FLOOD RISK, ECONOMIC LOSSES, STAKEHOLDERS INVOLVMENT, VULNERABILITY, SUSCEPTIBILITY Innovative aspects and advantagesThese guidelines are strategic in nature; they are not a ‘cookbook’ which would enable a detailed flood loss assessment to be undertaken in each one of the 27 countries of the European Union.

COASTAL TRANSITIONAL WATERS SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT ECONOMICAL ANALYSIS SOCIAL BENEFITS This volume presents the Proceedings of the International Conference of the WADI project held in Malta, 5-8 November 2008, at the end of the project itself. The Proceedings illustrate some of the outcomes of the WADI project that focused on six case studies represented by water bodies in the Mediterranean coastal area (Italy, Spain, Portugal, Morocco, Tunisia and Egypt).

FLASH FLOODS, FLOOD FORECASTING, HYDROLOGIC MODELS, RADAR OBSERVATION, FLOOD WARNING Innovative aspects and advantagesThe main innovation is the flood forecasting in ungauged basins through the application of the ANALOG approach, which is an adaptation method which builds upon the synoptic forecasts provided by numerical weather prediction models (NWP).

HYDRAULICS, HYDROLOGY, NUMERICAL MODELLING, PROTECTION STRATEGIES, RESTORING FLOODPLAINS,RISK ASSESSMENT, SOCIO-ECONOMIC ANALYSES This project focuses on a comparison of the efficiency of non-structural flood mitigation measures.

FLOOD RISK, SMALL URBAN CATCHMENT, RISK MANAGEMENT, MITIGATION STRATEGIES, PLANNINGSYSTEMInnovative aspects and advantagesThe innovation stands in the form of the report, which is intended as a ready-to-use guide directly addressed to decision-makers. Another innovation point is taking the small urban catchments as the scope of the research, while most of the projects focus on river basins.