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Flood risks and environmental vulnerability — Exploring the synergies between floodplain restoration, water policies and thematic policies

Publication Created 24 Nov 2015 Published 26 Jan 2016
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This report focuses on the role of floodplains in flood protection, water management, nature protection or agriculture and the impact of hydromorphological alterations on the ecosystem services that floodplains provide. The aim is to support the implementation of the EU Floods Directive (EU, 2007), in particular with regard to environmental impacts and how these can be linked to climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction. It looks at synergies between water management, nature conservation and economic developments both in the field and on policy level.
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Publication Created 24 Nov 2015 Published 26 Jan 2016
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EEA Report No 1/2016
This report focuses on the role of floodplains in flood protection, water management, nature protection or agriculture and the impact of hydromorphological alterations on the ecosystem services that floodplains provide. The aim is to support the implementation of the EU Floods Directive (EU, 2007), in particular with regard to environmental impacts and how these can be linked to climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction. It looks at synergies between water management, nature conservation and economic developments both in the field and on policy level.

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Floodplain statistics viewer This viewer provides statistics on spatial extent and land use distribution of floodplain areas of Europe. Here, floodplains are defined as the flood prone area, i.e. the area that would be flooded during a 100-year flood, if there were no flood protection in place. Most flood prone areas are, however, protected against flooding. The statistics are presented in a series of dashboards providing an overview of floodplain characteristics, by country, by river basin districts, and in Natura 2000 sites. The statistics include the extent of floodplains, their ecosystem distribution based on MAES classification and the Copernicus Riparian Zone Products, as well as land cover flows between 2000 and 2018.
Distribution of the active and former floodplain status classes
Annual flood losses for 2050 and 2080 compared to the 'actual situation'
Conservation status of floodplain forest habitats Results of 9 forest type assessments have been aggregated for biogeographic region (EU27). Data aggregated from Eionet – ETC/BD 2015: Online report on Article 17 of the Habitats Directive (2007-2012). http://bd.eionet.europa.eu/article17/reports2012/
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