Interpreting historical, botanical, and geological evidence to aid preparations for future floods

River flooding is among the most destructive of natural hazards globally, causing widespread loss of life, damage to infrastructure and economic deprivation. Societies are currently under increasing threat from such floods, predominantly from increasing exposure of people and assets in flood‐prone a...

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Autores: Wilhelm, Bruno, Ballesteros Canovas, Juan Antonio, Macdonald, Neil, Toonen, Willem, Baker, Victor, Barriendos i Vallvé, Mariano, Benito, G., 1961, Brauer, A., Corella, Juan Pablo, Denniston, Rhawn, Glaser, Rüdiger, Ionita, Monica, Kahle, Michael, Liu, Tao, Luetscher, Marc, Macklin, Mark, Mudelsee, Manfred, 1962, Muñoz, Samuel, Schulte, Lothar, 1967-, St George, Scott, Stoffel, Markus, Wetter, Oliver
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Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/165048
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/165048
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Palabra clave:Inundacions
Sedimentació
Paleohidrologia
Avaluació del risc
Bases de dades
Floods
Sedimentation and deposition
Paleohydrology
Risk assessment
Databases
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spelling Interpreting historical, botanical, and geological evidence to aid preparations for future floodsWilhelm, BrunoBallesteros Canovas, Juan AntonioMacdonald, NeilToonen, WillemBaker, VictorBarriendos i Vallvé, MarianoBenito, G., 1961Brauer, A.Corella, Juan PabloDenniston, RhawnGlaser, RüdigerIonita, MonicaKahle, MichaelLiu, TaoLuetscher, MarcMacklin, MarkMudelsee, Manfred, 1962Muñoz, SamuelSchulte, Lothar, 1967-St George, ScottStoffel, MarkusWetter, OliverInundacionsSedimentacióPaleohidrologiaAvaluació del riscBases de dadesFloodsSedimentation and depositionPaleohydrologyRisk assessmentDatabasesRiver flooding is among the most destructive of natural hazards globally, causing widespread loss of life, damage to infrastructure and economic deprivation. Societies are currently under increasing threat from such floods, predominantly from increasing exposure of people and assets in flood‐prone areas, but also as a result of changes in flood magnitude, frequency, and timing. Accurate flood hazard and risk assessment are therefore crucial for the sustainable development of societies worldwide. With a paucity of hydrological measurements, evidence from the field offers the only insight into truly extreme events and their variability in space and time. Historical, botanical, and geological archives have increasingly been recognized as valuable sources of extreme flood event information. These different archives are here reviewed with a particular focus on the recording mechanisms of flood information, the historical development of the methodological approaches and the type of information that those archives can provide. These studies provide a wealthy dataset of hundreds of historical and palaeoflood series, whose analysis reveals a noticeable dominance of records in Europe. After describing the diversity of flood information provided by this dataset, we identify how these records have improved and could further improve flood hazard assessments and, thereby, flood management and mitigation plans.Wiley2018info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/165048Articles publicats en revistes (Geografia)reponame:Dipòsit Digital de la UBinstname:Universidad de BarcelonaInglésVersió postprint del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1002/wat2.1318WIREs Water, 2018, vol. 6, num. 1https://doi.org/10.1002/wat2.1318(c) Wiley, 2018info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/1650482026-05-27T06:46:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Interpreting historical, botanical, and geological evidence to aid preparations for future floods
title Interpreting historical, botanical, and geological evidence to aid preparations for future floods
spellingShingle Interpreting historical, botanical, and geological evidence to aid preparations for future floods
Wilhelm, Bruno
Inundacions
Sedimentació
Paleohidrologia
Avaluació del risc
Bases de dades
Floods
Sedimentation and deposition
Paleohydrology
Risk assessment
Databases
title_short Interpreting historical, botanical, and geological evidence to aid preparations for future floods
title_full Interpreting historical, botanical, and geological evidence to aid preparations for future floods
title_fullStr Interpreting historical, botanical, and geological evidence to aid preparations for future floods
title_full_unstemmed Interpreting historical, botanical, and geological evidence to aid preparations for future floods
title_sort Interpreting historical, botanical, and geological evidence to aid preparations for future floods
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Wilhelm, Bruno
Ballesteros Canovas, Juan Antonio
Macdonald, Neil
Toonen, Willem
Baker, Victor
Barriendos i Vallvé, Mariano
Benito, G., 1961
Brauer, A.
Corella, Juan Pablo
Denniston, Rhawn
Glaser, Rüdiger
Ionita, Monica
Kahle, Michael
Liu, Tao
Luetscher, Marc
Macklin, Mark
Mudelsee, Manfred, 1962
Muñoz, Samuel
Schulte, Lothar, 1967-
St George, Scott
Stoffel, Markus
Wetter, Oliver
author Wilhelm, Bruno
author_facet Wilhelm, Bruno
Ballesteros Canovas, Juan Antonio
Macdonald, Neil
Toonen, Willem
Baker, Victor
Barriendos i Vallvé, Mariano
Benito, G., 1961
Brauer, A.
Corella, Juan Pablo
Denniston, Rhawn
Glaser, Rüdiger
Ionita, Monica
Kahle, Michael
Liu, Tao
Luetscher, Marc
Macklin, Mark
Mudelsee, Manfred, 1962
Muñoz, Samuel
Schulte, Lothar, 1967-
St George, Scott
Stoffel, Markus
Wetter, Oliver
author_role author
author2 Ballesteros Canovas, Juan Antonio
Macdonald, Neil
Toonen, Willem
Baker, Victor
Barriendos i Vallvé, Mariano
Benito, G., 1961
Brauer, A.
Corella, Juan Pablo
Denniston, Rhawn
Glaser, Rüdiger
Ionita, Monica
Kahle, Michael
Liu, Tao
Luetscher, Marc
Macklin, Mark
Mudelsee, Manfred, 1962
Muñoz, Samuel
Schulte, Lothar, 1967-
St George, Scott
Stoffel, Markus
Wetter, Oliver
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author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Inundacions
Sedimentació
Paleohidrologia
Avaluació del risc
Bases de dades
Floods
Sedimentation and deposition
Paleohydrology
Risk assessment
Databases
topic Inundacions
Sedimentació
Paleohidrologia
Avaluació del risc
Bases de dades
Floods
Sedimentation and deposition
Paleohydrology
Risk assessment
Databases
description River flooding is among the most destructive of natural hazards globally, causing widespread loss of life, damage to infrastructure and economic deprivation. Societies are currently under increasing threat from such floods, predominantly from increasing exposure of people and assets in flood‐prone areas, but also as a result of changes in flood magnitude, frequency, and timing. Accurate flood hazard and risk assessment are therefore crucial for the sustainable development of societies worldwide. With a paucity of hydrological measurements, evidence from the field offers the only insight into truly extreme events and their variability in space and time. Historical, botanical, and geological archives have increasingly been recognized as valuable sources of extreme flood event information. These different archives are here reviewed with a particular focus on the recording mechanisms of flood information, the historical development of the methodological approaches and the type of information that those archives can provide. These studies provide a wealthy dataset of hundreds of historical and palaeoflood series, whose analysis reveals a noticeable dominance of records in Europe. After describing the diversity of flood information provided by this dataset, we identify how these records have improved and could further improve flood hazard assessments and, thereby, flood management and mitigation plans.
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dc.relation.none.fl_str_mv Versió postprint del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1002/wat2.1318
WIREs Water, 2018, vol. 6, num. 1
https://doi.org/10.1002/wat2.1318
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