Hess Opinions: An interdisciplinary research agenda to explore the unintended consequences of structural flood protection

Di Baldassarre, Giuliano; Kreibich, Heidi; Vorogushyn, Sergiy; Aerts, Jeroen; Arnbjerg-Nielsen, Karsten; Barendrecht, Marlies; Bates, Paul; Borga, Marco; Botzen, Wouter; Bubeck, Philip; De Marchi, Bruna; Llasat, Carmen; Mazzoleni, Maurizio; Molinari, Daniela; Mondino, Elena; Mård, Johanna; Petrucci, Olga; Scolobig, Anna; Viglione, Alberto; Ward, Philip J.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-5629-2018

Articles | Volume 22, issue 11

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-5629-2018

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Articles | Volume 22, issue 11

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30 Oct 2018

Opinion article |

| 30 Oct 2018

Hess Opinions: An interdisciplinary research agenda to explore the unintended consequences of structural flood protection

Giuliano Di Baldassarre, Heidi Kreibich, Sergiy Vorogushyn, Jeroen Aerts, Karsten Arnbjerg-Nielsen, Marlies Barendrecht, Paul Bates, Marco Borga, Wouter Botzen, Philip Bubeck, Bruna De Marchi, Carmen Llasat, Maurizio Mazzoleni, Daniela Molinari, Elena Mondino, Johanna Mård, Olga Petrucci, Anna Scolobig, Alberto Viglione, and Philip J. Ward

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RC1: 'Review of Di Baldassare et al. - HESS commentary', Anonymous Referee #1, 07 Aug 2018
- AC1: 'Response #1', Giuliano Di Baldassarre, 10 Sep 2018
RC2: 'review', Anonymous Referee #2, 11 Aug 2018
- AC2: 'Response #2', Giuliano Di Baldassarre, 10 Sep 2018
SC1: 'Comment from reader', Vladimir Moya Quiroga, 30 Aug 2018
- AC3: 'Short comment', Giuliano Di Baldassarre, 10 Sep 2018

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (further review by editor) (24 Sep 2018) by Hilary McMillan

AR by Giuliano Di Baldassarre on behalf of the Authors (10 Oct 2018) Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (23 Oct 2018) by Hilary McMillan

AR by Giuliano Di Baldassarre on behalf of the Authors (23 Oct 2018)

Short summary

One common approach to cope with floods is the implementation of structural flood protection measures, such as levees. Numerous scholars have problematized this approach and shown that increasing levels of flood protection can generate a false sense of security and attract more people to the risky areas. We briefly review the literature on this topic and then propose a research agenda to explore the unintended consequences of structural flood protection.