EU Strategy for Danube A new challenge in the context of the territorial cohesion

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EU Strategy for Danube A new challenge in the context of the territorial cohesion in the South East European Space Bucharest, 20 January, 2010 Dr. Mary-Jeanne Adler [email protected]

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EU Strategy for Danube A new challenge in the context of the territorial cohesion in the South East European Space Bucharest, 20 January, 2010. Dr. Mary-Jeanne Adler [email protected]. Danube FLOODRISK Objectives. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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EU Strategy for DanubeA new challenge in the context of the territorial cohesion

in the South East European Space Bucharest, 20 January, 2010

Dr. Mary-Jeanne Adler [email protected]

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Danube FLOODRISK Objectives

overall objective

long-term objective

Improvement of the socio-economic conditions of the population in the Danube floodplain by flood risk mapping

Reducing the flood damage in the Danube floodplain

Improving the long-term strategic planning framework for flood risk management

Flood Risk Mapping for the Danube Floodplains

2009-2012, 6.4M€

ERDF Partners: AT(2), BG(2), HU(2), IT(1), RO(4), SK(1), NGO’s (DEF, CESEP)IPA Partners: HR(1), SR(5) Observers: ICPDR, JRC, DE(3)Project Lead: Ministry of Environment and Forests, RO

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Project technical working planWP 1.

Harmonisation of require-ments, data and methods

WP 2a. Stakeholder involvement

WP 2.b. End user

integration

WP 3. Data collection and management

WP 4. Production of flood hazard and risk maps

WP 5. Exemplary Integration of flood risk information

in spatial planning

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Output 1: Joint digital elevation model

Harmonisation of methods at national borders

National Border

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Output 1: Joint digital elevation model

ONE system without national borders

National Border

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Output 2: Flood risk mapping for planning purpose

Water levels flood zones spatial planning

ONE system without national borders

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Output 3: Stakeholder involvement What do you need?

• Municipalities• Spatial planning• Rescue services• Emergency management• Insurances• NGOs• … Demands on map content!

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Output 4: Improvement of spatial planning

and emergency management• Transfer of risk information into planning decisions• Improvement of emergency management

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Results and Impacts

Results• Danube atlas with flood hazard maps and flood risk maps • documentation of 3 pilot project applications in 3 MS (AT, BG,

RO)

Impacts• Input for EU working group on flood (WG F) and ICPDR FPEG• Improvement of transnational cooperation in flood issues

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Rivers are the best

Europeans:

they connect regions,

countries and people!

Thank you for your attention!

Good water management sustainable development of the basin