Open AccessFlood Risk Management: Case Study on Institutional Models
Author(s) -
Cvetanka Popovska,
Dimitrija Sekovski,
Darko Barbalić,
Ivan Blinkov
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of advanced engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2576-8506
DOI - 10.31829/2576-8506/jae2017-1(1)-103
Subject(s) - flood myth , operationalization , flood risk management , directive , analytic hierarchy process , risk management , risk analysis (engineering) , computer science , process (computing) , environmental resource management , business , environmental planning , engineering , operations research , geography , environmental science , programming language , philosophy , operating system , archaeology , epistemology , finance
This paper presents the findings of an interdisciplinary review of possible country level institutional model alternatives for adopting flood risk management in the Republic of Macedonia, by harmonizing the national water management, and other related systems with the requirements of the EU Floods Directive. Based on the application of Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) theory, a tailor-made institutional model for integrated risk-based flood management is proposed as a substitute of the current ineffective flood management approaches that are based on purely engineering/design-based standards and ad-hoc interventions to flood events. It discusses the benefits of introducing the model and outlines the key preconditions to its operationalization. Given the similarity of existing flood management systems in the countries of the wider region, these findings can be used for initiating similar improvements in line with the contemporary flood risk management principles.