An opportunity missed is an opportunity lost. Flood maps and their (non-)utilization by local government bodies in the Czech Republic

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00216224:14310/24:00137673

Result on the web

<a href="https://geonika.cz/mgr/articles/10361-Volume_32_Issue_2_paper_5.pdf" target="_blank" >https://geonika.cz/mgr/articles/10361-Volume_32_Issue_2_paper_5.pdf</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/mgr-2024-0011" target="_blank" >10.2478/mgr-2024-0011</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

An opportunity missed is an opportunity lost. Flood maps and their (non-)utilization by local government bodies in the Czech Republic

Original language description

Flood maps are a crucial component of integrated flood risk management. While their key role is commonly acknowledged by experts and scholars, however, literature and findings on the practical utilization of flood maps (including the user' experiences) within the processes of governance are scarce. Our study aims to contribute to closing this gap, by focusing on the Czech local government bodies, data collected through a questionnaire survey allowed us to examine (a) how, or whether at all, the officials employ flood maps in their agendas, (b) how do they experience and assess working with the maps, and (c) which data would they supplement the extant flood maps by. Our findings show that the praxis of local flood-related governance in the Czech Republic still largely neglects the up-to-date approaches and practices of flood risk management. The officials addressed mostly continue to rely on the earliest type of floodplain maps and purely technical aspects of floods, while largely omitting the newer flood danger and risk maps. Thus, they are also missing the opportunities of applying multi-criteria assessment of the flood risk and more effective communication with the public. The paper concludes with a set of suggestions for relevant praxis and future research.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50704 - Environmental sciences (social aspects)

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2024

Confidentiality

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

Name of the periodical

Moravian Geographical Reports

ISSN

1210-8812

e-ISSN

2199-6202

Volume of the periodical

32

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

14

Pages from-to

123-136

UT code for WoS article

001262639200005

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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