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Floods are the most prevalent natural hazard in Europe. Has flood risk increased in the continent? How, where, and why? Are climate change impacts apparent? How do socio-economic trends and associated land-use and land-cover change impact flood risk? This book considers national and regional perspectives on flood risk change, detection and attribution of change, and the re-insurer's point of view.

• Offers an overview of flood risk in Europe, past, present, and future
• Includes national/regional chapters covering central, western, southern, and northern Europe, the...

This pioneering book addresses the entirety of river flooding issues in the Upper Vistula Basin, where considerable flood generation potential exists. It analyses the factors influencing flood risk, investigates variations in observation records and discusses projections for the future and adaptation to changing risk. It serves the general interest in understanding the floods that cause massive destruction in Europe, with dozens of fatalities and tremendous material damages. This interdisciplinary book, which covers aspects of climatology, geomorphology, hydrology, and water and flood risk...

• Water Framework Directive: Model supported Implementation - A Water Manager's Guide edited by Fred Hattermann and Zbigniew W Kundzewicz
• Modelling Aspects of Water Framework Directive Implementation - Volume 1 edited by Peter A. Vanrolleghem
• Integrated Assessment for Water Framework Directive Implementation: Data, Economic and Human dimension - Volume 2 edited by Peter A. Vanrolleghem...