Traduction de «Flood-prone » (Anglais → Français) :

10. Takes the view that an integrated all-hazards approach linking disaster prevention (including mitigation and risk reduction), preparedness, response and recovery is the most effective strategy for dealing with disasters; considers that prevention is one of the most effective ways of providing protection, reducing the effects and impact of disasters and enabling savings to be made; in that framework, calls for enhanced education on disaster prevention, for investment in the prevention of disasters and climate change, for more efficient prevention policies and appropriate legislation on water management and efficient risk management and for close monitoring of the implementation at regional and local level of the Floods Directive , whic ...[+++]h will play a central role in future disaster prevention in flood-prone areas;

– (DE) Mr President, in the wake of climate change, inadequate river management and building activities in flood-prone areas, floods are set to become an increasingly frequent occurrence.

Regrettably, technical progress has made us grow careless, with the result that buildings are ever more frequently erected in ever closer proximity to flood-prone areas.

In some regions, flood prevention systems were already installed, the flooding-prone zones had been mapped, populations relocated and environmental protection measures, as well as measures promoting waterside tourist activities, had been taken.

It is true that establishing and demarcating risk areas could have significant economic consequences at regional level, given the value of building land in areas under pressure from urban expansion, but the identification of flood-prone areas is fully justified when making land available for building would lead to reduced water-absorption capacity and consequently an increased flooding risk.

This directive aims to establish a framework for measures to reduce the risk of floods in the EU by assessing the risk of flooding in river basins and coastal regions, mapping out areas that are prone to significant floods and drawing up flood-risk management plans based on close cooperation between the EU countries.