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Coupled Systems Mechanics
  Volume 11, Number 6, December 2022 , pages 505-524
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/csm.2022.11.6.505
 

Development of flood hazard and risk maps in Bosnia and Herzegovina, key study of the Zujevina River
Emina Hadžič, Giuseppe Tito Aronica, Hata Milišić, Suvada Šuvalija, Slobodanka Ključanin, Ammar Šarić, Suada Sulejmanović and Fehad Mujić

 
Abstract
    Floods represent extreme hydrological phenomena that affect populations, environment, social, political, and ecological systems. After the catastrophic floods that have hit Europe and the World in recent decades, the flood problem has become more current. At the EU level, a legal framework has been put in place with the entry into force of Directive 2007/60/EC on Flood Risk Assessment and Management (Flood Directive). Two years after the entry into force of the Floods Directive, Bosnia and Herzegovina (B&H), has adopted a Regulation on the types and content of water protection plans, which takes key steps and activities under the Floods Directive. The "Methodology for developing flood hazard and risk maps" (Methodology) was developed for the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina, following the methodology used in the majority of EU member states, but with certain modifications to the country's characteristics. Accordingly, activities for the preparation of the Preliminary Flood Risk Assessment for each river basin district were completed in 2015 for the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Activities on the production of hazard maps and flood risk maps are in progress. The results of probable climate change impact model forecasts should be included in the preparation of the Flood Risk Management Plans, which is the subsequent phase of implementing the Flood Directive. By the foregoing, the paper will give an example of the development of the hydrodynamic model of the Zujevina River, as well as the development of hazard and risk maps. Hazard and risk maps have been prepared for medium probability floods of 1/100 as well as for high probability floods of 1/20. The results of LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) recording were used to create a digital terrain model (DMR). It was noticed that there are big differences between the flood maps obtained by recording LiDAR techniques in relation to the previous flood maps obtained using georeferenced topographic maps. Particular attention is given to explaining the Methodology applied in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
 
Key Words
    flood hazard maps; flood risk maps; GIS; HEC-RAS; hydraulic modeling
 
Address
Emina Hadžič, Hata Milišić, Suvada Šuvalija, Ammar Šarić, Suada Sulejmanović: University of Sarajevo, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Patriotske Lige 30, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Giuseppe Tito Aronica: University of Messina, Department of Engineering, Contrada Di Dio, 98158 Sant
 

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