This report is a comparative study of the current legal situation in relation to the forth-coming implementation of the Floods Directive in selected EU Member States, focusing on the question of whether these states incorporate public participation into the process of flood risk mapping and, if...

Impacts of a major Seine flood in the Île-de-France region -- Governance to prevent a Seine flood in Île-de-France -- Enhancing resilience in Île-de-France by preventing the risk of flooding -- Funding increased resilience against flooding of the Seine in Île-de-France -- List of...

Disaster risk and losses have been steadily rising in the past decades, highlighting the need to learn from past events. Only a better understanding of the fundamental causes of natural disasters and its impacts on societies can lead to an effective prevention and reduction of disaster risk. In...

Pipe dreams, the 1968 state water plan -- When mine is yours and yours is ours -- "That's the kind of thinking that will get your land took from you" -- The last straw -- Rice in the desert -- What makes the dollar flip -- Dow by law -- An oak with its roots in the river, redux -- Old men...

Der Band enthält die Ergebnisse des Arbeitskreises "Raumorientiertes Risikomanagement in Technik und Umwelt". Damit ist es erstmals gelungen, die wechselseitigen Überschneidungsbereiche von Katastrophenvorsorge und räumlich orientierter Planung in wichtigen Grundzügen darzustellen. Denn die...