Project of a Historical Flood Marker on the Saone river at Lyon for the Improvement of Flood Memory

Abstract

A combination of hydrologist and historian is vital in addressing flooding so that the riparian population retain the memory of the risks involved. On the Saône river at Lyon, the researchers intend to make historical information available in the form of a column showing the present water level and the levels reached by the most extreme floods, together with the main vagaries of the river. This is in line with the forthcoming law on risk, which will make it a duty to mark flood levels on public buildings.