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23 Dec 2014
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The KULTURisk Regional Risk Assessment methodology for water-related natural hazards – Part 1: Physical–environmental assessment
P. Ronco
Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Venice, Italy
Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (CMCC), Impacts on Soil and Coast Division, Lecce, Italy
V. Gallina
Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Venice, Italy
S. Torresan
Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (CMCC), Impacts on Soil and Coast Division, Lecce, Italy
Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Venice, Italy
E. Semenzin
Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Venice, Italy
A. Critto
Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Venice, Italy
Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (CMCC), Impacts on Soil and Coast Division, Lecce, Italy
A. Marcomini
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Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Venice, Italy
Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (CMCC), Impacts on Soil and Coast Division, Lecce, Italy
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Short summary
This paper proposes a methodology, shaped by the EU Flood Directive, for the integrated assessment of flood risk at the regional scale for multiple receptors (i.e. people, economic activities, natural and semi-natural systems and cultural heritage) based on the subsequent assessment of hazards, exposure and vulnerability. By means of MCDA and GIS tools, it supports the ranking of the area, sub-areas and hotspots at risk, in order to evaluate the benefits of different risk prevention scenarios.
This paper proposes a methodology, shaped by the EU Flood Directive, for the integrated...
