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What is MOVIDA ?
MOVIDA is the italian acronym of Modello per la Valutazione Integrata del Danno Alluvionale (i.e. model for the integrated assessment of flood damage).
Why MOVIDA ?
The European Floods Directive (2007/60/EC) requires that Member States develop and update every six years flood hazard and risk maps, to be used as the information basis for the development of Flood Risk Management Plans. To support such a process, the Po River District Authority signed an agreement with 8 Italian Universities and the Italian National Research Council (CNR) with the aim of transferring the state of the art about flood damage modelling into the revision of its Flood Risk Management Plan.
Which is the aim of MOVIDA?
The objective of the project is to provide an Information System able to perform an analytical evaluation and mapping of expected damage, overcoming the limitations of previous maps where the evaluation of risk remained highly qualitative and subjective.
Which are the tools used in MOVIDA ?
Proper damage assessment tools were identified for all the categories of exposed elements included in the Floods Directive. These tools are thought to address specific requirements:
being valid/applicable for the whole District;
being based on standardised and institutional data, available at national level;
being calibrated (and possibly validated) in the Italian context.
Which are the main outcomes of MOVIDA?
A dedicated Open Source Geographic Information System (QGIS plugin, called ISYDE) has been developed to support technicians in the implementation of proposed tools and in the visualisation and processing of damage results. The developed tool has been transferred to Regional Authorities for flood damage evaluation and mapping to all areas at significant risk in the Po District.
Areas of Potential Significant Flood Risk (APSFRs) in the Po River District (North of Italy)
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