Although often neglected, model validation is a key topic in flood risk analysis, as flood risk
estimates are used to underpin large investments and important decisions. In this paper, we …

Effective flood risk management requires a realistic estimation of flood losses. However,
available flood damage estimates are still characterized by significant levels of uncertainty …

Flood loss models are one important source of uncertainty in flood risk assessments. Many
countries experience sparseness or absence of comprehensive high-quality flood loss data …

Flood risk mitigation usually requires a significant investment of public resources and cost-
effectiveness should be ensured. The assessment of the benefits of hydraulic works requires …

In the last two decades, probabilistic approaches to flood risk modeling have emerged, often
as an extension of more consolidated methods used in probabilistic seismic risk …

The estimation of flood losses is crucial for the quantitative estimation of risk and the cost–
benefit analysis of risk mitigation and prevention measures. Flood losses are usually …

Geo-hydrological risk reduction is a key issue for local governments in Italy. In this context, a
collaboration was undertaken between multiple actors in the La Spezia municipality aimed …

Effective flood risk mitigation requires the impacts of flood events to be much better and
more reliably known than is currently the case. Available post-flood damage assessments …

The spatial transfer of flood damage models among regions and countries is a challenging
but unavoidable approach for performing flood risk assessments in data-and model-scarce …

Low-income countries are the most vulnerable to floods; moreover, the occurrence and
intensity of these disastrous events are progressively increasing worlwide. Quantitative flood …