Holistic Flood Risk Assessment In Coastal Areas

The PEARL Approach

Conference paper (2014)

Authors

Zoran Vojinovic IHE Delft Institute for Water Education
Y.A. Abebe IHE Delft Institute for Water Education
A. Sanchez IHE Delft Institute for Water Education
N. Medina Pena IHE Delft Institute for Water Education
I. Nikolic Energy and Industry
N Manojlovic Hamburg University of Technology
C. Makropoulos National Technical University of Athens
M. Pelling King’s College London
M. Abbott Knowledge Engineering BVBA
Research Group
Energy and Industry
Copyright: © 2014 Zoran Vojinovic, Y.A. Abebe, A. Sanchez, N. Medina Pena, I. Nikolic, N Manojlovic, C. Makropoulos, M. Pelling, M. Abbott
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Published Date

2014

Language

English

Research Group

Energy and Industry

Abstract

Coastal floods are one of the most dangerous and harmful natural hazards affecting urban areas adjacent to shorelines. The present paper discusses the FP7-ENV-2013 EU funded PEARL (Preparing for Extreme And Rare events in coastaL regions) project which brings together world leading expertise in both the domain of hydro-engineering and risk reduction and management services to pool knowledge and practical experience in order to develop more sustainable risk management solutions for coastal communities focusing on present and projected extreme hydro-meteorological events. The PEARL approach draws upon the complexity theory and the use of complex adaptive system (CAS) models as tools to identify root causes of vulnerabilities and their multi-stressors and to analyze risk and the behavior of key actors.