Open AccessTERRITORY PLANNING PERSPECTIVE IN FLOOD-PRONE AREAS IN RIGA / TERITORINIO PLANAVIMO PERSPEKTYVOS POTVYNIŲ UŽLIEJAMUOSE RYGOS PLOTUOSE
Author(s) -
Dace Bērziņa
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
mokslas - lietuvos ateitis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2029-2341
pISSN - 2029-2252
DOI - 10.3846/mla.2016.863
Subject(s) - flood myth , geography , legislation , flood risk management , environmental protection , physical geography , political science , archaeology , law
The flood risk problems in Riga city due to global warming and climate change are studied based on the European experience incorporated in European and Latvian legislation. Amendment to the Protection Zone Law of Latvia is studied and compared with the likelihood of the flood risk and development possibilities in the flood risk zones. The study focuses on the case of the Vecdaugava River neighbourhood as the potential flood risk zone in Riga city