From maps of affected areas to flood risk maps in Spain
Abstract
Floods are an own phenomenon of the geographical characteristics of our country. In every historical moment have developed river floods that have caused economic damage and life loss. Written documents (reports, memorials) have left evidence of these extreme events, and since the Modern Age would be annexed maps of affected areas. Only since the eighties of last century these cartograms draw risk maps in relation to the conceptual and method of risk analysis advances, in relation to the improvement of mapping system and the development of legal regulations that force its realization as a basic tool for spatial planning.
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