The guidance document summarizes lessons learn that are useful for key stakeholders (land owners, local and regional politicians, bureaucrats, NGOs).

Title: Flood legislation and land policy framework of EU and non-EU countries in Southern Europe Abstract Floods are a widespread natural hazard affecting people and their assets in regions worldwide, including Southern Europe. Besides coastal floods, the Mediterranean region is highly prone to flash floods driven by short but intense precipitation events. With increasing flood risk […]

Title: Effectiveness of Nature-Based Solutions in Mitigating Flood Hazard in a Mediterranean PeriUrban Catchment Abstract Urbanization alters natural hydrological processes and enhances runoff, which affects flood hazard. Interest in nature-based solutions (NBS) for sustainable mitigation and adaptation to urban floods is growing, but the magnitudes of NBS effects are still poorly investigated. This study explores the […]

Maria Viota (Spain) traveled to Serbia to explore the potentiality of urban green infrastructure (UGI), ecosystem services (ES) and nature-based solutions (NBS) in protecting cities, with an emphasis on urban planning. The attention of the mission was paid to the role of UGI in urban planning and its promising opportunities for facing many risks posed by […]

Karolina Kolasinska (Poland) cooperated with Prof. Silvia Kohnova (Slovak University of Technology Bratislava) to determine the flood indexes of the CN method for the small catchment areas and to run water cycle simulations. The cooperation will result in join publications.

Jan Brabec (Czechia) visited Regional Centre for Energy Policy Research at Corvinus University of Budapest to explore factors affecting Balkan farmers’ willingness to implement flood mitigation measures on private land and to purchase flood insurance products. Econometric modelling was run to test literature review variables. Results will be presented to the international audience and join paper will be […]