Urban areas at risk of river flooding
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Created 06 Jun 2016
Published 30 Jan 2017
Last modified 10 Feb 2017
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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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Last upload:
- 06 Jun 2016
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Temporal coverage:
- 2071-2100
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Tags:
- urban , climate change impact , cities , river flooding
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% of city area
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Rights:
- EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (https://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: European Environment Agency (EEA).
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Owners:
- European Environment Agency (EEA)
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Processors:
- European Topic Centre on Air pollution and Climate change mitigation (ETC/ACM)
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)
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Figure type:
- Map
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