ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Measuring Aquatic Environments as a Tool for Flood Risk Management in Terms of Climate Change Dynamics
1 | Department of Quantitative Methods in Economics, University of Economics in Wrocław,
ul. Komandorska 118/120, 53-345 Wrocław, Poland |
2 | Department of Environmental Engineering, Wrocław University of Technology,
Pl. Grunwaldzki 9, 50-377 Wrocław, Poland |
3 | IMGW-PIB Warsaw Branch, ul. Podleśna 61,00-001 Warsaw, Poland |
Online publish date: 2018-02-23
Publish date: 2018-03-30
Submission date: 2017-06-09
Final revision date: 2017-08-17
Acceptance date: 2017-08-19
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2018;27(4):1583–1592
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We studied climate change dynamics in southwestern Poland. The authors based the assessment of
dynamics on the results of flood risk analyses. 30-day flow maxima were selected for three 10-year periods
based on hydrological data on daily flows from 1986 to 2015 from the hydrological station on the Oder
River in the town of Malczyce. By utilizing the selected maxima as well as selected maximum value
distributions, probabilistic models of extreme flows were constructed for the three studied periods – each
divided into six-month periods of “summer” and “winter.” The estimated models were used to calculate
measurements of flood risks in the analyzed periods. We analyzed the studied area on the basis of the
results the dynamics of flood risks.
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR:
Łukasz Szałata
Ecologistic and Risk Management Division - Fakulty of Environmental Engineering - Wroclaw University of Technology, Ecologistic and Risk Management Division - Fakulty of Environmental Engineering - Wroclaw University, PhD. Eng. Łukasz Szałata, 50-377 Wrocław, Poland
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