Amy Phillips (representing Belgium) spent two weeks in Czech Republic cooperating with Jan Macháč on public perceptions of urban nature-based solutions for flood protection on private and public land and developing the comparative study between Brussels and Prague. The conference abstract was prepared focusing on the comparability of different GIS and socio-economic data sets.
Title: Financial Schemes for Resilient Flood Recovery Book Description Financial schemes for flood recovery, if properly designed and implemented, might increase flood resilience. However, options for the increase of flood resilience during the recovery phase are to a large extent overlooked and the diversity of existing schemes shows that there has been a lack of consensus […]
Rupesh Shrestha (Germany) worked with Thomas Thaler from University of Natural & Life Sciences Vienna on multi-hazard perspective on building regulations for flood resilient cities. He mainly collected multi-functional technical measures of water retention and its effect on urban development of Vienna. Join paper is being prepared on challenges for the natural water retention measures implementation.
Title: Flood Mitigation in Mediterranean Coastal Regions: Problems, Solutions, and Stakeholder Involvement Abstract Flooding affects Mediterranean coastal areas, with negative impacts on regional populations and ecosystems. This paper reviews the causes and consequences of coastal flooding in European Mediterranean countries, common and advanced solutions implemented to mitigate flood risk, and the importance of stakeholder involvement in […]
Title: Managing floodplains using nature-based solutions to support multiple ecosystem functions and services Abstract Floodplains include unique environments shaped over a long time horizon along rivers and smaller streams and formed by alluvial sediments. As floodplains are flat, often with highly fertile and well-accessible land, they have become the intrinsic focus of human society—while providing a […]
Martina Kovačević (Croatia) visited Slovenia to collaborate with Nejc Bezak on modelling and evaluation of the impact of permeable concrete applications on peak river flows and on selected ecosystem services in the Glinščica river basin. The results of the mission were published in Bezak et al. (2021): Exploring Options for Flood Risk Management with Special Focus […]
Title: Nature-Based Solutions for Flood Mitigation and Resilience in Urban Areas Abstract Urban areas face several environmental problems and risks related to water management, such as floods and degradation of water quality, enhancing population vulnerability and threatening urban sustainability. These problems are expected to be exacerbated with increasing urbanization and climate change, which leads to higher […]
On 21-24 September 2021, COST Action member Ružica Stričević (Serbia) represented the LAND4FLOOD at the international congress Soil for future under global challenges held in Sokobanja (Serbia). She talked about the impact of nature based solutions for flood risk management on soil and agricultural development.
The Academy for Territorial Development in the Leibniz Association released the news concerning the recent development within the COST Action. Read it here.
On 20 September, IWRA in close cooperation with LAND4FLOOD broadcasted high featured policy brief roundtable: Taking Land Seriously in Spacial Flood Risk Management. Four guest speakers – Håkan Tropp, Gabriel Eckstein, Alice Budniok, Jan Kruijshoop – gave feedback on LAND4FLOOD effort to get landowners on board for natural flood retention. Learn more here.