Publication detail

Flood Protection in the Czech Republic

DUCHAN, D. DRÁB, A. ŘÍHA, J.

Original Title

Flood Protection in the Czech Republic

Type

book chapter

Language

English

Original Abstract

Floods as extreme hydrological phenomena can influence many spheres of human life due to their destructive effects and significant expenses on required measures taken. Variable parameters of floods and their irregular occurrence unfavourably complicate risk management. This fact leads to complications in the systematic accomplishment of flood control measures. Flood control measures never provide absolute protection, and certain risk has to be always considered in flood-prone areas. However, negative flood effects may be reduced by implementing relevant flood control measures in the threatened area. Since the year 2007 in Europe, the flood protection concept is harmonized with the Directive 2007/60/EC of the European Parliament and the Council on the assessment and management of flood risks. During the past decade, the Czech Republic has prepared flood management tools which have been verified on hundreds of case studies. Currently, the Directive has been completely implemented, and flood management program is part of river basin plans. In this chapter, the main flood protection and flood risk-related issues are discussed. Firstly, the historical background is mentioned and discussed. Special attention is paid to the process of flood risk methodology and its applications at practical flood protection solutions. The present state of flood protection in the Czech Republic is briefly mentioned too.

Keywords

Flood, Flood protection, Flood risk analysis, European flood directive

Authors

DUCHAN, D.; DRÁB, A.; ŘÍHA, J.

Released

1. 8. 2019

Publisher

Springer Nature Switzerland AG

Location

Switzerland

ISBN

978-3-030-18358-5

Book

Management of Water Quality and Quantity

Edition

SPWA

Pages from

333

Pages to

363

Pages count

30

URL

https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-18359-2_14

BibTex

@inbook{BUT157918,
  author="David {Duchan} and Aleš {Dráb} and Jaromír {Říha}",
  title="Flood Protection in the Czech Republic",
  booktitle="Management of Water Quality and Quantity",
  year="2019",
  publisher="Springer Nature Switzerland AG",
  address="Switzerland",
  series="SPWA",
  pages="333--363",
  doi="10.1007/978-3-030-18359-2\{_}14",
  isbn="978-3-030-18358-5",
  url="https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-18359-2_14"
}