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Urban areas at risk of river flooding

Figure Created 06 Jun 2016 Published 30 Jan 2017 Last modified 10 Feb 2017

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Topics: Climate change adaptation

In many parts of Europe, the risk of river flooding is expected to increase; in north-eastern Europe, the probability of floods is expected to fall. Further to climate exposure, the placement of many new urban areas and the accumulation of assets in low-lying areas close to rivers has intensified the sensitivity to river floods. The map shows the low-lying urban areas potentially threatened by river flooding in a one-in-a-century flood event, both for the current period and in the projected future. However, the map does not take into account eventual future changes in urban land-take, nor any adaptation measures like flood defences or flood retention that may lower the risk.

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% of city area

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European Environment Agency (EEA)

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European Topic Centre on Air pollution and Climate change mitigation (ETC/ACM)

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)

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