![]() rules on how this centre works par-ticularly in respect of competences for evacuation Responsibilities to set up a flood protection control centre To protect public utilities/functions such as electricity, gas and water Flood management To ensure the operations of the sewage networks To avoid flooding via the drainage system Above all, dykes, flood protection barriers and doors Measures to minimize damage (to prohibit new building in flood-prone areas, to construct and to use buildings in a flood resistant manner, to communicate with the public and stakeholders about their behaviour in the event of a flood) Structural flood protection Measures to reduce discharge (to create retention areas, to avoid soil sealing, to re-nature streams) The reaction strategy is then based on three pillars which are: Preventive flood protection In consequence this means that there is a risk – potentially also behind barriers and dykes. Its philosophy is based on the simple truth that disastrous floods are natural and will happen from time to time. This concept was a novel one at that time. These measures began life as a 'quick start programme' set up immediately after the floods in 19 which resulted in a Flood Protection Concept (1996). In Cologne the climate change adaptation measures currently in place comprise only those measures used directly to counter the flood hazard. Photo: Flood Protection Center Cologne - M.Jochum, Avia Luftbild ![]() Spring Flood of the Rhine at Cologne in 1995. ![]()
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