Flod Hazard map, flood risk map, Flood Directive, Czech republic, Scotland, Slovakia

Directive 2007/60/EC is currently creating flood hazard and flood risk maps across Europe. It is clearly obvious that the developments of methodologies for such creation were based on a national level and such differences must be acknowledged. How big are these variances in methodologies? This article brings answer for this question and benefits from it can be found for urban planning authorities and researchers carrying about flood risk assessment. A 13 km long part of Turiec River, Slovakia, was selected for these purposes and methodologies from Slovakia, Czech Republic and Scotland for creating flood hazard and flood risk maps were applied in this area. Results, besides others showed differences in used modelled scenarios (flow probability) which consequently cause variances in extend of flood area, categories of land use, which are part of flood risk maps and determines vulnerability of area and different symbology used for creation flood hazard and flood risk maps.