Open AccessFlood risk assessment in art cities: the exemplary case of Florence (Italy)
Author(s) -
Arrighi C.,
Brugioni M.,
Castelli F.,
Franceschini S.,
Mazzanti B.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of flood risk management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.049
H-Index - 36
ISSN - 1753-318X
DOI - 10.1111/jfr3.12226
Subject(s) - flood myth , flood risk assessment , directive , flood risk management , cultural heritage , census , european commission , risk assessment , environmental planning , commission , geography , scale (ratio) , environmental resource management , work (physics) , risk management , cartography , european union , environmental science , business , political science , archaeology , computer science , sociology , engineering , law , population , computer security , economic policy , programming language , mechanical engineering , demography , finance
Flood risk assessment is a crucial step for flood risk management purposes, thus answering the requirements of the European Flood Directive 60/2007/EC (European Commission). In this work, a census data scale, which has been considered as a good compromise between spatial resolution and availability of open socio‐economic data, is adopted for risk analysis. The damage categories included are structures, household contents and the most representative economic activities in the city of Florence (Italy). Moreover, since Florence is an important art city, a preliminary evaluation of risk to cultural heritage is carried out. Data from hydraulic simulations, historical reports of the devastating 1966 flood and the cultural heritage recognition sheets allow estimating and mapping the annual expected number of works of art lost in the absence of risk mitigation strategies.