Integrated assessment of climate change impacts at selected European research sites – from climate and hydrological hazards to risk analysis and measures
Integrated assessment of climate change impacts at selected European research sites – from climate and hydrological hazards to risk analysis and measures
Editor(s): Rafaela Matos, Tim aus der Beek, Tone Merete Muthanna, Beniamino Russo, Henning W. Rust, Adriana Bruggeman, Kees van Leeuwen, Ana Estela Barbosa, Uwe Ulbrich, and Heidi Kreibich
Climate change impacts on the water cycle have become more evident during the last decade with several parts of the hydrological cycle affected. Consequently, the increase in natural hazards, especially droughts and floods, directly affect society, e.g. by water stress, urban floods, limitations in irrigation and many more. In order to cope with these impacts, the associated risks need to be analysed and prioritized. Based on the risk assessment, measures can be derived to mitigate the impact of climate and hydrological change on society. Therefore, this special issue aims at research following the modelling and analysis chain climate–hydrology–risks–measures. The research topics should also address their direct applicability to stakeholders in order to provide established transferability links of research results to practical implementation. Six hotspot regions in Europe have been chosen, which are prone to a large variety of natural hazards due to climate change, such as droughts and floods: (1) Bergen, Norway; (2) Cyprus; (3) Tagus River basin, Portugal; (4) Wupper River basin, Germany; (5) the Veluwe, the Netherlands; (6) and Barcelona and nearby coastal cities, Spain.

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23 Aug 2021
Flood and drought risk assessment for agricultural areas (Tagus Estuary, Portugal)
Paula Freire, Marta Rodrigues, André B. Fortunato, and Alberto Freitas
Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 21, 2503–2521, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-21-2503-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-21-2503-2021, 2021
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13 Jul 2021
Selecting and analysing climate change adaptation measures at six research sites across Europe
Henk-Jan van Alphen, Clemens Strehl, Fabian Vollmer, Eduard Interwies, Anasha Petersen, Stefan Görlitz, Luca Locatelli, Montse Martinez Puentes, Maria Guerrero Hidalga, Elias Giannakis, Teun Spek, Marc Scheibel, Erle Kristvik, Fernanda Rocha, and Emmy Bergsma
Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 21, 2145–2161, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-21-2145-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-21-2145-2021, 2021
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23 Oct 2020
Simulation of extreme rainfall and streamflow events in small Mediterranean watersheds with a one-way-coupled atmospheric–hydrologic modelling system
Corrado Camera, Adriana Bruggeman, George Zittis, Ioannis Sofokleous, and Joël Arnault
Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 20, 2791–2810, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-20-2791-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-20-2791-2020, 2020
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10 Aug 2020
Hydrological impacts of climate change on small ungauged catchments – results from a global climate model–regional climate model–hydrologic model chain
Aynalem T. Tsegaw, Marie Pontoppidan, Erle Kristvik, Knut Alfredsen, and Tone M. Muthanna
Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 20, 2133–2155, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-20-2133-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-20-2133-2020, 2020
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05 May 2020
Modeling of E. coli distribution for hazard assessment of bathing waters affected by combined sewer overflows
Luca Locatelli, Beniamino Russo, Alejandro Acero Oliete, Juan Carlos Sánchez Catalán, Eduardo Martínez-Gomariz, and Montse Martínez
Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 20, 1219–1232, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-20-1219-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-20-1219-2020, 2020
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