Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
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Articles | Volume 22, issue 2
Articles | Volume 22, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-22-395-2022
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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-22-395-2022
© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 22, issue 2
Research article
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11 Feb 2022
Research article |  | 11 Feb 2022

A comparative flood damage and risk impact assessment of land use changes

Karen Gabriels, Patrick Willems, and Jos Van Orshoven

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As land use influences hydrological processes (e.g., forests have a high water retention and infiltration capacity), it also impacts floods downstream in the river system. This paper demonstrates an approach quantifying the impact of land use changes on economic flood damages: damages in an initial situation are quantified and compared to damages of simulated floods associated with a land use change scenario. This approach can be used as an explorative tool in sustainable flood risk management.
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