flood risk assessment, dlood risk map, flood hazard map

The Directive 2007/60/EC on the assessment and management of flood risks require from all members of European Union to create flood hazard and flood risk map, which began basic material for flood risk management. The deadline for these maps were set on 22.12 2013. It is clearly obvious, Directive not specify methodology for creating these maps, due to different geographical character of countries of EU and quality and accessibility of input data. Creation of methodology is running on national level and in case of Slovakia, the authority responsible for creations these maps is Slovak Water Management Enterprise and maps will be create on areas delineated by Preliminary flood risk assessment which was already done (ME,2011). Presentation brings fast explanations of Slovakian methodology for creating Flood hazard and flood risk maps on a 13 km long part of river Turiec, situated in north Slovakia