Statistical analysis of the flood situation and assessment of the impact of diking measures along the Elbe (Labe) river

Helms, Martin; Büchele, Bruno; Merkel, Ute; Ihringer, J.

doi:10.1016/s0022-1694(02)00143-9

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“…Reservoirs and dykes are likely to remain the main structural measures to protect against floods in highland and lowland areas, respectively (Hooijer et al, 2004). However, other planned adaptation options are becoming more popular, such as expanded floodplain areas (Helms et al, 2002), emergency flood reservoirs (Somlyódy, 2002), preserved areas for flood water (Silander et al, 2006), and flood forecasting and warning systems, especially for flash floods. Multi-purpose reservoirs serve as an adaptation measure for both floods and droughts.…”

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Resistance and Resilience of A Stream Salamander To Supraseasonal Drought

2012

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Section: Adaptation and Vulnerabilitymentioning

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Resistance and Resilience of A Stream Salamander To Supraseasonal Drought

2012

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“…The present study, covering the whole of Germany, quantifies the sensitivity of flood damages to climate variability and change only, and does not estimate the actual future flood damages. In the latter case, also such factors as changes in land use (e.g., riverine settlements), water management (e.g., flood protection), and changes in the value of assets would have to be considered (Tu et al, 2005;Helms et al, 2002).…”

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Modelling flood damages under climate change conditions – a case study for Germany

Hattermann

Huang

Burghoff

et al. 2014

Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci.

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Abstract. The aim of the study is to analyze and discuss possible climate change impacts on flood damages in Germany. The study was initiated and supported by the German insurance sector whereby the main goal was to identify general climate-related trends in flood hazard and damages and to explore sensitivity of results to climate scenario uncertainty. The study makes use of climate scenarios regionalized for the main river basins in Germany. A hydrological model (SWIM) that had been calibrated and validated for the main river gauges, was applied to transform these scenarios into discharge for more than 5000 river reaches. Extreme value distribution has been fitted to the time series of river discharge to derive the flood frequency statistics. The hydrological results for each river reach have been linked using the flood statistics to related damage functions provided by the German Insurance Association, considering damages on buildings and small enterprises. The result is that, under the specific scenario conditions, a considerable increase in flood related losses can be expected in Germany in future, warmer, climate.

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“…In response to the events that occurred during the 2002 flood and increased attention for discharge-oriented measures from the side of the authorities (IKSE 2004) it was decided to refine the model in two respects. First, the hydraulic model was linked to the one-dimensional flood routing model ELBA (Fröhlich 1998) and a GIS-based approach was included to describe the effect of retention measures on the downstream peak discharges (Helms et al 2002). Second, local stakeholders were consulted to identify four vulnerable locations.…”

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From Design to Application of a Decision-support System for Integrated River-basin Management

Kok

Kofalk

Berlekamp

et al. 2008

Water Resour Manage

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During the last two decades several integrated tools have been developed to make the existing scientific knowledge available to river managers and assist them with the formulation and evaluation of alternative combinations of measures. Yet, few practical examples of embedding of these instruments in river management organizations can be observed so far. This paper identifies the possible organizational, technical, and scientific factors that may form an obstacle for the design and application of a Decision-Support System (DSS) for river-basin management by analyzing the interaction between the different participants in the Elbe DSS project. In particular attention is paid to the software engineering aspects of the design process. In order to start an integrated approach to deal with conflicting river strategies a project to develop a prototype tool for integrated management of the Elbe catchment was initiated, which includes functionalities related to inland navigation, water quality, flood safety, and vegetation ecology. The problems faced in the German part of the Elbe catchment range from poor navigation conditions and flooding vulnerability to a need to restore and maintain the natural state of the floodplains. Several river engineering works such as large-scale dike shifting, channel dredging, and large-scale retention are in a planning or implementation stage. From the beginning of the project onwards attention was paid to the involvement of potential end-users and key stakeholders in the design process. The experience of the project is that internal consistency of models and data, effective communication, and functional flexibility are essential to warrant a proper balance between scientific standards, the availability of models, and the requirements of users. This facilitates the design process and improves the chance of successful implementation.

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Statistical analysis of the flood situation and assessment of the impact of diking measures along the Elbe (Labe) river

Cited by 39 publications

References 1 publication

Resistance and Resilience of A Stream Salamander To Supraseasonal Drought

Resistance and Resilience of A Stream Salamander To Supraseasonal Drought

Modelling flood damages under climate change conditions – a case study for Germany

From Design to Application of a Decision-support System for Integrated River-basin Management

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