Flood Risk Factors in Suburban Area in the Context of Climate Change Adaptation Policies – Case Study of Wroclaw, Poland

The uncontrolled sprawl of urban development exerts environmental impact in rural areas. The aim of this study is to identify areas vulnerable to climate change in the context of implementation of policies adapting to climate change at the local level. Such areas can be defined as those where the negative implication of flesh flood overlapping with soil sealing is observed. The study areas composed of municipalities which are influenced by the urban sprawl process of the city of Wroclaw, Poland. The analyses were performed using publicly available spatial data from aerial orthophotomaps from 2004-2012, the satellite images; archival and current land use maps. The database CORINE