EU FLOODS DIRECTIVE PROPOSED FLOOD MAPS ACTION PLAN – RISK ASSESSMENTS
January 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission wants to force all European Union member states to have a high standard of flood prevention and mitigation programmes. Its proposed directive would order national governments to stage a preliminary flood risk assessments of river basins and coastal zones. Where serious risks are identified, governments would produce detailed flood risk maps and management plans, restricting construction in flood-prone areas or adapting such developments to minimise flooding or flood damage. Governments would also have to restore flood ...
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