RIBAMOD: River basin modelling, management and flood mitigation

Five Expert Meetings and Workshops were held during the course of the Concerted Action between May 96 and October 1998. This final report presents the conclusions and recommendations of the Concerted Action, expanding upon the headline conclusions published in a separate project brochure. The Concerted Action covered the following topics: model structure and decision support, current policy and practice, integreated systems for real time flood forecasting and warning, impact of climate change on flooding, sustainable river management, the exceptional flood on the river Oder in Summer 1997.