Collaborative strategies for sustainable EU flood risk management: FOSS and geospatial tools-challenges and opportunities for operative risk analysis

ISPRS International Journal of Geo-information 2015, 4(4), 2704-2727; doi:10.3390/ijgi4042704:

This paper presents both current advances and limitations of the available models for consequence estimation in flood risk analysis. It aims to organize the available knowledge and characteristics of the methods available into operational recommendations and principles to support authorities and stakeholders in their compliance with the Floods Directive. This can be viewed as a good starting point for future scientific research to address the challenge of helping stakeholders to choose the best, or optimum, course of action to adopt, i.e., a process of choice, which helps identify the best of the available options in terms of efficiency and equity.