Mass Wasting Events in Romania
Romania is increasingly vulnerable to: droughts, high temperatures, heat waves, heavy precipitation, landslides, earthquakes, and floods. Droughts may become more frequent in some areas due to river runoff decrease as well as from increased demand and consumption due to economic development and population growth.
Flooding, land use change, increased aridity and deforestation are impacting land stability, particularly in Romania’s central and eastern zones. This is resulting in a high degree of vulnerability to and risk from, landslides. This is further compounded by changing temporal changes and rainfall variability.
Precipitation patterns and variability, land use, wind, glacial and snow melt, and other climatic conditions affect river systems. Catastrophic flooding in Romania has led to built-environment destruction, fatalities and significant economic losses. The most common natural disasters include heavy rainstorms, mudslides and landslides.
Natural Hazard Statistics:
The total estimated area of landslides covers about 800,000 ha, putting at risk 50,000 households, 250,000 people, agricultural land, public and private buildings, public utility networks, and roads.
Landslides are concentrated in five major areas: I. Transilvania Plateau; II. Getic Piedmont; III. Pericarpathian Hills; IV. Moldavian Plateau and V. Danubian side of Dobruja Plateau.
Hazard Levels: HIGH
In terms of adaptation priorities, the National Climate Change and Low Carbon Green Growth Strategy focuses on measures and actions for 13 priority sectors respectively, industry; agriculture and fisheries; tourism; public health; buildings and infrastructure; transport; water resources; forests; energy; biodiversity; insurance; recreation activities; and education. The proposed actions and measures tackle different types of risks and climate related events such landslides, soil erosion, storm damage, drought, floods, disease outbreaks, or the lack of access to water resources.
The main challenges, gaps and barriers to adaptation are represented by the lack of financing and institutional barriers. Due to the fact that the cooperation between different actors is dysfunctional, many of the financial sources are being lost or cannot be accessed. Another problem regarding adaptation to climate change is related to the lack of personnel that works in this field.
At present, in order to attract funding and to implement effective and efficient adaptation measures, the Romanian governmental institutions are working on establishing good relations between the different actors that have a significant role in the field of climate change adaptation.
References:
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