Project record of Integrated Flood Risk Analysis and Management Methodologies

Information

Type
Project
Name
Integrated Flood Risk Analysis and Management Methodologies
Acronym
FLOODsite
Description @en
Floods from rivers, estuaries and the sea threaten many millions of people in Europe. Flooding is the most widely distributed of all natural hazards across Europe, causing distress and damage wherever it happens. Previous research has improved understanding of individual factors but many complex interactions need to be addressed for flood mitigation in practice. Thus the first round of the Sixth Framework Programme of the European Commission (2002-2006) includes an “Integrated Project” on flood risk management, called FLOODsite. To achieve the goal of integrated flood risk management, FLOODsite brings together managers, researchers and practitioners from a range of government, commercial and research organisations, all devoted to various, but complementary, aspects of flood risk management. The FLOODsite project covers the physical, environmental, ecological and socio-economic aspects of floods from rivers, estuaries and the sea. The project is arranged into seven themes covering: 1.       Risk analysis – hazard sources, pathways and vulnerability of receptors. 2.       Risk management – pre-flood measures and flood emergency management. 3.       Technological integration – decision support and uncertainty. 4.       Pilot applications – for river, estuary and coastal sites. 5.       Training and knowledge uptake – guidance for professionals, public information and educational material. 6.       Networking, review and assessment. 7.       Co-ordination and management. Within these themes there are over 30 project tasks including the pilot applications in Belgium, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, and the UK. FLOODsite will deliver: An integrated, European, methodology for flood risk analysis and management. Consistency of approach to the causes, control and impacts of flooding from rivers, estuaries and the sea. Techniques and knowledge to support integrated flood risk management: Sustainable “pre-flood” measures (spatial planning, flood defence infrastructure and measures to reduce vulnerability). Flood event management (early warning, evacuation and emergency response). Post-event activities (review and regeneration). Dissemination of this knowledge. Networking and integration with other EC national and international research. FLOODsite is the largest ever EC research project on floods, and is scheduled to take 5 years. It brings together scientists from many disciplines along with public and private sector involvement. The project consortium includes 36 institutions from 13 Countries of the EU.
Start date
2004-3
End date
2009-2

Institutes & people involved

Prinos Panayotis
associated with: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki; Laboratory of Hydraulics and Hydraulic Works
role: Supervisor
Samuels Paul
associated with: HR Wallingford Ltd
role: Co-ordinator
WL | Delft Hydraulics
role: Partner
Technische Universität Carolo-Wilhelmina zu Braunschweig; Leichtweiss-Institut für Wasserbau
role: Partner
Leibniz Institute of Ecological and Regional Development
role: Partner
Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussees
role: Partner
GEO Group a.s.
role: Partner
H-EURAqua Water-Environmental Consulting Engineering, Organizing, Developing and Trading Ltd. Hungary
role: Partner
Grenoble Insitute of Technology
role: Partner
European Commission Joint Research Center; Institute for Environment and Sustainability
role: Partner
Middlesex University
role: Partner
University of Potsdam
role: Partner
Delft University of Technology
role: Partner
Technical University of Catalunya
role: Partner
University of Bristol
role: Partner
University of Padova; Department of Land Use and Agro-forestry Systems
role: Partner
University of Twente
role: Partner
Wageningen University and Research Centre; University of Wageningen
role: Partner
Hanson Hans
associated with: Lund University
role: Researcher
Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel
role: Partner
Water Resources Research Centre Plc.VITUKI
role: Partner
UNESCO; Institute for Water Education
role: Partner
Franco Leopoldo
associated with: Roma Tre University
role: Researcher
SOGREAH - Division Laboratoire Hydraulique de France
role: Partner
Institute for the Protection and Security of the Citizen
role: Partner
Rozynski Grzegorz
associated with: Polish Academy of Sciences; Institute of Hydroengineering
role: Researcher
Instituto Superior Tecnico
role: Partner
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
role: Partner
Reeve Dominic
associated with: University of Plymouth
role: Researcher
Institute of International Sociology of Gorizia
role: Partner
Université Catholique de Louvain
role: Partner
INFRAM
role: Partner
University of Bologna
role: Partner
Czech Technical University in Prague
role: Partner
Czech Technical University in Prague; Faculty of Civil Engineering
role: Partner
The group of Applied Research on Hydrometeorology
role: Partner
Dresden University of Technology
role: Partner
Centre for Environmental Research
role: Partner

Expertise

Basins
defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
term code: 790
Estuaries
defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
term code: 2895
Management
defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
term code: 4943
Prevention
defined term set: CSA Technology Research Database Master Thesaurus
term code: 58215
Prevention
defined term set: Transportation Research Thesaurus
term code: 95746
Prevention
defined term set: CAB Thesaurus
term code: 105323
Risk assessment
defined term set: CAB Thesaurus
term code: 115454
Risk assessment
defined term set: CSA Technology Research Database Master Thesaurus
term code: 77447
Risk assessment
defined term set: Transportation Research Thesaurus
term code: 95465
Rivers
defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
term code: 7023
geographic terms
Europe

special collections

ENCORA
ENCORA: HENCORE
Safety
ScheldeMonitor
Theme 5: Long term coastal geomorphological change

record metadata

date created: 2007-04-26
date modified: 2009-10-29