Behaviour of the 2010 flood in Lithuania: management and socio-economic risks

Meilutytė-Lukauskienė D. (), Akstinas V., Vaitulionytė M. and Tomkevičienė A.
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Meilutytė-Lukauskienė D.: Lithuanian Energy Institute
Akstinas V.: Lithuanian Energy Institute
Vaitulionytė M.: Lithuanian Energy Institute
Tomkevičienė A.: Lithuanian Energy Institute

Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, 2022, vol. 27, issue 3, No 6, 29 pages

Abstract: Abstract The hydrometeorological data was analysed for the identification of the causality and behaviour of the 2010 flood in Lithuania. Moreover, 326 different articles about the selected flood were collected and reviewed to establish the extent of damage and losses. The multi-criteria analysis was used for the assessment of socio-economic risk in the area of 1% probability inundation. The applied ranking approach of the socio-economic risk was compared with the ratio-based risk of Flood Hazard and Flood Risk Maps (FHRM). The results of this paper indicated that the flood was caused by ice jams and was crucial for the areas of higher risk. The magnitude of the 2010 flood revealed many issues related to flood management. The total economic losses reached 2.8 million EUR. The effects of the flood significantly impacted socio-economic conditions and the environment of residents within the areas of inundation. The assessment of socio-economic risks indicated additional sensitive areas, which were not sufficiently taken into account in FHRM. The analysis highlighted the current issues in flood management and the consequences of not taking appropriate flood management measures.

Keywords: Floods; Economic losses; Socio-economic risk; Flood management; Flood Hazard and Flood Risk Maps (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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