Flood Risk in the Upper Vistula Basin

Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz, Markus Stoffel, Tadeusz Niedźwiedź, Bartłomiej Wyżga

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 2016
• Print ISBN:
  9783319419220
• eBook ISBN:
  9783319419237
• Topic: Physical Sciences
• Subtopic: Geology & Earth Sciences

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 management, unveils the complexity of the current situation. Access to reliable and accurate information can help solve important practical problems related to flood risk reduction strategies, and is at the core of the EU Floods Directive. As such, the book offers a valuable resource for scientists, educators and practitioners involved in water management, natural disaster reduction and adaptation to climate change.

Table of contents

• Foreword
• Series Editors
• Managing Editor
• Advisory Board
• Contents
• Contributors
• Setting the Stage
• 1 The Upper Vistula Basin—A Geographical Overview
• 2 Floods in Mountain Basins
• 3 Anatomy of Flood Risk
• Factors Influencing Flood Risk (80)
• 4 Flood Generation Mechanisms and Changes in Principal Drivers
• 5 Methods to Assess Large Wood Dynamics and the Associated Flood Hazard in Polish Carpathian Watercourses of Different Size
• 6 Large Wood Transport, Deposition and Remobilization during Floods in the Czarny Dunajec River: Outcomes from Numerical Modelling
• 7 Modelling Hydraulic Parameters of Flood Flows for a Polish Carpathian River Subjected to Variable Human Impacts
• Deciphering Changes in Observation Records
• 8 Observed Changes in Air Temperature and Precipitation and Relationship between them, in the Upper Vistula Basin
• 9 Change in Atmospheric Circulation Patterns
• 10 Climate Reconstruction from Tree-Rings in the Tatra Mountains
• 11 Variability of Flood Frequency and Magnitude During the Late 20th and Early 21st Centuries in the Northern Foreland of the Tatra Mountains
• 12 Deciphering Flood Event Information from Tree-Ring Data in the Tatra Mountains: Implications for Hazard Assessment
• 13 History of Floods on the Upper Vistula
• 14 Palaeohydrology of the Upper Vistula River Basin
• Projections and Adaptation
• 15 Projections of Precipitation in the Northern Foothills of the Tatra Mountains
• 16 Hydroclimatic Projections for the Upper Vistula Basin
• 17 Projections of Changes in Flood Hazard in Two Headwater Catchments of the Vistula in the Context of European-Scale Studies
• 18 Flood Risk Management in the Upper Vistula Basin in Perspective: Traditional versus Alternative Measures
• 19 Stability and Change of Flood Risk Governance in Poland
• 20 Flood Risk Reduction—Opportunities for Learning
• 21 Erratum to: Flood Generation Mechanisms and Changes in Principal Drivers