Objectives


The overall aim of FLOOD-ERA is to show how important steps towards preventive flood risk management strategies in European Member States can be made through (i) better understanding the influence of context conditions like risk perception of decision makers for choosing certain measures and (ii) improving the evaluation of structural (SM) and in particular non-structural measures (NSM). Its general background is the assumption that current FRM practice probably does not exploit all potential benefits of NSM. To cover both the evaluation and the choice on measures, FLOOD-ERA has to deal with a number of issues. This is especially the case since research in this area is still in an early stage. Major objectives of the project are as follows:

  1. To systemise structural (SM) and non-structural measures (NSM),
  2. To analyse context conditions like risk perception of decision makers with a potential to influence the choice of structural and non-structural measures,
  3. To develop a methodology for the evaluation of the effectiveness and efficiency of structural and non-structural measures,
  4. To identify the site-specific effectiveness and efficiency of such measures,
  5. To derive recommendations for the improvement of flood risk management strategies.

The objectives relate to single measures ("stand-alone approach") and portfolios of measures on programme and project level which are applied in Germany, England, Scotland and Austria. Results focus on the enhancement of scientific knowledge and methods on the one hand and the provision of guidance for decision makers of FRM practise on the other hand. They will encompass: