Júcar river bank: a global plan against flood risks

The Júcar Global Plan that contemplates flood risk intends to minimize the damage caused by floodwaters to which the area is periodically exposed. The present article pursues to describe and analyse how the Plan was conceived, the approach taken, the different stages of its implementation, and the r...

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Published in:Investigaciones geográficas 2012-01 (57), p.149
Main Authors: Gemma Barber Arlandis, Arturo Trapote Jaume, José López Garaulet
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Subjects:
Agricultural development
Area
Flood control
Flood damage
Flood insurance
Flood management
Flood protection
Floods
Floodwater
Hydraulic engineering
Population density
Risk
River banks
Riverbanks
Rivers
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Summary:The Júcar Global Plan that contemplates flood risk intends to minimize the damage caused by floodwaters to which the area is periodically exposed. The present article pursues to describe and analyse how the Plan was conceived, the approach taken, the different stages of its implementation, and the results obtained. Floods present very serious problems, especially in the Ribera del Júcar since the area is not only densely populated but also features an outstanding industrial and agricultural development. In addition, there are natural areas of great environmental value. The Plan actions, therefore, must necessarily account for the socio-environmental issues as well as for those arising from the defence against flood risk that the Friends and Neighbours Community Alliance require. The Plan introduces innovative aspects in hydraulic engineering with the aim of achieving an integral and sustainable action to make the protection against flood risk congenial with the recovery of the River area, and its main function, namely, to become the backbone corridor for the entire area.
ISSN:0213-4691
1989-9890
DOI:10.14198/INGEO2012.57.07