Increasing the Resilience of Settlements Situated in Lowland Areas in Connection with Inland Excess Water Flood and Drought Hazards

Abstract

Hungary's exposure to water damage (flood and inland excess water flood) is significant, which is indicated by the classification of municipalities into disaster
management classes. Improving resilience of settlements in plain areas is important for their flood-risk prevention activities. However, these towns are affected not only by water surplus situations, but droughts cause serious damage in these settlements. According to the climate change forecasts in Hungary, water management extremes, including inland excess water floods and drought damage, are expected to increase. In order to improve the resilience of the municipalities, technical measures are introduced in the paper, which may reduce the risk of inland excess water floods and the damage caused by droughts in urban areas. These measures should be determined on the basis of the local conditions.