Research

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Flood modeling

Flood modeling in arid and semi-arid areas (HEC-RAS, MIKE11).

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Flood disasters survey

Field and laboratory survey of flash flood disasters (Potamoula 2008, Euboea 2009, Athens 2013).
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Historical flood analysis

Analysis of flooding history in regional and national scale.

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Geological mapping

Geological mapping, stratigraphy and tectonics.
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Civil Protection

Natural hazards assessment and operational management. Civil protection directions through strategic hazard and risk assessment.

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Flood risk management

Strategic flood hazard assessment in basin and regional level.
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Nat. Hazards & Climate Change

Impact of climatic changes on the distribution and intensity of natural hazards.

(Papanikolaou D., Diakakis M. 2011. Changes in the intensity and distribution of natural disasters. Report for the Climate Change Impacts Study Committee. Bank of Greece. Link

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Forest Firεs Research

Study of existing situation in forest fire management in Greece.

(Papanikolaou D., Papanikolaou I., Diakakis M., Deligiannakis G. (2013) Evaluation of existing structure and civil protection management framework in Greek local authorities. A questionnaire survey demonstrates why prevention fails. Geophysical Research Abstracts. Vol. 15 EGU2013-10897, EGU General Assembly 2013.)
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Dendrochronology

Dendrochronological applications in flood hazard assessment, including historical flood flows estimation and dating of past flood events. 

(Diakakis M. 2013 Flood reconstruction using botanical evidence in Rapentosa catchment in Marathon, Greece. Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Greece, Vol 47, in press.) 
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Flood event Dating

Dating of historical flood events using core samples extracted from scarred tree specimens.

(Diakakis M. 2013 Flood reconstruction using botanical evidence in Rapentosa catchment in Marathon, Greece. Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Greece, Vol 47, in press.)