Flood

Data source provider

JRC River flood hazard maps

Use cases

Exposure quantification, Financial stability monitoring, Investment and lending decisions, Macro-economic modelling, Scenario analysis, Stress testing

Data group

Exposure to physical risks

Metric Type

Physical vulnerability

Methodology/ Standard / Classification/ Taxonomy / Reference

1. Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS)
2. OECD

Unit (e.g. CO2)

The population and economic assets exposed to river floods

Dimension (e.g. Sector, Customer)

By Region

Time horizon

Backward-looking

Link

https://data.jrc.ec.europa.eu/dataset/1d128b6c-a4ee-4858-9e34-6210707f3c81

Frequency

Upon Update

Time series

1990-2016

Accessibility

Public

Observation on data availability/gaps

The JRC River flood hazard maps identify flood-prone areas for different return periods, offering spatial resolutions of 1km and 100m for Europe and the Mediterranean Basin, with global coverage.