[EN] Dams as well as protective dikes and levees are critical infrastructures whose associated risk must be properly managed in a continuous and updated process. Usually, dam safety management has been carried out assuming stationary climatic and non-climatic conditions. However, the projected alterations due to climate change are likely to affect different factors driving dam risk. Although some reference institutions develop guidance for including climate change in their decision support strategies, related information is still vast and scattered and its application to specific analyses such as dam safety assessments remains a challenge.
This article presents a comprehensive and multidisciplinary review of the impacts of climate change that could affect dam safety. The global effect can be assessed through the integration of the various projected effects acting on each aspect of the risk, from the input hydrology to the calculation of the consequences of the flood wave on population and assets at risk. This will provide useful information for dam owners and dam safety practitioners in their decisionmaking process.Fluixá Sanmartín, J.; Altarejos García, L.; Morales Torres, A.; Escuder Bueno, I. (2018). Review article: Climate change impacts on dam safety. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences. 18(9):2471-2488. https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-18-2471-2018S24712488189Altarejos-García, L., Escuder-Bueno, I., Serrano-Lombillo, A., and de Membrillera-Ortuño, M.: Methodology for estimating the probability of failure by sliding in concrete gravity dams in the context of risk analysis, Struct. 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