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- Title
FLOODING RISK ASSESSMENT IN URBAN TERITORIES IN BLAGOEVGRAD DISTRICT.
- Authors
Marinov, Ivan; Pavlova-Traykova, Eli; Zhiyanski, Miglena
- Abstract
Changes in land cover and use due to anthropogenic activities are the main reason for the increased risk of natural qualitative disturbances. Some of the most frequent and serious hazards, which characterized the whole territory of Bulgaria are soil erosion and floods and one of the most affected areas at the national level is Blagoevgrad district. The need for more preventive activities for the betterment of forest ecosystems conditions to mitigate erosion processes and the risk of flooding is well proven, but the potential of urban green infrastructure to provide such services is still not studied in detail. Considering the variety of sub-types of urban ecosystems and the specific combinations of relevant parameters, assessment and mapping of the state of urban ecosystems in the case-study area of Blagoevgrad district in relation to the flooding risk is elaborated. The developed MAES methodology was applied at regional to study the potential of ecosystems to mitigate flooding risk and the results are compared with those for West Aegean River Basin Directorate. Flood risk assessment has been made at two levels - for the district and separately for the settlements with more than 2000 inhabitants. The assessment of flooding risk at district level was bad (score 2 according to the proposed scale), while the territory at risk is1862.7 ha presenting 11.2% of the total area.
- Subjects
FLOOD risk; LAND cover; URBAN land use; ANTHROPOGENIC effects on nature; RISK assessment
- Publication
Forest Science (0861-007X), 2023, Vol 59, Issue 1, p18
- ISSN
0861-007X
- Publication type
Article