TY - JOUR
TI - Metodologia oceny ryzyka powodziowego gmin województwa łódzkiego
AU - Borowska-Stefańska, Marta
TI - Metodologia oceny ryzyka powodziowego gmin województwa łódzkiego
AB - 
	Flood risk assessment methods in municipalities of the Łódź province

	The aim of the article is to analyze methods of flood risk assessment used in Poland and to compare the results obtained on the basis of these analyses. The analysis involves 21 communes (Polish: gmina), which in the document created by the Department of Security and Crisis Management of the Łódź Municipal Government were referred to as those in which the damage connected with flooding is the biggest. In accordance with the Flood Directive (2007), flood risk is a “combination of the probability of a flood event and potential adverse consequences for human health, the natural environment, and culturaland economic activity” (Flood Directive of 2007, Art. 2 Item 2). The article uses the methodology implemented in the Flood Control Operating Plan for the Łódź province (2013), Plans of Flood Risk Management (2015), and their results were compared with the author’s interpretation. Research has shown that the biggest discrepancies concerning flood risk levels concern five communes: Uniejów, Działoszyn, Warta, Gidle and Sulejów. This is linked with a different attitude towards flood risk. Regrettably, there still exists no reliable method of risk assessment, which would greatly facilitate the pursuance of an adequate anti-flood policy.
VL - 2016
IS - Zeszyt 147
PY - 2017
SN - 1644-3586
C1 - 2083-3113
SP - 119
EP - 144
DO - 10.4467/20833113PG.16.025.6087
UR - https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/prace-geograficzne/artykul/metodologia-oceny-ryzyka-powodziowego-gmin-wojewodztwa-lodzkiego
KW - flood risk
KW - GIS
KW - areas exposed to floods
KW - Flood Directive
KW - Łódź province