LAND4FLOOD calls and up-dates
IWRA Policy Brief 15/2020
Title: Flood-resilient cities – start at home Key policy messages: – Learning to “live with the flood” instead of “fighting the flood” starts at home – on private land. – The law has a strong influence on how homeowners respond to floods. – Risk communication is not just about informing citizens, but also clarifying public and […]
Stakeholder workshop in Hungary
30 September – 2 October 2019. The workshop brought together two main groups of participants: 1) experts and stakeholders from European countries with experience in land use agreements in flood risk mitigation and 2) representatives of Hungarian water authorities who wished to learn about the respective practices of other countries. The mutual exchange of knowledge […]
Besmira in Wageningen (11 October – 30 December 2019)
Besmira Dyca representing United Kingdom run her STMS at Wageningen University (The Netherlands). Together with Thomas Hartmann she investigates Dutch blue/green infrastructure projects implemented for the flood risk mitigation. The goal was to scrutinized how property rights are dealt with by analyzing the institutional and legal arrangements in place, as well as property based financial […]
Gregor in Ljubljana (11 November – 6 December 2019)
Gregor Johnen (The Netherlands) were hosted by University of Ljubljana (Slovenia) for almost one month. Together with Nejc Bezac he applied combined modelling approach and a cost-benefit analysis (CBA) to evaluate impacts of afforestation on peak river flows and on selected ecosystem services within the Glinščica river catchment in Slovenia. Results of the collaborative field […]
Workshop Report: Multi-purpose land use agreements in floodplains and flood water storage reservoirs
The workshop brought together two main groups of participants: 1) experts and stakeholders from European countries with experience in land use agreements in flood risk mitigation and 2) representatives of Hungarian water authorities who wished to learn about the respective practices of other countries. The mutual exchange of knowledge and experience was supplemented with a […]
Milan in Coimbra (4 – 29 November 2019)
Milan Gazdic (Serbia) spent three weeks at Escola Superior Agrária de Coimbra (Portugal) to investigate role of green infrastructure on water regulation within cities using the local case study. Gathered information will be used for the writing of the book chapter. Abstract Effectiveness of green areas and the impact of the spatial pattern on water infiltration within cities […]