TY  - JOUR
AU  - Raška, Pavel
AU  - Bezak, Nejc
AU  - Ferreira, Carla S.S.
AU  - Kalantari, Zahra
AU  - Banasik, Kazimierz
AU  - Bertola, Miriam
AU  - Bourke, Mary
AU  - Cerdà, Artemi
AU  - Davids, Peter
AU  - Madruga de Brito, Mariana
AU  - Evans, Rhys
AU  - Finger, David C.
AU  - Halbac-Cotoara-Zamfi, Rares
AU  - Housh, Mashor
AU  - Hysa, Artan
AU  - Jakubínský, Jiří
AU  - Kapović Solomun, Marijana
AU  - Kaufmann, Maria
AU  - Keesstra, Saskia
AU  - Keles, Emine
AU  - Kohnová, Silvia
AU  - Pezzagno, Michele
AU  - Potočki, Kristina
AU  - Rufat, Samuel
AU  - Seifollahi-Aghmiuni, Samaneh
AU  - Schindelegger, Arthur
AU  - Šraj, Mojca
AU  - Stankunavicius, Gintautas
AU  - Stolte, Jannes
AU  - Stričević, Ružica
AU  - Szolgay, Jan
AU  - Zupanc, Vesna
AU  - Slavíková, Lenka
AU  - Hartmann, Thomas
PY  - 2022
UR  - http://aspace.agrif.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/6040
AB  - The major event that hit Europe in summer 2021 reminds society that floods are recurrent and among the costliest and deadliest natural hazards. The long-term flood risk management (FRM) efforts preferring sole technical measures to prevent and mitigate floods have shown to be not sufficiently effective and sensitive to the environment. Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) mark a recent paradigm shift of FRM towards solutions that use nature-derived features, processes and management options to improve water retention and mitigate floods. Yet, the empirical evidence on the effects of NBS across various settings remains fragmented and their implementation faces a series of institutional barriers. In this paper, we adopt a community expert perspective drawing upon LAND4FLOOD Natural flood retention on private land network (https://www.land4flood.eu) in order to identify a set of barriers and their cascading and compound interactions relevant to individual NBS. The experts identified a comprehensive set of 17 barriers affecting the implementation of 12 groups of NBS in both urban and rural settings in five European regional environmental domains (i.e., Boreal, Atlantic, Continental, Alpine-Carpathian, and Mediterranean). Based on the results, we define avenues for further research, connecting hydrology and soil science, on the one hand, and land use planning, social geography and economics, on the other. Our suggestions ultimately call for a transdisciplinary turn in the research of NBS in FRM.
PB  - Academic Press
T2  - Journal of Environmental Management
T1  - Identifying barriers for nature-based solutions in flood risk management: An interdisciplinary overview using expert community approach
SP  - 114725
VL  - 310
DO  - 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.114725
ER  - 

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author = "Raška, Pavel and Bezak, Nejc and Ferreira, Carla S.S. and Kalantari, Zahra and Banasik, Kazimierz and Bertola, Miriam and Bourke, Mary and Cerdà, Artemi and Davids, Peter and Madruga de Brito, Mariana and Evans, Rhys and Finger, David C. and Halbac-Cotoara-Zamfi, Rares and Housh, Mashor and Hysa, Artan and Jakubínský, Jiří and Kapović Solomun, Marijana and Kaufmann, Maria and Keesstra, Saskia and Keles, Emine and Kohnová, Silvia and Pezzagno, Michele and Potočki, Kristina and Rufat, Samuel and Seifollahi-Aghmiuni, Samaneh and Schindelegger, Arthur and Šraj, Mojca and Stankunavicius, Gintautas and Stolte, Jannes and Stričević, Ružica and Szolgay, Jan and Zupanc, Vesna and Slavíková, Lenka and Hartmann, Thomas",
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abstract = "The major event that hit Europe in summer 2021 reminds society that floods are recurrent and among the costliest and deadliest natural hazards. The long-term flood risk management (FRM) efforts preferring sole technical measures to prevent and mitigate floods have shown to be not sufficiently effective and sensitive to the environment. Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) mark a recent paradigm shift of FRM towards solutions that use nature-derived features, processes and management options to improve water retention and mitigate floods. Yet, the empirical evidence on the effects of NBS across various settings remains fragmented and their implementation faces a series of institutional barriers. In this paper, we adopt a community expert perspective drawing upon LAND4FLOOD Natural flood retention on private land network (https://www.land4flood.eu) in order to identify a set of barriers and their cascading and compound interactions relevant to individual NBS. The experts identified a comprehensive set of 17 barriers affecting the implementation of 12 groups of NBS in both urban and rural settings in five European regional environmental domains (i.e., Boreal, Atlantic, Continental, Alpine-Carpathian, and Mediterranean). Based on the results, we define avenues for further research, connecting hydrology and soil science, on the one hand, and land use planning, social geography and economics, on the other. Our suggestions ultimately call for a transdisciplinary turn in the research of NBS in FRM.",
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Raška, P., Bezak, N., Ferreira, C. S.S., Kalantari, Z., Banasik, K., Bertola, M., Bourke, M., Cerdà, A., Davids, P., Madruga de Brito, M., Evans, R., Finger, D. C., Halbac-Cotoara-Zamfi, R., Housh, M., Hysa, A., Jakubínský, J., Kapović Solomun, M., Kaufmann, M., Keesstra, S., Keles, E., Kohnová, S., Pezzagno, M., Potočki, K., Rufat, S., Seifollahi-Aghmiuni, S., Schindelegger, A., Šraj, M., Stankunavicius, G., Stolte, J., Stričević, R., Szolgay, J., Zupanc, V., Slavíková, L.,& Hartmann, T.. (2022). Identifying barriers for nature-based solutions in flood risk management: An interdisciplinary overview using expert community approach. in Journal of Environmental Management
Academic Press., 310, 114725.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.114725

Raška P, Bezak N, Ferreira CS, Kalantari Z, Banasik K, Bertola M, Bourke M, Cerdà A, Davids P, Madruga de Brito M, Evans R, Finger DC, Halbac-Cotoara-Zamfi R, Housh M, Hysa A, Jakubínský J, Kapović Solomun M, Kaufmann M, Keesstra S, Keles E, Kohnová S, Pezzagno M, Potočki K, Rufat S, Seifollahi-Aghmiuni S, Schindelegger A, Šraj M, Stankunavicius G, Stolte J, Stričević R, Szolgay J, Zupanc V, Slavíková L, Hartmann T. Identifying barriers for nature-based solutions in flood risk management: An interdisciplinary overview using expert community approach. in Journal of Environmental Management. 2022;310:114725.
doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.114725 .

Raška, Pavel, Bezak, Nejc, Ferreira, Carla S.S., Kalantari, Zahra, Banasik, Kazimierz, Bertola, Miriam, Bourke, Mary, Cerdà, Artemi, Davids, Peter, Madruga de Brito, Mariana, Evans, Rhys, Finger, David C., Halbac-Cotoara-Zamfi, Rares, Housh, Mashor, Hysa, Artan, Jakubínský, Jiří, Kapović Solomun, Marijana, Kaufmann, Maria, Keesstra, Saskia, Keles, Emine, Kohnová, Silvia, Pezzagno, Michele, Potočki, Kristina, Rufat, Samuel, Seifollahi-Aghmiuni, Samaneh, Schindelegger, Arthur, Šraj, Mojca, Stankunavicius, Gintautas, Stolte, Jannes, Stričević, Ružica, Szolgay, Jan, Zupanc, Vesna, Slavíková, Lenka, Hartmann, Thomas, "Identifying barriers for nature-based solutions in flood risk management: An interdisciplinary overview using expert community approach" in Journal of Environmental Management, 310 (2022):114725,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.114725 . .

TY  - CONF
AU  - Stričević, Ružica
AU  - Srđević, Zorica
AU  - Djurović, Nevenka
AU  - Lipovac, Aleksa
AU  - Kapović Solomun, Mirjana
AU  - Zupanc, Vesna
AU  - Potočki, Kristina
PY  - 2021
UR  - http://aspace.agrif.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/6654
AB  - Throughout history, floods have played one of the most important roles in soil formation,
maintenance and modification of soil fertility. Flooding of rivers left mud full of organic
matter in the fields, salts were washed out of the soil, and a large amount of water was
retained in the soil profile. Urbanization on the banks of rivers, regulation of water flow,
and construction of dams for flood control narrowed river beds and increased hydraulic
flow, resulting in greater concentration of flood waves during floods and shortened flood
control times. Since the beginning of the 21st century, numerous large floods have
occurred across Europe. Various climate models suggest an increase in the frequency and
intensity of future flood events. Dams were built to accommodate flood waves with a
return period of 50 years on smaller watercourses and 100 years on large rivers. Floods
with higher return periods may or may not occur at all. In this respect, dams are no
guarantee that towns and agricultural land can be successfully protected from flooding, so
their enhancement is questionable. In recent decades, there has been extensive debate about
the use of agricultural land for flood protection of cities and industrial areas, about the cost
of land and agriculture. Since private property is involved in both cases, a compromise
solution should be found that satisfies all parties. The main theme of the COST project
LAND4FLOOD is to consider all aspects of flood risk management and land management,
such as.: geographical, hydrological and hydraulic, ecological (soil pollution, compaction,
water retention, ecological services, habitat restoration), agricultural (agricultural
development in the area reserved for temporary water retention), economic (how to
compensate damages or provide incentives for flood retention, public subsidies), public
participation (how to ensure the participation of landowners), property rights issues (how
to allow temporary flood retention and what does it mean for agricultural use) and
sociological. The aim of this paper is to present some reflections on flood risk management
and its implications for land and agricultural development in the EU, as well as some
considerations on the implementation of the NBS in Serbia from the perspective of flood
protection, land protection and agricultural development.
PB  - Serbian Society of Soil Science
C3  - Soils for Future under Global Challenges
T1  - Impact of Nature Based Solutions for flood risk management on soil and agricultural development - EU consideration and Serbian prospective
SP  - 224
VL  - 3
VL  - 232
UR  - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_agrospace_6654
ER  - 

@conference{
author = "Stričević, Ružica and Srđević, Zorica and Djurović, Nevenka and Lipovac, Aleksa and Kapović Solomun, Mirjana and Zupanc, Vesna and Potočki, Kristina",
year = "2021",
abstract = "Throughout history, floods have played one of the most important roles in soil formation,
maintenance and modification of soil fertility. Flooding of rivers left mud full of organic
matter in the fields, salts were washed out of the soil, and a large amount of water was
retained in the soil profile. Urbanization on the banks of rivers, regulation of water flow,
and construction of dams for flood control narrowed river beds and increased hydraulic
flow, resulting in greater concentration of flood waves during floods and shortened flood
control times. Since the beginning of the 21st century, numerous large floods have
occurred across Europe. Various climate models suggest an increase in the frequency and
intensity of future flood events. Dams were built to accommodate flood waves with a
return period of 50 years on smaller watercourses and 100 years on large rivers. Floods
with higher return periods may or may not occur at all. In this respect, dams are no
guarantee that towns and agricultural land can be successfully protected from flooding, so
their enhancement is questionable. In recent decades, there has been extensive debate about
the use of agricultural land for flood protection of cities and industrial areas, about the cost
of land and agriculture. Since private property is involved in both cases, a compromise
solution should be found that satisfies all parties. The main theme of the COST project
LAND4FLOOD is to consider all aspects of flood risk management and land management,
such as.: geographical, hydrological and hydraulic, ecological (soil pollution, compaction,
water retention, ecological services, habitat restoration), agricultural (agricultural
development in the area reserved for temporary water retention), economic (how to
compensate damages or provide incentives for flood retention, public subsidies), public
participation (how to ensure the participation of landowners), property rights issues (how
to allow temporary flood retention and what does it mean for agricultural use) and
sociological. The aim of this paper is to present some reflections on flood risk management
and its implications for land and agricultural development in the EU, as well as some
considerations on the implementation of the NBS in Serbia from the perspective of flood
protection, land protection and agricultural development.",
publisher = "Serbian Society of Soil Science",
journal = "Soils for Future under Global Challenges",
title = "Impact of Nature Based Solutions for flood risk management on soil and agricultural development - EU consideration and Serbian prospective",
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Stričević, R., Srđević, Z., Djurović, N., Lipovac, A., Kapović Solomun, M., Zupanc, V.,& Potočki, K.. (2021). Impact of Nature Based Solutions for flood risk management on soil and agricultural development - EU consideration and Serbian prospective. in Soils for Future under Global Challenges
Serbian Society of Soil Science., 3, 224.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_agrospace_6654

Stričević R, Srđević Z, Djurović N, Lipovac A, Kapović Solomun M, Zupanc V, Potočki K. Impact of Nature Based Solutions for flood risk management on soil and agricultural development - EU consideration and Serbian prospective. in Soils for Future under Global Challenges. 2021;3:224.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_agrospace_6654 .

Stričević, Ružica, Srđević, Zorica, Djurović, Nevenka, Lipovac, Aleksa, Kapović Solomun, Mirjana, Zupanc, Vesna, Potočki, Kristina, "Impact of Nature Based Solutions for flood risk management on soil and agricultural development - EU consideration and Serbian prospective" in Soils for Future under Global Challenges, 3 (2021):224,
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_agrospace_6654 .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Finger, David C.
AU  - Lipovac, Aleksa
AU  - Stričević, Ružica
AU  - Figurek, Aleksandra
AU  - Kapović-Solomun, Marijana
AU  - Zupanc, Vesna
PY  - 2019
UR  - http://aspace.agrif.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/5147
AB  - Recent climate change observations and projections reveal an intensification of weather patterns, leading to severe floods and droughts in most parts of the world. The intensification of weather patterns could mitigate the effectiveness of flood protection infrastructures such as dams, levees and flood channels. Numerous studies have highlighted the superior effect of Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) in order to manage and mitigate the hydro-meteorological risk generated by an intensified water cycle. In particular, Natural Water Retention Measures (NWRM) can prove to be efficient, sustainable and flexible solutions. NWRMs reduce flood events, mitigate flood damage and provide biological habitats for the conservation of local flora and fauna. Accordingly, NWRM should be implemented on a large scale throughout the river basins with the close involvement of local stakeholders and landowners. For this purpose, we assessed the perception of stakeholders and landowners of applying NWRM on private properties in four European countries (Iceland, Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Slovenia). Country-specific semi-quantitative questionnaires were created for representative watersheds in all four countries. The questionnaires took into account that floods are characterized by the country-specific precipitation, topography of the terrain and the nature of the watercourse. Therefore different NWRMs were recommended between the countries. Based on the preliminary analysis, we have concluded similar outcomes for all four states: Landowners want to cooperate with local communities and governments in order to adopt flood protection measures. They pointed to NWRM as equally important as an engineering-based solution, but they are not particularly willing to implement NWRM on their private lands. Landowners indicate that the government should have at least a 75% share in financing flood protection measures. The similarities of the results in the four countries reveal that a Pan-European perception might be generated by conducting similar surveys in other European countries.
PB  - MDPI AG
T2  - Proceedings
T1  - The Perception of Stakeholders to Implement Nature-Based Solution for Flood Protection in the Balkans and in Iceland
IS  - 1
SP  - 43
VL  - 30
DO  - 10.3390/proceedings2019030043
ER  - 

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year = "2019",
abstract = "Recent climate change observations and projections reveal an intensification of weather patterns, leading to severe floods and droughts in most parts of the world. The intensification of weather patterns could mitigate the effectiveness of flood protection infrastructures such as dams, levees and flood channels. Numerous studies have highlighted the superior effect of Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) in order to manage and mitigate the hydro-meteorological risk generated by an intensified water cycle. In particular, Natural Water Retention Measures (NWRM) can prove to be efficient, sustainable and flexible solutions. NWRMs reduce flood events, mitigate flood damage and provide biological habitats for the conservation of local flora and fauna. Accordingly, NWRM should be implemented on a large scale throughout the river basins with the close involvement of local stakeholders and landowners. For this purpose, we assessed the perception of stakeholders and landowners of applying NWRM on private properties in four European countries (Iceland, Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Slovenia). Country-specific semi-quantitative questionnaires were created for representative watersheds in all four countries. The questionnaires took into account that floods are characterized by the country-specific precipitation, topography of the terrain and the nature of the watercourse. Therefore different NWRMs were recommended between the countries. Based on the preliminary analysis, we have concluded similar outcomes for all four states: Landowners want to cooperate with local communities and governments in order to adopt flood protection measures. They pointed to NWRM as equally important as an engineering-based solution, but they are not particularly willing to implement NWRM on their private lands. Landowners indicate that the government should have at least a 75% share in financing flood protection measures. The similarities of the results in the four countries reveal that a Pan-European perception might be generated by conducting similar surveys in other European countries.",
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Finger, D. C., Lipovac, A., Stričević, R., Figurek, A., Kapović-Solomun, M.,& Zupanc, V.. (2019). The Perception of Stakeholders to Implement Nature-Based Solution for Flood Protection in the Balkans and in Iceland. in Proceedings
MDPI AG., 30(1), 43.
https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2019030043

Finger DC, Lipovac A, Stričević R, Figurek A, Kapović-Solomun M, Zupanc V. The Perception of Stakeholders to Implement Nature-Based Solution for Flood Protection in the Balkans and in Iceland. in Proceedings. 2019;30(1):43.
doi:10.3390/proceedings2019030043 .

Finger, David C., Lipovac, Aleksa, Stričević, Ružica, Figurek, Aleksandra, Kapović-Solomun, Marijana, Zupanc, Vesna, "The Perception of Stakeholders to Implement Nature-Based Solution for Flood Protection in the Balkans and in Iceland" in Proceedings, 30, no. 1 (2019):43,
https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2019030043 . .