EFDRR –NaturalHazardsand
constructionsin the Göta river area
Ulf Gustavsson
County Administrative Boardof Västra Götaland
EmergencyManagement Department
County Administrative Boardof
Västra Götaland
•49 municipalities
•1,5 million inhabitants
•17 % of Sweden’s
population
•66 inhabitants / square
kilometre
•24 000 square kilometre land
•6 percent of Sweden’s area
•240 kilometres north/south and
west/east
The County Administrative Board of Västra
Götalandis represented at eight locations
The County Administrative Board–
for a sustainablesociety
•Wecoordinateand promoteNational Governmentaction in
the County of Västra Götaland
•Wecontributeto the protectionof the individualcitizen
•Werepresentlegal security, efficiency, cooperationand a
holisticview
Nature
•All kinds of landscape –except high mountains
•In the county there are 4 200 lakes
•Approximately 450 nature reserves
•Four national parks: Tresticklan,
Djurö, Tivedenand Kosterhavet
Industries
•Petrochemical centre
•20 percent of food production
•Half of the fishery
•65 percent of refined fishing preparation
•Half of textile industry
•10 percent of forestry
•Centre for Swedish car production
Climateadoption at the County of
Västra Götaland
•Identifydifferent consequensesof flooding
•Coordinateduringfloods
•In cooperationwith otherauthoritiestakemeasuresto
reducethe consequenses
•Planningand trainingfor different kind of crisisand accidents
•Coordinatethe effortsof climateadaption in the county
Göta River dischargearea
Lake Vänern
•agriculturalarea, protected
by walls
•roads and railroads
•citiesand municipalities
•industriesand polluted
areas
•seatraffic, water resource
•Averagewaterlevel,
+44,3m
•Climateand vulnerability
report, +46,5m/ +47,4m
•Level2001-01-13,
+45,67m
Göta River
•water power plants
•averageflow, 550 m3/s
•max by permission, 1000m3/s
•2000/ 2001, 1200m3/s
•Climatechange3000m3/s ???
•sluices
•seatraffic, water resource
•roads, railrods
•risk of landslides
•industries, pollutedareas
•citiesand municipalities
•risingsealevel
Agreementwith Vattenfall
•approximatelyreducethe levelin
Lake Vänern with 40 cm.
•usingprognosison percipitation
•in a longterm thereare possiblya
needof othersolutions, like a canal
or tunnel from Lake Vänern to the
sea