Housing bubbles and the increase of flood exposure. Failures in flood risk management on the Spanish south‐eastern coast (1975–2013)

Pérez-Morales, Alfredo; Gil-Guirado, Salvador; Cantos, Jorge Olcina

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“…Cuadernos de Turismo, 39, (2017), 521-546 Algunas de las consecuencias medioambientales negativas que el urbanismo expansivo, realizado sin la adecuada planificación, ha traído consigo son: cambios en los usos del suelo (IGN 2006;Burriel, 2008;Gaja, 2008;Romero, 2010;Rullán, 2011); destrucción del paisaje; escasez de agua en las regiones con déficit hídrico (Vera Rebollo, 2006); o sellado artificial de los suelos (Docampo Calvo, 2011;, con el consiguiente incremento del riesgo de inundaciones (Pérez Morales et al, 2015).…”

Section: El Cambio En La Actividad Turísticaunclassified

“…El sellado del suelo es uno de los efectos más visibles de las presiones que sufre el suelo a consecuencia del desarrollo humano. Entre los efectos más importantes de este proceso de artificialización se encuentran: la pérdida de superficie fértil, la fragmentación de la biodiversidad y la disminución de la capacidad de infiltración del agua (Pérez Morales et al, 2016).…”

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Expansión urbana y turismo en la Comarca del Campo de Cartagena-Mar Menor (Murcia). Impacto en el sellado del suelo

Díaz

Pedraza

Morales

2017

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En las últimas décadas, la comarca estudiada ha experimentado una expansión urbana sin precedentes motivada por el turismo residencial. Esto ha supuesto un notable impacto medioambiental. Para estudiar este fenómeno y sus impactos, se han analizado los tipos de viviendas y población, digitalizando las superficies urbanas de tres fechas (1956, 1981 y 2011) y estimado la longitud y superficie de la red viaria. La superficie de suelo sellada, por este tipo de usos se ha evaluado en un 16% con respecto al total. Consecuencia de lo anterior es el aumento en la frecuencia de las inundaciones.

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Expansión urbana y turismo en la Comarca del Campo de Cartagena-Mar Menor (Murcia). Impacto en el sellado del suelo

Díaz

Pedraza

Morales

2017

turismo

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“…Urban and industrial uses represent 65% of water consumption, with agriculture accounting for the rest. The occupation of flood prone areas with new development along the coast has increased dramatically in Catalonia, especially during the second half of the 20th century (25) 26,27).…”

Section: Catalan River Basin District Catalonia Spain (Eu)mentioning

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Integrated water resource and flood risk management: comparing the US and the EU

2016

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Abstract. )ORRGV DUH WKH PRVW LPSRUWDQW QDWXUDO KD]DUG LQ WKH (8 DQG 86 FDXVLQJGHDWKV DQG DW OHDVW ¼ billion in insured economic losses in Europe since 1998, and causing nearly $10 billion annual average flood losses in the US. Flood control is commonly viewed as a matter of building dykes, dams, and other structures, but effective flood management within the perspective of Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) must address multiple components of the flood risk management cycle (Figure 1). We systematically reviewed governance structures, guidance documents, and mapping products in both the EU and US, drawing particular examples from California and Spain, to determine how the US and the EU approach the flood risk management within different IWRM initiatives, which strategies and agencies are involved in the different phases ±characterization (flood hazard and risk assessment and mapping), mitigation (prevention and protection), emergency (preparation and response), and (short and long term) recovery-, and how these agencies relate to each other. The regions have strong similarities in economy and environmental values, but have evolved very different approaches to cope with floods. The US and EU have similar organizational structures, but very different legislative frameworks. In the US overarching policy and large scale infrastructure funding have traditionally resided at the federal level with state and local agencies exercising strong land use control. EU member states have arguably advanced ahead of the US in some significant ways since adoption of the EU Floods Directive in 2007, a more top-down DSSURDFK $PRQJ WKH 'LUHFWLYH ¶V PDQ\ FRPSRQHQWV RQH important requirement is submission of flood risk management plans (by the end of 2015), which, for first time, take into account all phases of flood management. This umbrella strategy to cope with floods is creating a more consistent and integrated flood risk management approach in Europe. In 2008, the State of California, with over 2500 km of levees, enacted a comprehensive package of flood management legislation and state bond financing that far exceeds fedeUDO DQG RWKHU VWDWH ¶V DFWLRQV This program known as FloodSafe California provided funding for projects within Integrated Regional Water Management Plans, an attempt to implement IWRM at regional scale. Although the efforts of FloodSafe California represent as a major change in direction in US flood risk management, the actions still do not fully implement the integrated flood risk approach promoted by the EU.

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“…Urban and industrial uses represent 65% of water consumption, with agriculture accounting for the rest [40]. The occupation of flood prone areas with new development along the coast has increased dramatically in Catalonia, especially during the second half of the 20th century [41], with the most rapid development occurring right before the economic crisis of 2008 [42,43] While the San Francisco Bay Area is considered as a single unit for some planning purposes, such as transportation, there has never been a regional planning authority with regard to water, which is managed locally by hundreds of cities, counties and special districts. The San Francisco Bay is an estuary, which receives runoff from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Rivers, as well as smaller coastal river draining the coastal ranges.…”

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Governing for Integrated Water and Flood Risk Management: Comparing Top-Down and Bottom-Up Approaches in Spain and California

Serra‐Llobet

Conrad

Schaefer

2016

Water

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Flood risk management in the context of Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) is becoming widely accepted as an approach to improving resilience in light of increasing flood risks due to climate change and other factors. This paper contributes to a better understanding of the governance arrangements needed for effectively implement integrated approaches to managing flood risk. We compare how IWRM and flood risk management have been operationalized within "top-down" and "bottom-up" governance arrangements in the European Union and the United States. We focus in particular on two case study regions, the Catalan coastal region in Spain and the San Francisco Bay Area in California, which have strong similarities in economy, climate, and environmental values, but different institutional settings. Our findings contribute empirical evidence of the need for a balance between "top-down" and "bottom-up" approaches. While the San Francisco Bay Area's strongly collaborative and participatory approach has generated new connections among flood managers and other stakeholders, the lack of a central entity with the capacity and mandate for on-going coordination and region-wide risk assessments appears to constrain its ability to support integrated and adaptive management. The European Union's top-down approach and the presence of a central authority at the river basin scale have led to a consolidated regional plan in Catalonia encompassing all phases of flood risk management, but the degree of engagement and opportunities for knowledge-sharing among participants may be more limited.

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Housing bubbles and the increase of flood exposure. Failures in flood risk management on the Spanish south‐eastern coast (1975–2013)

Cited by 62 publications

References 35 publications

Expansión urbana y turismo en la Comarca del Campo de Cartagena-Mar Menor (Murcia). Impacto en el sellado del suelo

Expansión urbana y turismo en la Comarca del Campo de Cartagena-Mar Menor (Murcia). Impacto en el sellado del suelo

Integrated water resource and flood risk management: comparing the US and the EU

Governing for Integrated Water and Flood Risk Management: Comparing Top-Down and Bottom-Up Approaches in Spain and California

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