Strategic and Legal Framework of Torrential Flood Control in Some Western Balkan and EU Countries

Strategic and Legal Framework of Torrential Flood Control in Some Western Balkan and EU Countries

Nada Dragović, Tijana Vulević, Muhamed Bajrić, Johannes Huebl, Paolo Porto, Ivan Blinkov
Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 32
ISBN13: 9781799884590|ISBN10: 1799884597|EISBN13: 9781799884613
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-8459-0.ch003
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Dragović, Nada, et al. "Strategic and Legal Framework of Torrential Flood Control in Some Western Balkan and EU Countries." Prevention and Management of Soil Erosion and Torrential Floods, edited by Slobodan Milutinović and Snežana Živković, IGI Global, 2022, pp. 42-73. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-8459-0.ch003

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Dragović, N., Vulević, T., Bajrić, M., Huebl, J., Porto, P., & Blinkov, I. (2022). Strategic and Legal Framework of Torrential Flood Control in Some Western Balkan and EU Countries. In S. Milutinović & S. Živković (Eds.), Prevention and Management of Soil Erosion and Torrential Floods (pp. 42-73). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-8459-0.ch003

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Dragović, Nada, et al. "Strategic and Legal Framework of Torrential Flood Control in Some Western Balkan and EU Countries." In Prevention and Management of Soil Erosion and Torrential Floods, edited by Slobodan Milutinović and Snežana Živković, 42-73. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2022. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-8459-0.ch003

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Abstract

The EU countries are obliged to harmonize their legislation in the field of flood protection, and thus torrential floods, in accordance with the Water Framework Directive (WFD) which was adopted in 2000. Two EU countries, Austria and Italy, and three Western Balkan countries were selected for the strategic and legal framework of torrential flood control: Serbia, North Macedonia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina. In addition to the legal framework of torrential flood control in EU countries, policies and strategies related to this area were studied for comparative analysis with non-EU countries. The strategic framework for the protection of water resources, and in particular torrential flood protection, is lacking in all Western Balkan countries. The aim of this chapter is to determine the directions of future strategic directions and torrential flood control policies in the Western Balkans based on the experiences of EU countries, advantages and disadvantages of the existing strategic, and legal frameworks.

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