links
Useful links
European Projects dealing with resilience, vulnerability and capacity building:
- AQUARIUS
Farmers as water managers in the North Sea Region - http://www.aquarius-nsr.eu/Aquarius.htm
- CLIMWATADAPT
Climate Adaptation: modelling water scenarios and sectoral impacts - http://ecologic.eu/3586
- EcoRegion
Develop the Baltic Sea Region into the world's first EcoRegion - www.baltic-ecoregion.eu
- ENSURE
Enhancing Resilience of Communities and Territories facing Natural and Na-tech hazards - http://www.ensureproject.eu/
- KFM
Regionales Management von Klimafolgen in der Metropolregion Hannover-Braunschweig-Göttingen-(Wolfsburg) [In German] - http://www.klimafolgenmanagement.de/?pgid=119
- IMRA
Integrative flood risk governance approach for improvement of risk awareness and increased public participation. - http://www.imra.cnr.it/
- NoLimp
NOrth Sea Regional and Local IMPlementation - http://www.nolimp.org/
- NoRegret
- http://www.noregret.info/
- SAWA
Strategic Alliance for Integrated Water Management Actions - http://www.sawa-project.eu/
- MATRIX
New Multi-Hazard and Multi-Risk Assessment Methods for Europe - http://matrix.gpi.kit.edu/index.php
- MOVE
Methods for the improvement of vulnerability assessment in Europe - http://www.move-fp7.eu/
- NeWater
New Approaches to Adaptive Wanter Management under Uncertainty - http://www.newater.info/
- POLICYMIX
Assessing the role of economic instruments in policy mixes for biodiversity conservation and ecosystem services provision - http://policymix.nina.no/
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PREEMPT
Policy-relevant assessment of economic and social effects of hydro-meteorological disasters - http://www.feem-project.net/preempt/
Projects dealing with floods
- CORFU
Collaborative research on Flood Resilience in Urban Areas - http://www.corfu7.eu/
- DIANE-CM
Decentralised Integrated ANalysis and Enhancement of Awareness through Collaborative Modelling and Management of Flood Risk - http://www.leuphana.de/en/mariele-evers/forschung-projekte/diane-cm.html
- FIM FRAME
Flood Incident Management - A FRAMEwork for improvement - http://www.fimframe.net/index.html
- FLOODsite
: Integrated Flood Risk Analysis and Management Methodologies - http://www.floodsite.net
- FREEMAN
Flood REsilience Enhancement and MANagement: a pilot study in Flanders, Germany and Italy - http://www.feem-project.net/FREEMAN/index.php
- IMPRINTS
Improving Preparedness and Risk Management for Flash Floods and Debris Flow Events - http://imprints-fp7.eu/
- RISK MAP
Improving Flood Risk Maps as a Means to Foster Public Participation and Raising Flood Risk Awareness: Toward Flood Resilient Communities. - http://www.risk-map.org/
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SUFRI
Sustainable Strategies of Urban Flood Risk Management with non-structural Measures to cope with the Residual Risk - http://www.sufri.tugraz.at/
- UR-FLOOD
Understanding Uncertainty and Risk in communicating about floods - http://www.macaulay.ac.uk/urflood/index.php
Projects dealing with drought and water scarcity
- AQUASTRESS
Mitigation of Water Stress through new Approaches to Integrating Management, Technical, Economic and Institutional Instruments - http://www.aquastress.net/
- CIRCE
Climate Change and Impact Research: the Mediterranean Envronment - http://www.circeproject.eu/
- Klimzug
Managing climate change in the regions for the future - http://www.klimzug.de/en/index.php
- XEROCHORE
An Exercise to Assess Research Needs and Policy Choices in Areas of Drought - http://www.feem-project.net/xerochore/
- WATER CoRe
Water scarcity and droughts; coordinated actions in European regions - http://www.watercore.eu
Useful documents
- Renter's and Homeowner's Guide to Flooding
- Floods are very common in the US. This report made by Renter's Insurance explains what to do before, during and after the flood event.
http://www.rentersinsurance.com/renters-homeowners-guide-to-flooding