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The agglomeration damage function is derived through the unit damage function and estimated distribution of building thresholds within the studied agglomeration. The unit damage is described with the shape function, which can easily accommodate different forms of damage assessment depending on the available information. The estimated distribution of annual maximum flood levels is propagated through the agglomeration damage function into the annual damage distribution derived using higher-order statistical moments and presented with the exceedance probability, indicating the likelihood that a certain annual maximum damage can be exceeded. Besides the aleatory uncertainty of annual maximum flood levels, we analyzed the impact of the uncertainty in estimating the unit damage function upon the annual damage distribution. This uncertainty shows a significant impact on the shape of the annual damage distribution, particularly in the region of extreme flood events. Analyzing the annual damage distribution range, resulting from the uncertainty in damage functions, provides more information to policymakers in assessing the potential consequences on the future spatial planning programs, particularly from the strategic environmental assessment point of view.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/w14101585","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,5,16]],"date-time":"2022-05-16T21:36:06Z","timestamp":1652736966000},"page":"1585","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Flood Risk Modeling under Uncertainties: The Case Study of Croatia"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7055-8286","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Toni","family":"Kekez","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Geodesy, University of Split, Matice Hrvatske 15, 21000 Split, Croatia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5759-3343","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Roko","family":"Andricevic","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Geodesy, University of Split, Matice Hrvatske 15, 21000 Split, Croatia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5864-5395","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Snjezana","family":"Knezic","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Geodesy, University of Split, Matice Hrvatske 15, 21000 Split, Croatia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,5,16]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"A1","article-title":"The Concept of Entropy in Landscape Evolution","volume":"500","author":"Leopold","year":"1962","journal-title":"Geology"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"101162","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ijdrr.2019.101162","article-title":"Evaluating adaptation measures for reducing flood risk: A case study in the city of Colombo, Sri Lanka","volume":"37","author":"Wagenaar","year":"2019","journal-title":"Int. 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