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Table 1 Summary of the case studies

From: Can sediments play a role in river flood risk mapping? Learning from selected European examples

Country

Type of flood

River basin

Key elements to be considered

References

Germany

Flash flood

Mountainous

Sediments, wood material

Bronstert et al. (2018), Lucía et al. (2018), Gaume and Borga (2008), Benda and Sias (2003), Comiti et al. (2016)

Central Europe

River flood

Lowland

Sediments, society

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Italy

River flood

Lowland

Sediments, vegetation

Liguria (2019), Mandarino et al. (2021a), Horacio et al. (2019), Mandarino et al. (2021b)

Switzerland

Flash flood

Mountainous

Sediments, wood material

Slater et al. (2015), Hilker et al. (2009), Hegg et al. (2000), Raetzo et al. (2005), Bezzola et al. (2005), Badoux et al. (2014)

Eastern Europe

River flood

Lowland

Sediments, legislation

Ionita and Nagavciuc (2021), SHS Raport Hidrologic Privind Viitura Pluvială Din Luna (2020), RFE/RL (2022), DIGI24 (2022), NewsMarker Digurile (2023), DSE Indici Statistici Despre (2022), CAPITAL S–Au (2023), Bilan-ul and Inundaiilor (2022), National and de Management (2017), Dniester Commission Flooding (2022)

Norway

Flash flood

Mountainous

Sediments, wood material

Moraru et al. (2021), Leine (2017), Bruland (2020), Moraru et al. (2020)

  1. The elements to be considered are derived from post-event analyses