caused high levels of destruction. However, data on past events related to floods and landslides were scattered. The …-geomorphologic database for Portugal, by creating, disseminating and exploiting a GIS database on disastrous floods and landslides for the … the <Emphasis Type="SmallCaps">Disaster database are presented. A total of 1,621 disastrous floods and 281 disastrous …

debris flows, consequences of debris flows and floods in an urban setting, and spatial extents of the hydrologic response …

There is a need for comprehensive, standardised and georeferenced information on floods for political and economic …, disaster monitoring and assessment. Despite this, there is a lack of spatial and thematic accurate global data for floods. In … situation for major floods in the EU on the basis of past events and current trends. The Emergency Events Database (EM-DAT) of …

well as benefits resulting from scale implications. Both assessments analyse vulnerability in context to river floods in …

, the most powerful floods ever occurred in the Siret River watershed with significant negative effects on the country … surface affected by floods was of 58,323.936 hectares, of which: 34,142.349 ha (58.54%) arable land, 6,697.486 ha (11 …

management of important natural disasters in Germany, i.e., floods, earthquakes, storms and wildland fires. This included risk …

Mountain hazards such as landslides, floods and avalanches pose a serious threat to human lives and development and can …

Motozintla indicates that the Xelajú Grande River has been a pathway for similar large floods during the last 6000 years. The … floods have occurred during the last 100 years, a time period defined by a stratigraphically distinct tephra of 1902 … floods. Unfortunately, prior to the publication of this study, in early October 2005, Motozintla was seriously damaged again …

, this article supports and enhances that literature by placing floods within a wider context of other risks and determining … how everyday risks influence people’s perceptions of and capacity to adapt to floods. Participatory methods are used to … elicit the everyday risks that concern community members. The analysis reveals that participants perceive floods as one of …