sconf/20160710006</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Flood Maps in the Czech Republic: Content, Perception and Information value

Original language description

Floods are one of the most important environmental hazards in the Czech Republic. At present, flood management is more focused on non-structural flood preventive measures, which also include flood mapping. The paper analyses selected publicly available flood maps. Flood risk maps, floodplain maps and insurance maps are analysed. These maps are mainly evaluated in terms of technical performance, potential problems with maps perception by the public and enshrinement in the legislation of the Czech Republic. Results of the analysis indicate several essential problems. In the Czech Republic, floodplain maps are only based on the extent of inundation for a given scenario. Primarily, these maps are a legal construct working only with the aspect of water extent. Flood risk maps allow multi-criteria evaluation of flood risk. The imperfections of these maps are particularly of technical nature which is why it is more difficult for the public to interpret them. Insurance maps clearly define the inclusion of the place in the flood zone, but these maps shouldn't be used for other purposes of risk assessment. Examples of selected maps are demonstrated on examples of Troubky municipality (central Moravia). Despite the imperfections mentioned above, flood maps are an important part of the flood management in the Czech Republic.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

D - Article in proceedings

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10511 - Environmental sciences (social aspects to be 5.7)

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2016

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Article name in the collection

3RD EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT (FLOODRISK 2016)

ISBN

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ISSN

2267-1242

e-ISSN

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Number of pages

9

Pages from-to

1-9

Publisher name

E D P SCIENCES

Place of publication

CEDEX A

Event location

Lyon, FRANCE

Event date

Oct 17, 2016

Type of event by nationality

WRD - Celosvětová akce

UT code for WoS article

000392270100118