Changes in Flood Risk in Europe

Introduction
Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz

I FACETS OF CHANGE

Changes in Flood Risk – Setting the Stage 
Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz, Erich J. Plate, Harvey J. E. Rodda, John C. Rodda, Hans Joachim Schellnhuber & Witold G. Strupczewski

Catalogue of Large Floods in Europe in the 20th Century 
Adam Choryński, Iwona Pińskwar, Wolfgang Kron, G. Robert Brakenridge & Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz

Large-scale Flooding in Europe, 1961–2005 
Christel Prudhomme, Simon Parry, Marie Genevier, Jamie Hannaford & Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz

Changing Floods in Europe 
Iwona Pińskwar, Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz, Pascal Peduzzi, G. Robert Brakenridge, Kerstin Stahl & Jamie Hannaford

Changes in Intense Precipitation in Europe 
Olga Zolina

Historical Floods in Europe in the Past Millennium 
Rudolf Brázdil, Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz, Gerardo Benito, Gaston Demarée, Neil Macdonald & Lars A. Roald

II NATIONAL AND REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON FLOODS

Floods in Austria 
Günter Blöschl, Ralf Merz, Juraj Parajka, José Salinas & Alberto Viglione

Floods in the Czech Republic 
R. Brázdil, L. Řezníčková, M. Havlíček & L. Elleder

Floods in France 
Ignazio Giuntoli, Benjamin Renard & Michel Lang

Flood Risk from a Holistic Perspective – Observed Changes in Germany
Fred F. Hattermann, Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz, Shaochun Huang, Tobias Vetter, Wolfgang Kron, Olaf Burghoff, Bruno Merz, Axel Bronstert, Valentina Krysanova, Friedrich-Wilhelm Gerstengarbe, Peter Werner & Ylva Hauf

Floods in Greece 
D. Koutsoyiannis, N. Mamassis, A. Efstratiadis, N. Zarkadoulas & I. Markonis

Floods in Iceland 
Árni Snorrason, Bergur Einarsson, Emmanuel Pagneux, Jórunn Harðardóttir, Matthew J. Roberts, Oddur Sigurðsson, Óðinn Thórarinsson, Philippe Crochet, Tómas Jóhannesson & Thorsteinn Thorsteinsson

Flood Risk in Italy 
Paola Salvati, Cinzia Bianchi, Mauro Rossi & Fausto Guzzetti

Floods in The Netherlands 
J. K. Vrijling

Floods in Norway 
Lars Andreas Roald

Floods in Poland 
Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz, Andrzej Dobrowolski, Halina Lorenc, Tadeusz Niedźwiedź, Iwona Pińskwar & Piotr Kowalczak

Floods in Switzerland 
Petra Schmocker-Fackel & Felix Naef

Flood Risk in the UK: Evidence of Change and Management Responses
Jamie Hannaford & Jim W. Hall

Floods in the Alpine Areas of Europe 
Antoine Bard, Benjamin Renard & Michel Lang

Floods in the Iberian Peninsula 
Gerardo Benito & Maria J. Machado

III DETECTION AND ATTRIBUTION OF CHANGE, AND PROSPECTS

Detection of Changes 
Sheng Yue, Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz & Linghui Wang

Detection and Attribution of Climate Change and Its Impacts
Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz & Wolfgang Cramer

Detection and Attribution of Changes in Water Resources
Dieter Gerten, Wolfgang Lucht & Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz

Detection and Attribution of Changes in Flood Hazard and Risk 
Bruno Merz, Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz, Jose Delgado, Yeshewa Hundecha & Heidi Kreibich

Changing Flood Risk – A Re-insurer’s Viewpoint 
Wolfgang Kron

Projections of Flood Risk in Europe 
Christel Prudhomme, Jennifer Williamson, Simon Parry & Jamie Hannaford