Balance de las políticas de gestión del riesgo de inundaciones en España: de las acciones estructurales a la ordenación territorial

María Jesús Perles Roselló; Jorge Olcina Cantos; Matías Mérida Rodríguez

Review of flood risk management policies in Spain: from structural actions to spatial planning

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María Jesús Perles Roselló
Jorge Olcina Cantos
Matías Mérida Rodríguez

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Risk management, floods, land planning, Spain

Abstract

This paper evaluates the policies for reducing the risk of floods in Spain in the last four decades, since the approval of the 1985 Water Law to the present. It includes a compilation and study of the main milestones of the regulations and plans approved during this period by the different administrations (state, regional and local), both for water legislation and for land and urban planning laws. Different phases are distinguished by the underlying approach to regulation at each historical moment, from flood management through the control of hydraulic works hazards, to the progressive conception of this problem as a territorial fact, dependent on land use models. From this perspective, we analyze in detail the possible consequences of the last regulatory provision, the Royal Decree 636/2016 to modify the Public Hydraulic Domain. As a final reflection, the balance of achievements and failures in flood management is tackled, and the issues still to be solved in order to improve the efficiency in the resolution of these problems are addressed.

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2018-09-18

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Perles Roselló, M. J., Olcina Cantos, J., & Mérida Rodríguez, M. (2018). Review of flood risk management policies in Spain: from structural actions to spatial planning. Ciudad Y Territorio Estudios Territoriales, 50(197), 417–438. Retrieved from https://recyt.fecyt.es/index.php/CyTET/article/view/76674

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Vol. 50 No. 197 (2018): CyTET otoño 2018

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