{"projectrec":{"ProID":2078,"StandardTitle":"Towards an integrated decision tool for adaptation measures - Case study: floods","OrigTitle":"Naar een geïntegreerd beleidsinstrument voor aanpassingsmaatregelen - case study: overstromingen","Acronym":"ADAPT","AbstractEnglish":"Phase 1\r\n\r\n<b>Context</b>\r\n\r\nThis study fits into the current context, where Man is becoming more and more aware of the way his activities impact his environment. Climate change is currently the most media-friendly form of this all-round awareness. It affects the whole of humanity and is considered today as the most predominant threat to the environment. The amplitude of the damages generated by climate change (flooding, heat waves, dry periods,…) takes their toll on our societies more and each year. \r\nFaced with these hazards, the solutions adopted by the policy makers are of two types: the setting up of mitigation measures through a reduction in GHG emissions and the setting up of adaptation measures aimed at decreasing the impacts and protecting both population and ecosystems. \r\n\r\n<b>Project description</b>\r\n\r\nIn order to tackle climate change, policy-makers are confronted with various options and possibilities of adaptation measures. In general, the means required to implement these measures appear to be considerable, when compared with the risks to be avoided. Nevertheless, there is a general directive overruling the principles of decision advocated by international programmes. This directive stipulates that the choice of adaptation measures must reflect their potential to produce benefits which will surpass their costs. On the basis of this axiom, the overall objective of this project is to develop and demonstrate an efficient management tool which will be a cost-benefit analysis based instrument for the integrated assessment of adaptation measures.\r\n\r\nThe project consists of two lines of research: the first is a “general evaluation” of the impacts of climate change in Belgium, and the second relates to a more detailed analysis of the problem of flooding. This analysis will provided the basis for developing and refining the methodology. \r\nThe general introductionary study will provide a synthesis of the knowledge and facts available concerning the effects of climate change, their intensity and probable progression in time. The synthesis will provide a clear overview of the situation in Belgium, as well as the uncertainties surrounding it.\r\nIn the second part of the study, the problem of flooding will be tackled in a more detailed and relevant manner. In order to develop and test the methodology, case studies have been chosen in the two main Belgian river basins (Meuse and Scheldt). \r\nThe analysis of adaptation strategies related to flooding will be built on a scheme of work comprising the following steps: \r\n\r\n• Evaluating the impact of global change induced flooding on river basin (phase 1);\r\n• Evaluating secondary impacts of global change induced flooding on the vulnerable sectors in the river basins (phases 1 & 2);\r\n• Determining adaptation measures (response) (phases 1 & 2);\r\n• Evaluating costs of adaptation measures (phase 2);\r\n• Cost-benefit analysis (phase 2).\r\n\r\nIn addition, criteria such as efficiency, feasibility and acceptability will be integrated in the decision tool. In the same way, when the tool is being set in place, it will have to be flexible in order to be able to apply a similar procedure for the other impacts identified in the first part of the study. This need will be a permanent concern.. This instrument should eventually be considered as a keystone in the management of issues linked with climate change.\r\n\r\nThe subject of the current study is vast and complex, and needs to be managed using a multidisciplinary approach, that takes into account the economic, social and environmental impacts (holistic approach), and their mutual interaction in accordance with the principle of sustainable development and management. The subject will be investigated and analyzed by five partners of complementary scientific expertise belonging to the three pillars of sustainable development and addressing both technical and strategic considerations.\r\n\r\nConsequently, the project is composed of the following teams which will share in the whole research study: \r\n• Centre for Economic and Social Studies on the Environment (CEESE) of the Université Libre de Bruxelles (economic aspects; project coordinator)\r\n• Higher Institute for Labour Studies (HIVA) of the Catholic University of Leuven (social aspects)\r\n• Research unit of Applied Hydrodynamics and Hydraulic Constructions (HACH) of the University of Liege (hydraulic aspects and modelling)\r\n• The ecosystem management research group (ECOBE) of University of Antwerp (environmental aspects) \r\n• ECOLAS (integrator of various components into the decision tool)\r\n\r\nMoreover, the ADAPT project will work in close cooperation with another project of the “Science for a Sustainable Development (SSD)” program: the CCI-HYDR project.","AbstractOtherLang":"<b><u>Fase 1</b></u>\r\n\r\n<b>Context</b>\r\n\r\nDeze studie speelt in op de huidige situatie, waarin de mens zich meer en meer bewust is van de gevolgen van zijn activiteiten op de omgeving. De klimaatsveranderingen zijn thans veel besproken in de media. De aarde wordt beïnvloed door deze veranderingen en deze worden nu beschouwd als de grootste milieubedreiging. Inderdaad, de jaarlijkse stijging van de omvang van de schade, veroorzaakt door de klimaatsverschijnselen (overstromingen, hittegolven, droogte, …), is aanzienlijk. \r\nDe oplossingen voor deze gevaren, aangebracht door besluitvormers, bestaan uit 2 types: maatregelen die het reduceren van de broeikasgassen teweegbrengen en/of het aanbrengen van efficiënte aanpassingsmaatregelen die toelaten de gevolgen te minimaliseren en de bevolking en het ecosysteem te beschermen. \r\n\r\n\r\n<b>Beschrijving van het project</b>\r\n\r\nOm het hoofd te bieden aan deze klimaatsveranderingen, worden de beslissende machten geconfronteerd met verschillende opties en mogelijkheden voor aanpassingsmaatregelen. De wijze waarop en de vereiste middelen om deze maatregelen toe te passen kunnen, in het algemeen, omvangrijk blijken in vergelijking met de te vermijden risico’s. Nochtans is er een algemene richtlijn, die boven andere besluitvormingsprincipes staat, gestuurd vanuit internationale programma’s. Deze richtlijn bepaalt dat de keuze van de aanpassingsmaatregelen moet bepaald zijn door het feit dat de voordelen van deze maatregelen, de kosten overtreffen. Gebaseerd op dit axioma, is de doelstelling van dit project om een goed beheerinstrument te ontwikkelen, gebaseerd op de analyse van de kosten & baten van de aanpassingsmaatregelen, dat toelaat een geïntegreerd beheer van deze aanpassingsmaatregelen uit te voeren. \r\n\r\nHet project omvat 2 onderzoekslijnen: het eerste bestaat uit een algemene evaluatie van de gevolgen van de klimaatsveranderingen in België, het tweede betreft een meer gedetailleerde analyse van de problematiek omtrent overstromingen. Op basis van deze analyse zal de methodologie ontwikkeld en verfijnd worden. \r\nDe algemene evaluatie zal een synthese van de beschikbare kennis leveren betreffende de effecten van de klimaatsveranderingen, hun intensiteit en hun vermoedelijke evolutie. Deze synthese zal toelaten een klare kijk te krijgen op de Belgische situatie, alsook van de onzekerheden die daarmee gepaard gaan. \r\nIn het volgend deel van de studie zal de problematiek omtrent overstromingen op een grondige en adequate manier uit de doeken worden gedaan. De analyse, voor de twee grote Belgische stroomgebieden (Maas en Schelde), zal toelaten de beheerinstrumenten te ontwikkelen en te testen teneinde de methodologie te verbeteren. \r\nDe analyse van de aanpassingsmaatregelen, met betrekking tot de overstromingen, zal opgemaakt worden op basis van een schema bestaande uit de volgende stappen, verspreid over 2 fases van 2 jaar:\r\n<ul type=square>\r\n<li>Evaluatie van de primaire effecten van de klimaatsveranderingen tengevolge van overstromingen op het niveau van stroomgebieden (fase 1);\r\n<li>Evaluatie van de secundaire effecten van de overstromingen op kwetsbare sectoren in deze stroomgebieden (fase 1 en 2);\r\n<li>Bepaling van de aanpassingsmaatregelen (fase 1 en 2);\r\n<li>Evaluatie van de kosten van de aanpassingsmaatregelen (fase 2);\r\n<li>Analyse van de kosten & baten (fase 2).\r\n</li></ul type=square>\r\nBovendien zullen de criteria zoals efficiëntie, haalbaarheid en acceptatie-graad geïntegreerd moeten worden in het beheerinstrument. Op dezelfde wijze zal de nood tot flexibiliteit van het instrument, teneinde een gelijksoortige procedure te kunnen toepassen op de andere gevolgen, besproken in het eerste deel van de studie, een blijvende bekommernis blijven. Dit instrument zal inderdaad moeten beschouwd worden als een overkoepelende sleutel in het beheer van de problemen met betrekking tot de klimaatsveranderingen. \r\nHet onderwerp van de huidige studie is omvangrijk en complex, het eist een multidisciplinaire aanpak, rekening houdend met de economische, sociale en milieugevolgen (holistische benadering), evenals hun interacties en afstemming met de principes van ontwikkeling en duurzaam beheer. De studie zal verwezenlijkt worden door 5 wetenschappelijke instellingen, ervaren in de 3 takken van duurzame ontwikkeling met aandacht voor zowel technische als strategische aspecten.\r\n\r\nHet project omvat het volgend team dat zal deelnemen aan het gehele onderzoek:\r\n<ul type=square>\r\n<li>Centre d’Etudes Economiques et Sociales de l’Environnement (CEESE) van de Université Libre de Bruxelles ULB (economische aspecten en coördinatie van het onderzoek);\r\n<li>Hoger Instituut van de Arbeid (HIVA) van de Katholieke Universiteit Leuven KULeuven (sociale aspecten);\r\n<li>Service d’Hydrodynamique appliquée et Constructions Hydrauliques (HACH) van de Universiteit Luik ULg (hydraulische aspecten en modellering);\r\n<li>Onderzoeksgroep ecosysteembeheer (ECOBE) van de Universiteit Antwerpen UA (ecologische aspecten);\r\n<li>ECOLAS (integratie van verschillende componenten als beslissingstool).\r\nBovendien zal het project ADAPT nauw samenwerken met het project CCI-HYDR.\r\n</li></ul type=square>","DateLastModified":{"date":"2024-05-06 10:25:46.257000","timezone_type":1,"timezone":"+00:00"},"ParentProID":2063,"BeginYear":2005,"EndYear":2010,"BMonth":12,"EMonth":1,"BeginMonth":"December","EndMonth":"January","OrigTitleLangCode":"nl","OrigTitleLangID":41,"OrigTitleLangNL":"Nederlands","OrigTitleLang":"Dutch","OtherAbstractLangCode":"nl","OtherAbstractLangID":41,"OtherAbstractLang":"Dutch","OtherAbstractLangNL":"Nederlands","Progress":"Completed","ProgressNL":"Afgelopen","PublicFlag":1,"CheckedFlag":0,"ND":"2007-06-13","UD":"2010-01-08","DMPFlag":0,"Budget":1180854,"BudgetCurrency":"EUR"},"parent":{"ProID":2063,"Acronym":"SSD","StandardTitle":"Science for a Sustainable Development"},"persons":null,"projects":null,"events":null,"datasets":null,"institutes":[{"instituterec":{"Acronym":null,"ProPartID":8218,"PublicFlag":1,"OrigNameLangCode":null,"OrigNameLangID":null,"FullOrigName":null,"Line1":null,"Line2":null,"Line3":null,"Line4":null,"InsID":4256,"FullStandardName":"ARCADIS; 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