Result description
FLOODMAGE provides insights on the potential tangible damage and losses triggered by coastal, pluvial and fluvial floods under current and future climate. This information is key for informing climate adaptation strategies and plans. The service is adaptable to different spatial scales and builds upon advanced climate simulations, high resolution hydrodynamic and hydrostatic hazard modelling, multi-variable vulnerability assessment, and macro-economic modelling of labour and capital. The service is oriented among others to public administrations and authorities at different governance levels, river basin agencies and authorities, land reclamation boards, physical asset managers and insurers.
The data generated by the FLOODMAGE service include georeferenced hazard and risk layers (maps) for each extreme scenario and a numerical analysis of expected damage and losses in relation to the required time-frame of analysis, expressed in economic terms. Analysis and results are provided together with a report summarises the findings and the critical risk hot-spots, explains the method, the data employed and discuss the implications of results for risk management.
FLOODMAGE provides its results directly to the user in form of: analysis of (past/future) meteo-climatic trends; hazard and risk maps; direct damage to structural assets; indirect (spill-over and cascading) losses to the economic production sectors; Expected Annual Damage estimated under current and future climate conditions.
For the pilot applications (Rimini), both pluvial flood hazard and coastal inundation hazard are addressed.
Addressing target audiences and expressing needs
- To raise awareness and possibly influence policy
The service is oriented to risk analysts and managers at various scales, in Europe and beyond.
- EU and Member State Policy-makers
- International Organisations (ex. OECD, FAO, UN, etc.)
- Private Investors
R&D, Technology and Innovation aspects
The service was applied on the pilot Municipality of Rimini for the flood hazard types identified as critical in this area: pluvial floods from extreme rainfall cumulation and coastal inundadtions from storm surge. Hazard model validation was performed successfully; hazard and risk estimates have been produced in relation to 4 Return Period scenarios for both observed trends and climate forcing.
Result submitted to Horizon Results Platform by FONDAZIONE CENTRO EURO-MEDITERRANEOSUI CAMBIAMENTI CLIMATICI
