Modelling of flood risk: exposure, vulnerability and adaptation in the riverside area of Ponte de Lima

Authors

  • Joaquim Mamede Alonso
  • Carlos António Bastos de Morais Guerra
  • Ivone Patrícia de Oliveira Martins
  • Gilles Arnaud-Fassetta
  • Andréa Marques
  • Francisco da Silva Costa

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14195/1647-7723_21_4

Keywords:

Risk evaluation, Water Framework Directive, Floods Directive, management, spatial data.

Abstract

The hydrological regime modeling, flood risk assessment and flooded areas mapping become essential in local and regional planning, as well as in technical and political action-decision making. This study aims to examine the functioning of the river Lima basin, the historical incidence of flooding in the historic town of Ponte de Lima and the potential impacts, vulnerability
and exposure on the human and natural environment as well as human adaptation to floods patterns.

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Published

2014-08-26

Issue

No. 21 (2014): Risk territories: processes, vulnerabilities and security

Section

Articles

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