Flood hazards are the most common and destructive of all natural disasters. For decades,
experts have been examining how flood losses can be mitigated. Just as in other risk …

Nature-based solutions (NbS) are increasingly recognized as sustainable approaches to
address societal challenges. Disaster risk reduction (DRR) has benefited by moving away …

Evidences from flood risk management demonstrated that a deep understanding of the main
physical phenomena to be addressed is often not enough but should be also integrated with …

Flood risk management is becoming increasingly important, because more people are
settling in flood-prone areas, and flood risk is increasing in many regions due to extreme …

There is growing concern that flooding is becoming more frequent and severe in Europe. A
better understanding of flood regime changes and their drivers is therefore needed. The …

In urban areas prone to flash floods, characterization of social resilience is critical to
guarantee the success of emergency management plans. In this study, we present the …

We present results from the CARISMAND project, 1 which investigated the relationships
between risk perception and cultural factors in man-made and natural disasters. The present …

This study analyzes the flash flood event of two ungauged ephemeral streams in Olympiada
region (Chalkidiki, North Greece), which occurred at the 21–22 of November 2019. Aim of …

Flood risk management is gradually shifting from a risk-based approach to an integrated one
that, among other elements, considers risk communication (RC) as a means of boosting …

Even though flooding is one of the most destructive natural hazards in the Mediterranean,
causing hundreds of deaths and economic losses and despite the significant efforts of civil …