Project outcomes and beyond
Specific outcomes
The main outcome of this pilot is a guideline with clear steps on what to do to recover after a flood event. It will probably be targeted mostly to households because they experienced a slow recovery process, but should also embrace municipalities and other stakeholders because municipalities also need to know what to do in the case of recovery process and how to plan for it.
Process results
The bonus effect will be an increase of awareness, not only for the municipalities, but also for other stakeholders such as insurance companies.
Flood risk management strategies (FRMS)
| Layers of MLS | Before FRAMES | During FRAMES | After FRAMES |
| Protection/ defense | Roskilde Municipality is working on a dike project in the area. Since the area is subject to NATURA 2000 regulation, it has proved difficult to establish a dike. The municipality has reached out for help from the state. At the moment it is uncertain, when the dike will be established, but hopefully in the near future. Dikes seems to be the main focus for the local population to ensure preventive measures at the moment. The emergency response uses mobile dike when alerted to a possible flooding event. | The municipality have begun the process of building a dike. It is however becoming a long process since the storm in 2013. Dikes seem to be the main focus for the local communities to ensure preventive measures at the moment.
The emergency response uses mobile dike when alerted to a possible flooding event. |
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| Pro-action/ prevention
via spatial planning |
The municipality has learned a lot from previous incidents and this will probably be reflected in the municipality's policy and practice. This also applies for the Agency Home owners' Association in Jyllinge Nordmark. Internationally Danish Refugee Council (DRC) works with resilience and flood mitigation in a very systematic way. At the national level in DK, this is currently under development (Baseline monitoring, 2017). |
Not the focus of this pilot |
Not the focus of this pilot |
| Preparation & response | Most of the organizations have small to none interest in preparation. The municipality are the stakeholder most involved in preparation alongside the emergency response. The step-by-step guide will provide a better understanding of the entire process of flood risk management.
The East Zealand's Emergency Agency has learned from previous floods and was well prepared for the storm in January 2019. Also the locals have established a local emergency setup which have proved useful during the storm in 2019 (Baseline monitor, 2019). Generally, there is a lack of emergency management plans for floods (interview pilot manager, 2019). |
Not the focus of this pilot. However, during this pilot project it is expected that the authorities involved in crisis management increased their flood risk awareness (interview with pilot manager, 2019). | Not the focus of this pilot. But, it is expected that the guidelines that will be developed will improve the communication and the understanding between institutions and the local community regarding flood preparedness and recovery (interview with pilot manager, 2019). |
| Recovery | Recovery is in most instances overlooked and are not included in any policies. It occurs more as an afterthought/ ad hoc. The focus is often on building infrastructure and the notion that dikes will be sufficient protection.
The Danish Red Cross has looked into the psychological aspects of the flooding in Jyllinge Nordmark also the insurance companies have evaluated on the incidents in Roskilde and learned from these. The Danish Storm Council has prepared courses for the insurance companies, so they are well-prepared for a new incident. The Danish Storm Council has also made a small youtube video to explain what to do if you are flooded (Baseline monitor, 2019) |
Hopefully the guidelines which will be created in Frames will gather the knowledge gained by various actors and make the advice available to both authorities and the public (Baseline monitor, 2019).
The Roskilde pilot is developing guidelines on how to better recover from floods based on previous events. The guidelines are targeted to local communities and municipalities and other stakeholders such as insurance companies. It will include step by step information on: who to contact, whose responsibility is, what different authorities could do to improve, or what other new organizations could be helpful (interview with pilot manager, 2019). |
This guidelines will be targeted mainly to citizens and municipalities. This guidelines can be used in other areas that could suffer from flood events to help communities recover faster that in Roskilde area (interview with pilot manager, 2019).
A step-by-step guide will clearly dictate who does what, to what extent and what citizens can do themselves to prepare or recover faster. Better communication between stakeholders on responsibility in particular (interviews pilot manager, 2017 and 2019). Clear guidelines of the period after an event will be performed to minimize the social-psychological challenges. The pilot area will recover more efficiently after an event and return to their normal every day (interview pilot manager, 2018). However, in order to avoid guidelines to be forgotten, they should be followed by an increase of flood risk awareness widely in Denmark (interview with pilot manager, 2019). |