Saurı́ et al. (2025) Risks into benefits?: The current relevance of traditional flood management practices in Southeastern Spain

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Identification

• Journal: Disaster Prevention and Management An International Journal
• Year: 2025
• Date: 2025-12-04
• Authors: David Saurı́, María Hernández Hernández, Álvaro Francisco Morote Seguido
• DOI: 10.1108/dpm-05-2025-0149

Research Groups

Authors' research group(s) in the Spanish Southeast

Short Summary

This paper highlights how unplanned urbanization and conventional hydraulic engineering exacerbated flood risk in Valencia, advocating for the integration of Nature-based Solutions inspired by traditional Mediterranean "Boquera" irrigation systems to mitigate floods and enhance resource management. It finds a strong connection between these traditional systems and current alternative flood management approaches, both leveraging natural hydrological processes.

Objective

• To advocate for integrating Nature-based Solutions, inspired by traditional Mediterranean "Boquera" irrigation systems, into modern flood management strategies to mitigate flood risk exacerbated by unplanned urbanization and conventional hydraulic engineering.

Study Configuration

• Spatial Scale: Valencia region, Spanish Southeast, Mediterranean societies.
• Temporal Scale: Historical (since the Muslim period, mid-20th century abandonment) to contemporary (2024 floods, current Nature-based Solutions applications).

Methodology and Data

• Models used: Not applicable; the paper is a synthesis and historical review.
• Data sources: Written historical materials, fieldwork documentation of Boquera systems, review of current evidence on Nature-based Solutions inspired by traditional systems.

Main Results

• A strong connection exists between traditional "Boquera" systems and current alternative approaches to flood management, both effectively utilizing hydrological processes such as runoff, infiltration, storage, and evapotranspiration.
• These approaches reduce the risk component of floods while simultaneously enhancing their resource dimension.
• Current examples of flood management using Nature-based Solutions in the study area are provided (referenced as Table 1 in the original paper).

Contributions

• The article's original value lies in its novel integration of traditional hydraulic knowledge and practices, exemplified by Boquera systems, with modern Nature-based Solutions for flood planning and management, an approach with significant untapped potential.

Funding

No funding information was provided in the paper text.

Citation

@article{Saurı2025Risks,
  author = {Saurı́, David and Hernández, María Hernández and Seguido, Álvaro Francisco Morote},
  title = {Risks into benefits?: The current relevance of traditional flood management practices in Southeastern Spain},
  journal = {Disaster Prevention and Management An International Journal},
  year = {2025},
  doi = {10.1108/dpm-05-2025-0149},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1108/dpm-05-2025-0149}
}

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