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River basin modelling, management and flood mitigation: Concerted action: Proceedings of the first workshop, Delft, 13 to 15 February 1997
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ISSN 1018-5593
EUR 18019
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Hydrologicai and hydrogeologicai risks
Ribamod
River basin modelling,
management
and flood mitigation
Concerted action
Proceedings of the
first workshop
EUR 18019 EN European Commission
Hydrological and hydro geologic al risks
Ribamod
River basin modelling,
management and flood mitigation
Concerted action
Proceedings
of the first worhhop
Delfi, 13 to 15 February 1997
Edited by:
R. Casale, G.B. Pedroli and P. Samuels
Directorate-General
Science, Research and Development
Environment and climate programme
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1998 NC· EUR 1801$ EN
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Directorate-General for Science, Research and Development
Environment and climate programme
C. Patermann, Director
Climatology and Natural Hazards Unit
A. Ghazi, Head of Unit
R. Casale, Scientific Officer
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INTRODUCTION
R. Casale, G. Pedroli and P. Samuels
KEYNOTE LECTURES 5
Flood Hazard Research within the European Commission 1987 to 1996 7
R.J. Moore (Institute of Hydrology, UK)
Understanding Recent Large River Flooding (for example the Rhine Floods) 23
H. Engel (Federal Institute Water Management, D)
Understanding Flash Flood Experiences 37
C. Marcuello (CEDEX. EJ
Probabilistic Design for Flood Protection Structures 43
E.J. Plate (University of Karlsruhe, D)
Safety, Risk and Flood Protection 5
R.E. Jorissen (b/iinistry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management, NLJ
Quality .Assessment of the Meteorological Forecasts for Localised Flash Floods 73
J. C. Qui by and F. Schubiger (Swiss Meteorological Institute, CHJ
Interdisciplinary Recommendations Towards Integrated Flood Protection 81
B. Muys (Royal Inst. Sustainable Management Natural Resources and Clean
Technology, B)
Presentations on EC funded projects related to RIBAMOD 87
EUROflood. Abandoning "flood defence"? 89
J. Handmer
Forecasting floods in urban areas downstream of steep catchments (TELFLOOD) 95
M. Bruen
The development of active on-line hydrological and meteorological models to minimise 111
the impact of flooding (HYDROMET)
I.D. Cluckie
Flooding risks in mountain areas (FRIMAR) 113
G.J. Klaassen Meteorological factors influencing slope stability and slope movement type: evaluation 115
of hazard prone areas (MEfiSSt). A CEC project.
C. Margottini
Development of advanced radar technology for application to hydrometeorology 139
(DARTH)
A.R. Holt
Session 1: Recent floods 153
The large springfloodinNorwayin 1995. About hydrological conditions, flood155
forecasting andhowthefloodcouldbe controlled and reduced.
Å. Killingtveit
Floods in the framework of institutional aspects ­ a perspective by EurAqua 167
T. Liillwitz
Flood forecasting. State­of­the­art and future improvements 177
K. Wilke
The hydroclimatic scenario of the Tiber river basin195
G. Delmonaco, C. Margottini and A. Troce i ola
The catastrophic flood occurred in Versilia Basin, Tuscany, on 19 June 1996: a way to 211
predictability
B. Gozzini, G. Maracchi, F. Menegiizzo andM. Niccolai
Session 2: Flood risks 229
Flooding risksforfloodplainareasin the Netherlands231
D.C.M. KlaassenandA.M.Cappendijk
Structural andnon­structuralmeasures implementations. Choice's arguments provided241
by inondabilitémethod
N. Gendrean and 0. Gilard
Uncertainty in flood damage assessment: when does it matter? A European perspective 251
H.G. Wind, C. de Β lois, M. Kok and C. Green
The way to a floodrisk­based safety concept. Three case studies 267
F. den Heijer and A.M. van Agthoven and A.W. Kraak
Session 3: Operational flood management 279
Flooding in Swedish rivers. An overviewofhydrologicalconditions, flood awareness, 281
warnings and flood design
B. Hoist
IV"Is anyone listening?" Flood warning dissemination in England and Wales 291
D. Pelleymounter
Operational real-time flood forecasting systems based on efforts 297
E. Todini, M. Marsigli, G. Pani andR. Vignoli
Water storage measures to reduce flooding in regional water systems in the 313
Netherlands
P.J. T. van Bakel, C. Kwakernaak and B. W. Parmet
An integrated distributed hydrologic-hydraulic model for flood forecasting 321
S. Fattore Hi, M. Borga and D. Da Ros
Session 4: Integrated flood protection 329
Reconstruction of river dikes inclusive sustainable development of the environment 331
J. T. de Smidt and C.J. van Westen
Modelling process control on floods 33
F. Diermanse and T. Rientjes
Landscape planning of the river Rhine in the Netherlands - integrated flood protection 355
W. Silva and W. van de Langemheen
A model of the Yser river basin: an example of flood management in a low land river 359
basin
M. Sas, M. Fettweis, D. Van Erdeghem and L. Van Damme
Flood protection measures for the river Meuse ("Zandmaas") 371
R. Roosjen and M.C. van Lieshout
CONCLUSIONS 38
RIBAMOD Steering Group5
List of Participants7
V RIBAMOD CONCERTED ACTION - FIRST WORKSHOP
CURRENT POLICY AND PRACTICE ON FLOOD MITIGATION
INTRODUCTION
R. Casale, G. Pedroli and P. Samuels
In recent years severe flooding has occurred in several parts of Europe, both as
localized flash floods and as basin-wide floods on major river systems. By their nature
floods are generated by the random coincidence of several meteorological factors, but
man's use of the river catchment also has an impact upon the severity and
consequences of the events. Flood forecasting systems have advanced to use the latest
developments in monitoring, communications and computing technology. However,
important issues remain in both the detailed understanding and simulation of processes
involved in flood propagation and also in the best practice for management of the river
and its catchment. European research on flood forecasting and climate change impacts
has been funded since 1986 and in 1995 the EC Directorate General of Research and
Development (DG XII) organised an expert workshop to discuss the state-of-the-art
and research needs in the area of river flood management. A working group was
established at the end of the workshop to draft out the content of a Concerted Action
in this area.
The RIBAMOD Concerted Action is funded by DG XII as a part of the Fourth
Framework Research programme. It examines long-term generic issues as initiatives
are already in place to tackle operational problems in specific river systems. The
Concerted Action focuses on flooding but considered within the framework of
integrated river management. The Concerted Action has five main objectives:
to identify difficulties arising from past management practices
toy state-of-the-art
to identify best practice
to take an overview of current EC research projects in the area, and
to identify research needs.
It is expected that other benefits will ensue from the RIBAMOD Concerted Action
including:
• establishing an informal network of researchers and practitioners, and
• transfer of information, results and experience between existing research
programmes and practitioners. RIBAMOD will promote understanding of technical and policy issues in flood
management, will examine how advanced modelling should support planning, design,
operation and maintenance of flood defence systems and will identify methods and
procedures for sustainable development, management and use of the river and its
catchment.
Four international meetings have been scheduled during the Concerted Action: two
Expert Meetings (by invitation) and two open Workshops. It is intended that
participants in these events will come from all the member states of the EU. The
location, date and theme of the four events is listed below.
Expert meeting 1
Copenhagen, Denmark 10-11 October 1996
Forecasting and Modelling/Model structure and Decision Support
Workshop I
Delft, The Netherlands 13-15 February 1997
Current Policy and Practice
Expert meeting 2
Padua, Italy 25-26 September 1997
Real-Time Flood Forecasting and Warning
Worfchop 2
Wallingford, UK 26-27 February 1998
Impacts of Climate Change on Flooding and Sustainable River Management
First RIBAMOD Workshop
In this volume, the proceedings of the first RIBAMOD Workshop are collected. The
theme of the workshop was 'Current policy and practice'. More specifically, the
followi