TY - CHAP

T1 - Flood risk management via collaborative modelling

AU - Cortes, Juliette

AU - Almoradie, Adrian

AU - Jonoski, Andreja

AU - van Andel, Schalk Jan

AU - Evers, Mariele

AU - Langue, Leonie

AU - Dinkneh, Aklilu

AU - Maksimović, Cedo

AU - Ochoa, Susana

AU - Simões, Nuno

AU - Wang, Lipen

AU - Osmani, Sara

AU - Makropoulos, Christos

N1 - Conference code: 11

PY - 2011

Y1 - 2011

N2 - The current European Directive for Flood Risk Management (FRM) requires a demand-driven approach in which policy makers work together with practitioners and the general public in preparation of FRM plans and actions. In that context, the DIANE-CM project, funded by the 2nd ERANET-CRUE initiative proposes an innovative approach which brings the conventional modelling procedures in a participative environment, where decision-making process are directed towards a consensus among all involved parties, which legitimises the decisions and enhances their successful implementation. The methodology for this aim is supported (amongst other methods) with the implementation of a collaborative platform (CP) for shared understanding of flood risk and the execution of a Collaborative Modelling Exercise (CME). This CME is developed with three modules: Individual profile, group profile and collaboration and negotiation stage. These modules lead towards preferred ranking of proposed alternatives for FRM by individual stakeholders (SHs) and by the group as a whole, which are based on a background technique adapted from the TOPSIS Method (Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution). This paper presents the main findings and lessons learned from the implementation in two case studies: the River Alster catchment (Germany) and the Cranbrook catchment (UK).

AB - The current European Directive for Flood Risk Management (FRM) requires a demand-driven approach in which policy makers work together with practitioners and the general public in preparation of FRM plans and actions. In that context, the DIANE-CM project, funded by the 2nd ERANET-CRUE initiative proposes an innovative approach which brings the conventional modelling procedures in a participative environment, where decision-making process are directed towards a consensus among all involved parties, which legitimises the decisions and enhances their successful implementation. The methodology for this aim is supported (amongst other methods) with the implementation of a collaborative platform (CP) for shared understanding of flood risk and the execution of a Collaborative Modelling Exercise (CME). This CME is developed with three modules: Individual profile, group profile and collaboration and negotiation stage. These modules lead towards preferred ranking of proposed alternatives for FRM by individual stakeholders (SHs) and by the group as a whole, which are based on a background technique adapted from the TOPSIS Method (Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution). This paper presents the main findings and lessons learned from the implementation in two case studies: the River Alster catchment (Germany) and the Cranbrook catchment (UK).

KW - Collaborative modeling

KW - Decision-making

KW - Flood risk management

KW - Participatory water management

KW - Management studies

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84906218134&partnerID=8YFLogxK

M3 - Article in conference proceedings

AN - SCOPUS:84906218134

SN - 0953914089

SN - 9780953914081

VL - Volume 1

T3 - Urban Water Management: Challenges and Oppurtunities - 11th International Conference on Computing and Control for the Water Industry, CCWI 2011

BT - Urban Water Management

A2 - Savic, Dragan

A2 - Kapelan, Zoran

A2 - Buttler, David

PB - Exeter: Centre for Water Systems

T2 - 11th International Conference on Computing and Control for the Water Industry – CCWI 2011

Y2 - 5 September 2011 through 7 September 2011

ER -