NEDIES project

European Commission Joint Research Centre

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Lessons learnt from flood disasters
Natural disasters
Target audience: Scientific

Informations

• Publié par: EUROPEAN-COMMISSION-JOINT-RESEARCH-CENTRE
• Nombre de lectures: 47
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 4 Mo

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EUROPEAN COMMISSION
JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE
Institute for the Protection and the Security of the Citizen
Technological and Economic Risk Management Unit
Natural Risk Sector
1-21020 Ispra (VA) Italy
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Lessons LearntfromFlood Disasters
Alessandro G. Colombo and Ana Lisa Vetere Arellano
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2002 EUR 20261 EN

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NEDIES Seríes of EUR Reports on Lessons Learnt
Alessandro G. Colombo (Editor): NEDIES Project - Lessons Learnt from Avalanche
Disasters (pp. iii+14), Report EUR 19666 EN (2000).
Alessandro G. Colombo (Editor): NEDIES Project - Lessons Learnt from Recent Train
Accidents (pp. iii+28), Report EUR 19667 EN (2000).
Alessandro G. Colombo (Editor): NEDIES Project - Lessons Learnt from Tunnel
Accidents (pp. iii+48), Report EUR 19815 EN (2001).
Alessandro G Colombo and Ana Lisa Vetere Arellano (Editors): NEDIES Project -
Lessons Learnt from Storm Disasters (pp. iii+45), Report EUR 19941 EN (2001).
Chara Theofili and Ana Lisa Vetere Arellano (Editors): NEDIES Project - Lessons Learnt
from Earthquake Disasters that Occurred in Greece (pp. iii+25), Report EUR 19946 EN
(2001). Mission
The mission of the Institute for the Protection and the Security of the Citizen is to provide
research-based, systems-oriented support to EU policies so as to protect the citizen. The main
application areas are cyber-security and the fight against fraud; natural, technological and
economic risks; humanitarian security, non-proliferation and nuclear safeguards. The Institute
will continue to maintain and develop its expertise in information, communication, space and
engineering technologies in support of its mission.
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Printed in Italy ABSTRACT
The NEDIES project is being conducted at Ispra by the
Institute for the Protection and Security of the Citizen
(IPSC) of the EC Joint Research Centre (JRC). The
objective of the project is to support the Commission
Services of the European Communities, Member State
Authorities and EU organisations in their efforts to prevent
and prepare for natural disasters and accidents and to
manage their consequences. The project also aims to protect
the citizens via the dissemination of targeted information on
risk perception and awareness.
A main NEDIES activity is to produce "lessons learnt"
reports based on experience gained from past disasters. This
report discusses lessons learnt from recent flood. It
is based on the contributions presented at a NEDIES
meeting held at Ispra JRC on 27 and 28 September 2001. CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION
2. LESSONS LEARNT
2.1 Tornio River Flood in 1984 (Finland)
Jukka METSO (Ministry of the Interior, Rescue Service, Helsinki)
2.2 Six Months of Flooding in the Western Defence Area Between November
2000 and May 2001 (France)
Gerard COURTOIS (Ministry of the Interior, Directorate for Civil Defence and Safety, Western
Defence Area, Rennes)
23 Flooding in Bavaria in May 1999 (Germany)
Hans ELLMAYER (Bavarian Ministry of the Interior, Munich)
2.4 November 2000 Floods (Ireland)
John BARRY and Caroline LYONS (Department of Environment and Local Government, Fire
Services and Emergency Planning, Dublin)
2.5 Mondego River Floods in January 2001 (Portugal)
Paulo PALRILHA (National Service for Civil Protection, Coimbra) and Raúl VIOLANTE
(National Service for Civil Protection, Santarém)
2.6 Arvika Floods in November 2000 (Sweden)
Håkan AXELSSON (Fire and Rescue Service, Arvika)
2.7 Autumn 2000 Floods (United Kingdom)
Andrew FRASER (Environment Agency, Cumbria) and Martin WHITING (National Flood
Warning Centre, Surrey)
2.8 Floods in July 1997 (Czech Republic)
Eva SOVJAKOVA (Ministry of Environment, Prague)
2.9 Flooding in Western, Central and Southwestern Romania during 2000
(Romania)
Septimius MARA (Ministry of Water and Environmental Protection, Bucharest)
2.10 Flooding in Northwestern Romania in March 2001 (Romania)
Septimius MARA (Ministry of Water and Protection, Bucharest)
2.11 November 1998 Floods (Slovenia)
Iztok PREZELJ (Faculty of Social Sciences, Ljubljana)
3. OTHER EXPERIENCE IN FLOOD MANAGEMENT
3.1 Experience Gained from Floods in Salzburg (Austria)
Hans WIESENEGGER (Regional Government of Salzburg, Hydrographical Service)
3.2 Flood Events and Management Options in Metropolitan Athens (Greece)
Christos A. KARAVTTIS (Water Resources Pining and Management, Athens)
3.3 Experience Gained in the Management of Floods (United Kingdom)
Linda AUCOTT (Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Taunton)
3.4 Role of the Media in the July 1997 Floods (Germany)
Manfred FÜGER (Brandenburg State Bureau, Potsdam) 4. RECAP OF LESSONS LEARNT AND CONCLUSIONS
Alessandro G. COLOMBO and Ana Lisa VETERE ARELLANO
(EC Joint Research Centre, Ispra)
4.1 Lessons learnt concerning prevention measures
4.2s learntg preparedness measures
43 Lessons learnt concerning response measures
4.4s learntg dissemination of information to the public
43 Conclusions
ANNEX Flood definitions, flood types and a checklist of flood precautions