NATURAL DISASTERS AND SUSTAINABLE SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT : PREVENTION OF FLOODS LES CATASTROPHES NATURELLES ET LE DEVELOPPEMENT TERRITORIAL DURABLE : LA PREVENTION DES INONDATIONS proceedings / actes Wroclaw (Poland), 30 June 2003 Wroclaw (Pologne), 30 juin 2003 European regional planning, No. 70 Aménagement du territoire européen, n° 70 Council of Europe Publishing Contents / Table des Matières Welcoming speeches / Allocutions de bienvenue Zbigniew STRZELECKI, Vice-President of the Government Centre for strategic studies, Poland ................................................................................................ 9 Margarita JANČIC, Chair of the Committee of senior officials (CSO) of the Conference of Ministers responsible for regional planning (Cemat) of the Member States of the Council of Europe .................................... 11 FIRST SESSION / PREMIERE SESSION Problems of natural disasters – facts and background / Problèmes des catastrophes naturelles – Faits et contexte Session Chair: Maciej BORSA, Representative of Poland to the Cemat Committee of senior officials The role of river morphology and flood plains with respect to flood prevention Juerg BLOESCH, President of the International Association for Danube Research (IAD) ........................................................................................ 15 Floods in Europe in the last 10-20 years András BÁRDOSSY, Institut für Wasserbau, University of Stuttgart, Germany........... 25 Governance and floods Ludwig KRAEMER, Head of the Governance Unit, European Commission ............... 31 Integrated flood management: the role of floodplains in spatial planning Edith WENGER, Institute for Floodplains Ecology, WWF-Germany ........................ 39 How the great 2002 flood affected Czech museums Pavel JIRÁSEK, Ministry of Culture, Department of movable cultural heritage, Museums and Galleries, Czech Republic ......................................... 47 SECOND SESSION / DEUXIEME SESSION From sectoral to integrated approach / De l’approche sectorielle à l’approche intégrée Part A: Approaches and methodologies / Partie A: Approche et méthodologies ................................................................. 51 Session Chair: Károly MISLEY, Representative of Hungary to the Cemat Committee of senior officials Typologisation of natural and technological hazards and regions in Europe Philipp SCHMIDT-THOME, Project Manager of ESPON Action 1.3.1, Geological survey in Finland ................................................................. 53 The development of planning policy on flooding in England David BROOK, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, United Kingdom ..................... 55 3 Flood prevention policy in The Netherlands Albert W. de HAAS, Head of the Division for safety against flooding, Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management, The Netherlands ..................................................................................... 61 Flood prevention concepts for transnational river catchments – the “INTERREG ODERREGIO” experience Jürgen NEUMÜLLER, Professor and Consultant in infrastructure and environment, Potsdam, Germany ........................................................................... 63 Longterm sustainable flood management in Croatia: the Central Sava Basin Flood Control System Martin SCHNEIDER-JACOBY, European Nature Heritage Fund EURONATUR, Germany ....................................................................................... 71 Activities of the Development Bank of the Council of Europe concerning floods Sylvie LUDAIN, Country Manager for Poland, Hungary and Bulgaria, Council of Europe Development Bank ......................................................... 77 Common problems, common activities, common responsibility Peter TREUNER, Expert to the Council of Europe (Parliamentary Assembly)............ 81 Debate and discussion Moderator: Peter TREUNER, Expert to the Council of Europe (Parliamentary Assembly) Aleksandras GORDEVIČIUS, Representative of Lithuania to the Cemat Committee of Senior Officials ............................................................... 91 Part B: Practices and problems / Partie B: Pratiques et problèmes ......................................................................... 97 Session Chair: Maria José FESTAS, Vice-Chair of the Cemat Committee of senior officials Bilan et objectifs des activités de l’Accord Eur-opa Risques Majeurs Jean-Pierre MASSUÉ, Executive Secretary of the EUR-OPA Major Hazards Agreement, Council of Europe ........................................................... 99 Changes in the spatial policy after the great flood in Odra river basin in 1997 Janusz ZALESKI, Professor, former Governor of the Wrocław province (1997), initiator of the government Programme “Odra 2006”, President of the Wrocław Development Agency, Poland and Stanisław DENDEWICZ, Planner, Technical University Wrocław, author of the land use plan for the Wrocław province (1997), initiator of comprehensive planning in the Odra river basin, Poland ........................... 105 Les inondations en Languedoc-Roussillon – La gestion du risque «inondation» et la politique d’information préventive sur les risques naturels et technologiques en France Magali PONS, Docteur en Géographie, expert consultant, France .............................. 113 4 Regional water resource treatment and accompanied disasters prevention as core elements for sustainable spatial development in the pilot Euroregion “Upper Prut” Zinoviy S. BROYDE, Director of Centre “EcoResource” and Advisor to the Head of Chernivtsi Regional State Administration, Ukraine ............................. 119 The experience of a town in a Czech Republic Tomas JIRSA, Mayor of Hluboka nad Vltavou, Czech Republic ................................ 125 Floods in Bulgaria Kapka PANTCHEVA, Representative of Bulgaria to the Cemat Committee of senior officials ....................................................................................... 127 CLOSING SESSION / SESSION DE CLÔTURE Session Chair: Vyacheslav OLESHCHENKO, Representative of Ukraine to the Cemat Committee of senior officials Rapporteur: Dusan BLAGANJE, Expert to the Council of Europe Closing speeches / Discours de clôture Sławomir NAJNIGIER, Deputy Mayor of Wrocław, former President of the Wrocław District Flood Committee (1997), former Minister responsible for urban development (State Office for housing and urban development), Poland ............................................................... 133 Maguelonne DÉJEANT-PONS, Chef de la Division de l’aménagement du territoire et du paysage, Conseil de l’Europe ................................. 137 Conclusions ....................................................................................................................... 139 List of participants / Liste des participants .................................................................... 149 5 Welcoming speeches / Allocutions de bienvenue Zbigniew STRZELECKI, Under Secretary of State – Vice President, Government Centre for Strategic Studies, Poland Ladies and Gentlemen, I have the honour to welcome you to the International Cemat Conference: “Natural Disasters and Sustainable Development – Prevention of Floods”. The problems which will be discussed today, in its essence needs the co-operation: – between different public services; – between different levels of public authorities; – across many sectors of economy and social life; – between States and nations. So it is not surprising that this problem was taken up by the Council of Europe. Our institution – Government Centre for Strategic Studies – was also interested in this topic because we see its spatial and regional dimension, we are responsible for in the Polish government. If it was decided to organise this conference in Poland: the obvious choice of the concrete place was Wrocław. This city is a symbol of tragedy of natural disaster especially because of the flood of 1997. Wrocław is also the symbol of success, not for the first time in its history: actually the consequent rebuilding after the flood is an example of the constructive thinking and prudent planning for the future – on the basis of negative experiences. In this city several new ideas and concepts were successfully implemented, which concern the over-regional co-operation in the basin of a big river. I do hope that today’s meeting will contribute to better understanding the need of co- operation for reducing the risks of natural disasters. And I hope you will stress the role of good planning within this complex problem. It would give an important input into the declaration, which will be adopted in September in Ljubljana. We will sign this document on behalf of the Polish government. I’m convinced that the topic you will discuss today should be reflected in Ljubljana Declaration. I wish you a fruitful day in Wrocław! 9 Margarita JANČIČ, Chair of the Committee of senior officials (CSO) of the Conference of Ministers responsible for regional planning of the Members States of the Council of Europe (Cemat) Ladies and Gentlemen, Dear Colleagues, I would like to welcome you on behalf of Cemat and of the Committee of Senior Officials at this International Conference on the “National disasters and sustainable spatial development: prevention of floods”, organised in the framework of the activities of the European Conference of Ministers responsible for regional planning in co-operation with the Polish government’s Centre for Strategic Studies and the City of