ABSTRACT
ABSTRACT: The damages in Germany due to severe flood disasters in the last decades amount to billions of Euro. For example, the Rhine floods in 1993 with 530M a, and in 1995 with 280M a, the Odra flood in 1997 with 330M a, the Danube flood in 1999 with 412M a, the Elbe and Danube flood in 2002 with 11800M a (Kron, 2004). The need of specific research efforts and spatial data, particularly hazard or risk maps, for an improved risk assessment and prevention on regional and local level is evident.
