Author: Hellmers, S.
Year of publication: 2010
Available languages: English
Type of assessment: Comprehensive impact and risk assessment
Format of assessment: Software
Estimated costs for conducting: No information
Estimated duration of assessment: No information
To be carried out by whom: Scientists/researchers
Institutional scale of use: Local/community
Assesment to be used by which target audience: Local decision makers
Output: Report
Details: Graphs
Region of origin: Europe
Developed by which sector: Science
Applied in practice: Yes
Geographic coverage in analysis: Europe
Potential geographic coverage: Small urban catchments (SUCAs)
Sectors covered: Water sector
Method used: Quantitative model
Description of methodology: Calculation of hydrological impacts by climate change on flood probability and assessment of effectiveness of SUDS as possibilities of flood risk mitigation
Risk framework used: No explicit use of risk framework
Details: AR4 is described but not included
Risk components incorporated: Risk
Hazards and impacts considered in the assessment: Flood
Source of required data: Secondary (available data is used)
Details: Hydrological data and climate data
Temporal scale: Forward looking
Participatory elements: No
Consideration of interconnectedness and -dependencies of risks: No
Adressing uncertainty: Partly
Details: Uncertainties are described in detail
Scope of assessment: Identification of risks
Economic/Non-Economic losses incorporated: None
Applicability for entire risk spectrum (from extreme weather events to slow onset processes): No
Recommendations for Adaptation measures included in Climate Risk Assessment: Yes
Details: Comparison of different adaptation scenarios
Usefulness for political purposes: Decision making support for flood prevention and urban development
Applied by whom: Institute of River and Coastal Engineering, University of Technology Hamburg – Harburg
Open access: Yes