Flood risks and environmental vulnerability — Exploring the synergies between floodplain restoration, water policies and thematic policies

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><a title="Latvia" class="item" role="listitem" href="/en/countries/eea-member-countries/latvia" ><span>Latvia</span></a ><a title="Liechtenstein" class="item" role="listitem" href="/en/countries/eea-member-countries/liechtenstein" ><span>Liechtenstein</span></a ><a title="Lithuania" class="item" role="listitem" href="/en/countries/eea-member-countries/lithuania" ><span>Lithuania</span></a ><a title="Luxembourg" class="item" role="listitem" href="/en/countries/eea-member-countries/luxembourg" ><span>Luxembourg</span></a ><a title="Malta" class="item" role="listitem" href="/en/countries/eea-member-countries/malta" ><span>Malta</span></a > </div> </div> <div class="column"> <div role="list" class="ui list"> <a title="Netherlands" class="item" role="listitem" href="/en/countries/eea-member-countries/netherlands" ><span>Netherlands</span></a ><a title="Norway" class="item" role="listitem" href="/en/countries/eea-member-countries/norway" ><span>Norway</span></a ><a title="Poland" class="item" role="listitem" href="/en/countries/eea-member-countries/poland" ><span>Poland</span></a ><a title="Portugal" class="item" role="listitem" href="/en/countries/eea-member-countries/portugal" ><span>Portugal</span></a ><a title="Romania" class="item" role="listitem" href="/en/countries/eea-member-countries/romania" ><span>Romania</span></a ><a title="Slovakia" class="item" role="listitem" href="/en/countries/eea-member-countries/slovakia" ><span>Slovakia</span></a ><a title="Slovenia" class="item" role="listitem" href="/en/countries/eea-member-countries/slovenia" ><span>Slovenia</span></a > </div> </div> <div class="column"> <div role="list" class="ui list"> <a title="Spain" class="item" role="listitem" href="/en/countries/eea-member-countries/spain" ><span>Spain</span></a ><a title="Sweden" class="item" role="listitem" href="/en/countries/eea-member-countries/sweden" ><span>Sweden</span></a ><a title="Switzerland" class="item" role="listitem" href="/en/countries/eea-member-countries/switzerland" ><span>Switzerland</span></a ><a title="Türkiye" class="item" role="listitem" href="/en/countries/eea-member-countries/turkiye" ><span>Türkiye</span></a > </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="four wide column"> <div class="ui one column grid nested-grid"> <div class="column"> <a title="Cooperating countries" class="sub-title" href="/en/countries/cooperating-countries" ><span>Cooperating countries</span></a > <div class="ui two column grid"> <div class="column"> <div role="list" class="ui list"> <a title="Albania" class="item" role="listitem" href="/en/countries/cooperating-countries/albania" ><span>Albania</span></a ><a title="Bosnia and Herzegovina" class="item" role="listitem" href="/en/countries/cooperating-countries/bosnia-and-herzegovina" ><span>Bosnia and Herzegovina</span></a ><a title="Kosovo" class="item" role="listitem" href="/en/countries/cooperating-countries/kosovo" ><span>Kosovo *</span></a > </div> </div> <div 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href="/en/countries/eea-member-countries/denmark" ><span>Denmark</span></a ><a title="Estonia" class="item" role="listitem" href="/en/countries/eea-member-countries/estonia" ><span>Estonia</span></a ><a title="Finland" class="item" role="listitem" href="/en/countries/eea-member-countries/finland" ><span>Finland</span></a ><a title="France" class="item" role="listitem" href="/en/countries/eea-member-countries/france" ><span>France</span></a ><a title="Germany" class="item" role="listitem" href="/en/countries/eea-member-countries/germany" ><span>Germany</span></a ><a title="Greece" class="item" role="listitem" href="/en/countries/eea-member-countries/greece" ><span>Greece</span></a ><a title="Hungary" class="item" role="listitem" href="/en/countries/eea-member-countries/hungary" ><span>Hungary</span></a ><a title="Iceland" class="item" role="listitem" href="/en/countries/eea-member-countries/iceland" ><span>Iceland</span></a ><a title="Ireland" class="item" role="listitem" href="/en/countries/eea-member-countries/ireland" ><span>Ireland</span></a ><a title="Italy" class="item" role="listitem" href="/en/countries/eea-member-countries/italy" ><span>Italy</span></a ><a title="Latvia" class="item" role="listitem" href="/en/countries/eea-member-countries/latvia" ><span>Latvia</span></a ><a title="Liechtenstein" class="item" role="listitem" href="/en/countries/eea-member-countries/liechtenstein" ><span>Liechtenstein</span></a ><a title="Lithuania" class="item" role="listitem" href="/en/countries/eea-member-countries/lithuania" ><span>Lithuania</span></a ><a title="Luxembourg" class="item" role="listitem" href="/en/countries/eea-member-countries/luxembourg" ><span>Luxembourg</span></a ><a title="Malta" class="item" role="listitem" href="/en/countries/eea-member-countries/malta" ><span>Malta</span></a ><a title="Netherlands" class="item" role="listitem" href="/en/countries/eea-member-countries/netherlands" ><span>Netherlands</span></a ><a title="Norway" class="item" role="listitem" href="/en/countries/eea-member-countries/norway" ><span>Norway</span></a ><a title="Poland" class="item" role="listitem" href="/en/countries/eea-member-countries/poland" ><span>Poland</span></a ><a title="Portugal" class="item" role="listitem" href="/en/countries/eea-member-countries/portugal" ><span>Portugal</span></a ><a title="Romania" class="item" role="listitem" href="/en/countries/eea-member-countries/romania" ><span>Romania</span></a ><a title="Slovakia" class="item" role="listitem" href="/en/countries/eea-member-countries/slovakia" ><span>Slovakia</span></a ><a title="Slovenia" class="item" role="listitem" href="/en/countries/eea-member-countries/slovenia" ><span>Slovenia</span></a ><a title="Spain" class="item" role="listitem" href="/en/countries/eea-member-countries/spain" ><span>Spain</span></a ><a title="Sweden" class="item" role="listitem" href="/en/countries/eea-member-countries/sweden" ><span>Sweden</span></a ><a title="Switzerland" class="item" role="listitem" href="/en/countries/eea-member-countries/switzerland" ><span>Switzerland</span></a ><a title="Türkiye" class="item" role="listitem" href="/en/countries/eea-member-countries/turkiye" ><span>Türkiye</span></a > </div> </div> </div> <div class="accordion"> <button class="title"> Cooperating countries<i aria-hidden="true" class="eea-icon eea-icon-chevron-down" ></i> </button> <div class="content"> <a title="See all" class="item title-item" href="/en/countries/cooperating-countries" ><span>See all</span></a > <div role="list" class="ui list"> <a title="Albania" class="item" role="listitem" href="/en/countries/cooperating-countries/albania" ><span>Albania</span></a ><a title="Bosnia and Herzegovina" class="item" role="listitem" href="/en/countries/cooperating-countries/bosnia-and-herzegovina" ><span>Bosnia and Herzegovina</span></a ><a title="Kosovo" class="item" role="listitem" href="/en/countries/cooperating-countries/kosovo" ><span>Kosovo *</span></a ><a 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Please make sure javascript is enabled in your browser.</div> </noscript> <span class="portalType">Publication</span> <span class="docDate creationDate"> Created 24 Nov 2015 <span class="byline-separator"></span> </span> <span class="docDate publishDate"> Published 26 Jan 2016 <span class="byline-separator"></span> </span> <div class="documentByLineReadingStats inline-block"> <span class="documentByLineReadingTime">1</span> <span>min read</span> </div> </div> <div class="documentByLineThemes" id="themes-tags"> <span class="listHead">Topics:</span> <span> <a class="link-category" rel="tag" href="https://www.eea.europa.eu/themes/water">Water and marine environment</a> </span> <span> <a class="link-category" rel="tag" href="https://www.eea.europa.eu/themes/policy">Policy instruments</a> </span> </div> </div> </div> <nav id="portal-breadcrumbs" class="plone-breadcrumb"> <div class="eea-container breadcrumbs-container"> <span id="breadcrumbs-you-are-here" class="hiddenStructure">You are here:</span> <ol aria-labelledby="breadcrumbs-you-are-here" class="plone-breadcrumb-list"> <li id="breadcrumbs-home"> <a title="Home" href="https://www.eea.europa.eu"> <em class="eea-icon eea-icon-lg eea-icon-home eea-icon-marginless"></em> </a> </li> <li id="breadcrumbs-1"> <a href="https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications" title="Publications">Publications</a> </li> <li id="breadcrumbs-2"> <span id="breadcrumbs-current">Flood risks and environmental ...</span> </li> </ol> </div> </nav> <div class="content-core-wrapper"> <div id="content-core" class="content-core wf-state-published"> <div> <div class="figure-left publicationHidden"> <div class="figure"> <img src="https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/flood-risks-and-environmental-vulnerability/cover/image_mini" alt="Cover Image" title="Cover Image" /> </div> </div> <div class="publicationText">  <div class="publicationDescription publicationHidden hiddenDesc"> <strong>This report focuses on the role of floodplains in flood protection, water management, nature protection or agriculture and the impact of hydromorphological alterations on the ecosystem services that floodplains provide. 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Please make sure javascript is enabled in your browser.</div> </noscript> <span class="portalType">Publication</span> <span class="docDate creationDate"> Created 24 Nov 2015 <span class="byline-separator"></span> </span> <span class="docDate publishDate"> Published 26 Jan 2016 <span class="byline-separator"></span> </span> <div class="documentByLineReadingStats inline-block"> <span class="documentByLineReadingTime">1</span> <span>min read</span> </div> </div> <div class="documentByLineThemes" id="themes-tags"> <span class="listHead">Topics:</span> <span> <a class="link-category" rel="tag" href="https://www.eea.europa.eu/themes/water">Water and marine environment</a> </span> <span> <a class="link-category" rel="tag" href="https://www.eea.europa.eu/themes/policy">Policy instruments</a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="documentDescription">EEA Report No 1/2016</div> <div class="publicationDescription"> <strong>This report focuses on the role of floodplains in flood protection, water management, nature protection or agriculture and the impact of hydromorphological alterations on the ecosystem services that floodplains provide. 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Dams dataset compiles dams included in ECRINS spatial database complemanted by dams located in Western Balkans region. </span> </a> </div> <div class="photoAlbumEntry" data-effective="1453811385982" data-title="Floodplain distribution"> <a href="https://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/figures/floodplain-distribution" title="Floodplain distribution" class=""> <span class="photoAlbumEntryWrapper"> <span class="photoAlbumEntryWrapperImg lazy" data-src="https://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/figures/floodplain-distribution/image_mini"></span> </span> <span class="photoAlbumEntryTitleWrapper"> <span class="photoAlbumEntryTitle">Floodplain distribution</span> </span> <span class="photoAlbumEntryDescription">Floodplain percentage per subcatchment.</span> </a> </div> <div class="photoAlbumEntry" data-effective="1453807667946" data-title="Share of population living in the floodplain areas"> <a href="https://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/figures/share-of-population-living-in" title="Share of population living in the floodplain areas" class=""> <span class="photoAlbumEntryWrapper"> <span class="photoAlbumEntryWrapperImg lazy" data-src="https://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/figures/share-of-population-living-in/image_mini"></span> </span> <span class="photoAlbumEntryTitleWrapper"> <span class="photoAlbumEntryTitle">Share of population living in the floodplain areas</span> </span> <span class="photoAlbumEntryDescription">Floodplain percentage per subcatchment.</span> </a> </div> <div class="photoAlbumEntry" data-effective="1453807200000" data-title="Reported flood phenomena per country "> <a href="https://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/figures/reported-flood-phenomena-per-country" title="Reported flood phenomena per country " class=""> <span class="photoAlbumEntryWrapper"> <span class="photoAlbumEntryWrapperImg lazy" data-src="https://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/figures/reported-flood-phenomena-per-country/image_mini"></span> </span> <span class="photoAlbumEntryTitleWrapper"> <span class="photoAlbumEntryTitle">Reported flood phenomena per country </span> </span> <span class="photoAlbumEntryDescription">Number of floods per 10 000 km2 per country.</span> </a> </div> </div> <h3 class="notoc">Interactive charts</h3> <div> <div class="photoAlbumEntry" data-effective="1583226000000" data-title="Floodplain statistics viewer "> <a href="https://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/data/data-viewers/floodplain-areas" title="Floodplain statistics viewer " class=""> <span class="photoAlbumEntryWrapper"> <span class="photoAlbumEntryWrapperImg lazy" data-src="https://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/data/data-viewers/floodplain-areas/image_mini"></span> </span> <span class="photoAlbumEntryTitleWrapper"> <span class="photoAlbumEntryTitle">Floodplain statistics viewer </span> </span> <span class="photoAlbumEntryDescription">This viewer provides statistics on spatial extent and land use distribution of floodplain areas of Europe. Here, floodplains are defined as the flood prone area, i.e. the area that would be flooded during a 100-year flood, if there were no flood protection in place. Most flood prone areas are, however, protected against flooding. The statistics are presented in a series of dashboards providing an overview of floodplain characteristics, by country, by river basin districts, and in Natura 2000 sites. The statistics include the extent of floodplains, their ecosystem distribution based on MAES classification and the Copernicus Riparian Zone Products, as well as land cover flows between 2000 and 2018. </span> </a> </div> <div class="photoAlbumEntry" data-effective="1453811948972" data-title="Distribution of the active and former floodplain status classes"> <a href="https://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/daviz/comparison-of-the-distribution-of" title="Distribution of the active and former floodplain status classes" class=""> <span class="photoAlbumEntryWrapper"> <span class="photoAlbumEntryWrapperImg lazy" data-src="https://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/daviz/comparison-of-the-distribution-of/image_mini"></span> </span> <span class="photoAlbumEntryTitleWrapper"> <span class="photoAlbumEntryTitle">Distribution of the active and former floodplain status classes</span> </span> <span class="photoAlbumEntryDescription"></span> </a> </div> <div class="photoAlbumEntry" data-effective="1453808768204" data-title="Annual flood losses for 2050 and 2080 compared to the 'actual situation'"> <a href="https://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/daviz/annual-flood-losses-for-2050" title="Annual flood losses for 2050 and 2080 compared to the 'actual situation'" class=""> <span class="photoAlbumEntryWrapper"> <span class="photoAlbumEntryWrapperImg lazy" data-src="https://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/daviz/annual-flood-losses-for-2050/image_mini"></span> </span> <span class="photoAlbumEntryTitleWrapper"> <span class="photoAlbumEntryTitle">Annual flood losses for 2050 and 2080 compared to the 'actual situation'</span> </span> <span class="photoAlbumEntryDescription"></span> </a> </div> <div class="photoAlbumEntry" data-effective="1453808478676" data-title="Conservation status of floodplain forest habitats "> <a href="https://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/daviz/conservation-status-of-floodplain-forest-habitats" title="Conservation status of floodplain forest habitats " class=""> <span class="photoAlbumEntryWrapper"> <span class="photoAlbumEntryWrapperImg lazy" data-src="https://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/daviz/conservation-status-of-floodplain-forest-habitats/image_mini"></span> </span> <span class="photoAlbumEntryTitleWrapper"> <span class="photoAlbumEntryTitle">Conservation status of floodplain forest habitats </span> </span> <span class="photoAlbumEntryDescription">Results of 9 forest type assessments have been aggregated for biogeographic region (EU27). Data aggregated from Eionet – ETC/BD 2015: Online report on Article 17 of the Habitats Directive (2007-2012). http://bd.eionet.europa.eu/article17/reports2012/</span> </a> </div> <div class="photoAlbumEntry" data-effective="1453808467811" data-title="Reported flood phenomena"> <a href="https://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/daviz/reported-flood-phenomena" title="Reported flood phenomena" class=""> <span class="photoAlbumEntryWrapper"> <span class="photoAlbumEntryWrapperImg lazy" data-src="https://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/daviz/reported-flood-phenomena/image_mini"></span> </span> <span class="photoAlbumEntryTitleWrapper"> <span class="photoAlbumEntryTitle">Reported flood phenomena</span> </span> <span class="photoAlbumEntryDescription"></span> </a> </div> </div> <h3 class="notoc">News and articles</h3> <div> <div class="photoAlbumEntry" data-effective="1453813200000" data-title="Floodplain management: reducing flood risks and restoring healthy ecosystems"> <a href="https://www.eea.europa.eu/highlights/floodplain-management-reducing-flood-risks" title="Floodplain management: reducing flood risks and restoring healthy ecosystems" class=""> <span class="photoAlbumEntryWrapper"> <span class="photoAlbumEntryWrapperImg lazy" data-src="https://www.eea.europa.eu/highlights/floodplain-management-reducing-flood-risks/image_mini"></span> </span> <span class="photoAlbumEntryTitleWrapper"> <span class="photoAlbumEntryTitle">Floodplain management: reducing flood risks and restoring healthy ecosystems</span> </span> <span class="photoAlbumEntryDescription">Floodplains once covered wide stretches along European rivers, but today only fractions of them remain. These ecosystems have an important role to play in reducing flood risks and are also the natural habitat of many endangered species. A new report by the European Environment Agency (EEA) provides an overview of significant floods in Europe and looks at the role of floodplains in flood protection, water management and nature conservation.</span> </a> </div> </div> <h3 class="notoc">Related briefings</h3> <div> <div class="photoAlbumEntry" data-effective="1542618000000" data-title="Why should we care about floodplains?"> <a href="https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/why-should-we-care-about-floodplains/why-should-we-care-about-floodplains" title="Why should we care about floodplains?" class=""> <span class="photoAlbumEntryWrapper"> <span class="photoAlbumEntryWrapperImg lazy" data-src="https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/why-should-we-care-about-floodplains/why-should-we-care-about-floodplains/image_mini"></span> </span> <span class="photoAlbumEntryTitleWrapper"> <span class="photoAlbumEntryTitle">Why should we care about floodplains?</span> </span> <span class="photoAlbumEntryDescription">Rivers are much wider than the channels we associate them with. The areas next to rivers, which are only covered by water during floods, are also part of the river system. Known as floodplains, in their natural condition they are an important ecological part of this system: they filter and store water, secure both natural flood protection and the healthy functioning of river ecosystems, and help sustain the high biological diversity present there.</span> </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="mini-header-below-content-wrapper"> <div class="mini-header-below-content eea-accordion-panels eea-accordion-panels-plain eea-accordion-panels-bordered-primary non-exclusive collapsed-by-default"> <div class="eea-accordion-panel eea-versions-portlet"> <h2 class="notoc eea-icon-left-container eea-accordion-title"> <span>Permalinks</span> </h2> <div class="pane"> <dl id="permalinks"> <dt>Permalink to this version</dt> <dd> <a href="https://www.eea.europa.eu/ds_resolveuid/0bab314dd3eb4742851e80a97a2a0fff" title="0bab314dd3eb4742851e80a97a2a0fff">0bab314dd3eb4742851e80a97a2a0fff</a> </dd> <dt>Permalink to latest version</dt> <dd> <a 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