This paper quantifies settlement-level exposure to centennial flood across the Moldavian Plateau (NE Romania) using a reproducible GIS workflow.Official flood-hazard bands were intersected with built-up limits and building footprints; rural housing was completed by manual digitization, while urban fabric relied on OpenStreetMap layer.Exposed population was estimated from household counts using the national average of 2.6 persons/household, with additional rules for apartment blocks.Results are reported at multiple scales-by river basins (Siret, Jijia including Buhai-Miletin-Bahlui-Bahlueț, Bârlad and Prut/Chineja) and urban case studies (Iași, Bacău, Vaslui).The Siret basin concentrates the highest systemic exposure, Prut highlights transport-corridor vulnerability (DN/DJ roads and railway segments), while Bârlad exhibits dense, localized hot-spots.City-level estimates indicate approximately 68,750 exposed inhabitants in Iași, 36,756 in Bacău, and 2,550 in Vaslui under centennial flood scenario, together with clusters of socio-economic assets and critical infrastructure near the hazard band.Key limitations include potential under or over counts in recent developments, block-stairwell granularity, and reliance on census-based household averages.The findings support differentiated risk-reduction priorities: structural measures across Siret sub-basins, transport protection and redundancy along Prut, and targeted local actions in Bârlad.Periodic updates of hazard mapping using LiDAR and hydraulic modeling are recommended to refine exposure estimates and planning decisions.
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