EU Floods Directive (dataset)

Abstract

The dataset underpinning this study is entirely based on secondary (desk-based) sources used to compare how Austria and Poland implement the EU Floods Directive. It consists of official Floods Directive deliverables from successive planning cycles—Preliminary Flood Risk Assessments (PFRA), Flood Hazard Maps (FHM), Flood Risk Maps (FRMaps), and Flood Risk Management Plans (FRMPs/RMPs)—and the associated summary statistics reported in those materials. For Poland, the analysis draws on nationally produced FHM/FRMaps developed within the ISOK programme and disseminated via the national geoportals (including subsequent map updates and corrections reported by the water administration), together with national-scale exposure summaries for the 1% (HQ100) scenario (e.g., total flood-prone area and affected population) and illustrative land-use change examples referencing Corine Land Cover (CLC 2018). For Austria, the dataset includes the national RMP 2015/RMP 2021 documentation and map products, along with the key input layers explicitly referenced as underlying FRMaps calculations, notably a 125 m × 125 m population raster, road and railway data, built-up land information, tourism indicators (bed capacities and utilisation rates), demographic projections to 2030, and geodata on protected/critical assets (e.g., airports, hospitals, schools, national parks). In addition, a small set of background national indicators used for contextual comparison (e.g., population structure and macroeconomic figures) comes from official statistics offices. The dataset underpinning this study is entirely based on secondary (desk-based) sources used to compare how Austria and Poland implement the EU Floods Directive. It consists of official Floods Directive deliverables from successive planning cycles—Preliminary Flood Risk Assessments (PFRA), Flood Hazard Maps (FHM), Flood Risk Maps (FRMaps), and Flood Risk Management Plans (FRMPs/RMPs)—and the associated summary statistics reported in those materials. For Poland, the analysis draws on nationally produced FHM/FRMaps developed within the ISOK programme and disseminated via the national geoportals (including subsequent map updates and corrections reported by the water administration), together with national-scale exposure summaries for the 1% (HQ100) scenario (e.g., total flood-prone area and affected population) and illustrative land-use change examples referencing Corine Land Cover (CLC 2018). For Austria, the dataset includes the national RMP 2015/RMP 2021 documentation and map products, along with the key input layers explicitly referenced as underlying FRMaps calculations, notably a 125 m × 125 m population raster, road and railway data, built-up land information, tourism indicators (bed capacities and utilisation rates), demographic projections to 2030, and geodata on protected/critical assets (e.g., airports, hospitals, schools, national parks). In addition, a small set of background national indicators used for contextual comparison (e.g., population structure and macroeconomic figures) comes from official statistics offices.