Articles | Volume 19, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-1561-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-1561-2015
Research article
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27 Mar 2015
Research article |  | 27 Mar 2015

KULTURisk regional risk assessment methodology for water-related natural hazards – Part 2: Application to the Zurich case study

P. Ronco, M. Bullo, S. Torresan, A. Critto, R. Olschewski, M. Zappa, and A. Marcomini

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The aim of the paper is the application of the KULTURisk regional risk assessment (KR-RRA) methodology, presented in the companion paper (Part 1), to the Sihl River basin, in northern Switzerland. Flood-related risks have been assessed for different receptors lying in the Sihl river valley including the city of Zurich, which represents a typical case of river flooding in an urban area, by means of a calibration process of the methodology to the site-specific context and features.