Vulnerability to floods, nature-based measures and importance of small water bodies<\/p>\n
A series of three studies and leaflets dedicated to different aspects of floods, solved by the project Saxon-Czech Flood Risk Management II, funded by the European Union via the European Regional Development Fund. For more information about STRIMA II, click zde<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Vulnerability <\/strong><\/p>\n Globally, floods are among the most serious natural dangers, which is why we need to focus on reducing their impacts. However, that requires both detailed understanding of their different aspects and grasping their complex nature. Vulnerability belongs among the key terms in flood risk management. The degree of vulnerability is determined separately for the population and for different types of structures or activities, for example. Vulnerability is described in detail in the leaflet and the study.<\/p>\n Bibliographic reference: Ra\u0161ka, P. et al. (2018). Vulnerability to floods: Information material on flood vulnerability assessment for public administration and private entities (Zranitelnost povodn\u011bmi: Informa\u010dn\u00ed materi\u00e1l k hodnocen\u00ed zranitelnosti povodn\u011bmi pro ve\u0159ejnou spr\u00e1vu a soukrom\u00e9 subjekty). J. E. Purkyn\u011b University in Usti nad Labem<\/strong><\/p>\n For download:<\/strong><\/p>\n Information leaflet: What is flood vulnerability? Summary for public administratrion and private entities (English version)<\/a><\/p>\n Information leaflet: Wie ist Verletzbarkeit durch Hochwasser zu verstehen? (German version)<\/a><\/p>\n Study: Zranitelnost povodn\u011bmi: Informa\u010dn\u00ed materi\u00e1l k hodnocen\u00ed zranitelnosti povodn\u011bmi pro ve\u0159ejnou spr\u00e1vu a soukrom\u00e9 subjekty (Czech version)<\/a><\/p>\n Study: Verletzbarkeit durch Hochwasser Informationsmaterial zur Bewertung der Verletzbarkeit infolge Hochwasser f\u00fcr die \u00f6ffentliche Verwaltung, Privatfirmen und B\u00fcrger (German version)<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Nature-based flood protection measures <\/strong><\/p>\n Nature-based flood protection measures are implemented in landscape, on watercourses or in human settlements and make use of green and blue infrastructure. In addition to these functions, they often provide many more benefits for ecosystems (such as soil protection from erosion). Measures implemented to protect from floods include polders, pools and baulks. Their function with regard to floods consists in capturing water in landscape, slowing down its progress and capturing torrential rains and resulting flood waves. The outcomes focus primarily on economic aspects (costs and benefits) and on ecosystem services provided.<\/p>\n Bibliographic reference: Mach\u00e1\u010d, J. et al. (2018).<\/strong> Classification and evaluation of nature-based flood protection measures in selected environmental public goods (Klasifikace a hodnocen\u00ed p\u0159\u00edrod\u011b bl\u00edzk\u00fdch protipovod\u0148ov\u00fdch opat\u0159en\u00ed na vybran\u00fdch ve\u0159ejn\u00fdch statc\u00edch \u017eivotn\u00edho prost\u0159ed\u00ed). J. E. Purkyn\u011b University in Usti nad Labem<\/strong><\/p>\n For download:<\/strong><\/p>\n Information leaflet: Nature-based flood protection solutions and their benefits (English version) <\/a><\/p>\n Information leaflet: Was versteht man unter naturnahen Hochwasserschutzma\u00dfnahmen? (German version)<\/a><\/p>\n Study: Klasifikace a hodnocen\u00ed p\u0159\u00edrod\u011b bl\u00edzk\u00fdch protipovod\u0148ov\u00fdch opat\u0159en\u00ed na vybran\u00fdch ve\u0159ejn\u00fdch statc\u00edch \u017eivotn\u00edho prost\u0159ed\u00ed (Czech version)<\/a><\/p>\n Study: Klassifikation und Bewertung von naturnahen Hochwasser-schutzma\u00dfnahmen auf ausgew\u00e4hlten \u00f6ffentlichen Umweltg\u00fctern (German version)<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Small water bodies in landscape: their functions and barriers to their construction<\/strong><\/p>\n Drought periods as well as torrential rains require a change in water source management. One possible strategy is to improve the ability to retain precipitation as close as possible to its place of impact, thus slowing water runoff from the catchment area. Solutions include establishment of small water bodies in landscape, specifically various types of pools, systems of pools and wetland ecosystems. The advantage is that some of them do not need to be permanently filled with water and they have no technical outflow controls, and they simultaneously perform a number of interconnected functions in the landscape. However, their implementation is associated with possible barriers, such as ownership relations in the area and insufficient funding sources. See the study and the leaflet for more information.<\/p>\n Bibliographic reference: Slav\u00edkov\u00e1, L. et al. (2019). Small water bodies in landscape as a comprehensive tool for water retention in catchment areas: Institutional analysis results (Drobn\u00e9 vodn\u00ed plochy v krajin\u011b jako komplexn\u00ed n\u00e1stroj k retenci vody v plo\u0161e povod\u00ed. V\u00fdsledky institucion\u00e1ln\u00ed anal\u00fdzy). J. E. Purkyn\u011b University in Usti nad Labem<\/strong><\/p>\n For download:<\/strong><\/p>\n Information leaflet: Small water bodies in landscape: their functions and barriers to their construction (English version)<\/a><\/p>\n Information leaflet: Kleinwasserfl\u00e4chen in der Landschaft: ihre Funktion und Hindernisse bei der Errichtung (German version)<\/a><\/p>\n