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FLOODsite Language of Risk 2 nd Ed. Contract No:GOCE-CT-2004-505420 DOCUMENT INFORMATION Title Language of Risk – Project Definitions (Second Edition) Lead Authors Paul Samuels and Ben Gouldby Contributors Frans Klijn, Frank Messner, Ad van Os, Paul Sayers, Jochen Schanze and Helen Udale-Clarke Distribution Public Document Reference T32-04-01 DOCUMENT HISTORY Date Revision Prepared by Organisation Approved by Notes 27/01/09 v5_0_P01 J Bushell HR Wallingford 19/02/09 v5_1_P01 Paul Samuels HR Wallingford 30/04/2009 v5_2_P01 Paul Samuels HR Wallingford ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Creation of Edition 2, change of name from ‘FLOODsite_Language_of_Risk_v4_ 0_P1’ , and formatting First draft for Edition 2 sent for comment Final draft for Edition 2 The work described in this publication was supported by the European Community’s Sixth Framework Programme through the grant to the budget of the Integrated Project FLOODsite, Contract GOCE-CT- 2004-505420. DISCLAIMER This document reflects only the authors’ views and not those of the European Community. This work may rely on data from sources external to members of the FLOODsite project Consortium. Members of the Consortium do not accept liability for loss or damage suffered by any third party as a result of errors or inaccuracies in such data. The information in this document is provided “as is” and no guarantee or warranty is given that the information is fit for any particular purpose. The user thereof uses the information at its sole risk and neither the European Community nor any member of the FLOODsite Consortium is liable for any use that may be made of the information. © Members of the FLOODsite Consortium T32_04_01_ FLOODsite_Language_of_Risk_D32_2_v5_2_P1 30 April 2009 ii
FLOODsite Language of Risk 2 nd Ed. Contract No:GOCE-CT-2004-505420 SUMMARY The Language of Risk was one of the first deliverables of the FLOODsite project. It was intended originally to be a working document for the project partners to assist with communication throughout the project. However, the document attracted interest more broadly as FLOODsite took place at a time of policy development and change as internationally the focus of activity moved from flood defence to flood risk management. This is most noticeably marked by the drafting, negotiation and entry into force of the European Directive on the assessment and management of flood risks (Directive 2007/60/EC; or the “Floods Directive”). A stakeholder group had been established by DG Environment during the preparation of the Directive and the first edition of the Language of Risk was circulated to the relevant policy departments all Member States in through this working group. The Language of Risk has been updated at the end of FLOODsite and the document provides an overview of the concepts of flood risk management and uncertainty used in the FLOODsite project and includes definitions of various terms used in the project reporting. The discussion provided builds upon a FLOODsite workshop in July 2004 and subsequent discussions within the project team and experience and references from past international and national studies have been incorporated into the text. This report provides the definitions of terms and concepts in the language of risk used in the context of the Integrated Project FLOODsite on flood risk management. The second edition contains some amendments from the first edition; in particular the definition of a “flood” now is taken from the European Floods Directive as “the temporary covering by water of land not normally covered by water.” Likewise in the Floods Directive, the phrase “flood risk” means the combination of the probability of a flood event and of the potential adverse consequences for human health, the environment, cultural heritage and economic activity associated with a flood event. This definition is now included in this second edition of the Language of Risk as the first edition did not specifically define the phrase. In particular, Section 4 of this report contains extended discussion of the key definitions relevant flood risk management including definitions developed in some of the FLOODsite tasks during the research. This report represents deliverable number D32.2 and forms part of Theme 6, Task 32. T32_04_01_ FLOODsite_Language_of_Risk_D32_2_v5_2_P1 30 April 2009 iii
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