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Application Framework with Drone system

ICT System for early warning and monitoring composed by: on site sensors (e.g. along a river); an...

River floods

Water management

Models and tools Technology

Drini Watershed Management in Albania

The innovation is an integrated approach of the natural resources management in order to mitigate...

River floods

Ecosystem-based approaches Water management

Nature-based Services

Flip-Flap cofferdam

The Flip-Flap dam is designed for urban areas prone to river flooding. In case of a flood threat ...

River floods

Disaster risk reduction Water management

Engineering and built environment

Flood Local Tool – Albania

Flash floods are characterized by the occurrence of their flood peaks within 3-6 hours after the ...

River floods

Water management

Models and tools Technology

Flood planting at Erzeni river

This innovation aims to prevent flooding by planting techniques that are environmentally friendly...

River floods

Ecosystem-based approaches Water management

Nature-based Services

FLUTSCHUTZ Alignment Protection

For construction of a conventional sandbag alignment to protect of low-lying areas in case of flo...

River floods

Disaster risk reduction Water management

Engineering and built environment

FLUTSCHUTZ DeichKADE

For construction of a conventional sandbag alignment to protect low-lying areas in case of floodi...

River floods

Disaster risk reduction Water management

Engineering and built environment

FLUTSCHUTZ Impoundment

To secure dike sections that are at risk of breakage, structures made entirely of sandbags or san...

River floods

Water management

Engineering and built environment Technology

My Flood Risk

In the EU many citizens are at risk of floods from rivers, seas and heavy rainfall. Reliable, sci...

River floods

Disaster risk reduction Water management

Models and tools Technology

NOAQ Boxwall

River floods

Disaster risk reduction Water management

Engineering and built environment

NOAQ Tubewall

River floods

Disaster risk reduction Water management

Engineering and built environment Technology

Operational flood forecasting system including levee performance

Heavy rainfall and/or high discharges upstream cause rising water levels in rivers and streams. C...

River floods

Coastal areas Water management

Models and tools Technology

EVACOLD

Treatment of salty waters and brine effluents with a high potential for recovering salts and gene...

Droughts

Water management

Technology

Water+ Furrow Diker

Increase soil water conservation in drought-prone agroecosystems

Droughts

Agriculture Water management

Engineering and built environment

Raincast: A seasonal forecasting system for drought management

Raincast improves the making-decision process of agencies and companies in the water (basin autho...

Droughts

Agriculture Energy Water management

Models and tools

Hydroeconomic DSS tools for drought management

Finding and implementation of optimal operating rules on surface reservoirs and aquifers to effic...

Droughts

Disaster risk reduction Water management

Models and tools Technology

Halophyte Zeolite Wetlands (HZW)

Treatment and reuse of agro-industrial wastewaters for irrigation activities in drought prone reg...

Droughts

Agriculture Water management

Nature-based Services Technology

IRRINET-IRRIFRAME

Irrigated agriculture is the most relevant water use sector, therefore highlighting the key role ...

Droughts

Agriculture Water management

Models and tools Technology

PrHo

TIC solutions for better agriculture and crop management

Droughts

Agriculture Water management

Models and tools

The Portable Natural Biological System

Small waste streams such as roadside/rail toilets, guard posts, house or small neighborhood sewag...

Droughts

Health Water management

Engineering and built environment Technology

AquaTag Remote

Affordable remote measurement of soil moisture, EC and temperature for horticulture and agricultu...

Droughts

Water management

Models and tools

V.E.R.A. project

WATER: Improvement of water efficiency, management, and quality/quantity; CITY SUSTAINABILITY: Im...

Droughts

Disaster risk reduction Water management

Models and tools Technology

Irriframe-Acquacampus

Maximizing irrigation efficiency is recognized as a key priority for optimizing water resources m...

Droughts

Agriculture Water management

Models and tools

EVAPO-CONTROL

Reduction of water losses in drought-prone regions

Droughts

Disaster risk reduction Water management

Engineering and built environment

RichWater

In recent years a growing concern has been expressed throughout the EU regarding water scarcity a...

Droughts

Agriculture Water management

Technology

SkyDowser

Climate change is un undeniable fact to which we, as mankind, have to find ways to adapt. To a la...

Droughts

Agriculture Water management

Models and tools Technology

Access to sustainable water by unlimited resources

Already 4 billion people face water scarcity today. Freshwater scarcity is increasing due to grow...

Droughts

Energy Water management

Technology

Useful Wastes: Brine transformation to circular economy

Nowadays, many sectors of the industry need high quality water. For this reason industries (chemi...

Droughts

Water management

Technology

PAS-WATER

PAS-WATER is a comprehensive diagnosis and analysis framework aiming to facilitate an improved wa...

Droughts

Financial Water management

Models and tools

Bufferblock

Due to climate change, more and more heavy rainfalls will occur and many cities are now facing th...

Heavy Precipitation

Disaster risk reduction Water management

Engineering and built environment

CENTAUR

Due to urban spread and more intense rainfall, water infrastructure is often unable to convey flo...

Heavy Precipitation

Water management

Models and tools

GM4W – GeoGuard Module for Water vapor monitoring

Monitoring the temporal and spatial variability of precipitable water vapour (PWV) at a local sca...

Heavy Precipitation

Water management

Models and tools

Helsinki’s stormwater filtration unit

Urban floods are identified as one of Helsinki’s most important climate hazards. Coupled with pop...

Heavy Precipitation

Water management

Engineering and built environment

NEFOCAST

In spite of the variety of existing methods to measure precipitation, the retrieval of rainfall f...

Heavy Precipitation

Disaster risk reduction Water management

Models and tools

Rainwater in kindergarten

Water management is an important issue in urban design due to the growing concern of water scarci...

Heavy Precipitation

Water management

Engineering and built environment

Roads for Water

The impact of roads on landscapes and surface hydrology is now often negative. Roads cause erosio...

Heavy Precipitation

Water management

Engineering and built environment

Seed blanket for Extensive Green Roofs

Green roofs provide many benefits, e.g. storm water runoff reduction; increase insulation propert...

Heavy Precipitation

Ecosystem-based approaches Water management

Engineering and built environment Nature-based Services

Self-erecting flood protection system

In case of sudden floods litlle time may be available to prevent damage. The presented flood prot...

Heavy Precipitation

Disaster risk reduction Water management

Engineering and built environment

SenZ2 wireless level radar transmitter

Monitoring water system infrastructures in real-time, and in high resolution, is very important t...

Heavy Precipitation

Water management

Models and tools

Smart blue-green roof system

Heavy precipitation / pluvial floods: rainfall events that result in 1) (urban) floods due to exc...

Heavy Precipitation

Disaster risk reduction Water management

Engineering and built environment

Urban flood hazard analysis

Climate change will lead to more extreme precipitation events for many cities in the world. In su...

Heavy Precipitation

Disaster risk reduction Water management

Models and tools

Urban flood nowcasting system

Cities are becoming more vulnerable to flooding because of rapid urbanization and increasing rain...

Heavy Precipitation

Disaster risk reduction Transport Water management

Models and tools

URBRAIN

The traditional urban planning and stormwater management can no longer respond to high intensity ...

Heavy Precipitation

Transport Water management

Models and tools Technology

WaterView – IR2

Today precipitation is monitored by combining terrestrial systems, weather radars and satellite i...

Heavy Precipitation

Disaster risk reduction Water management

Models and tools Technology

SCAN

A tool to evaluate and optimize water management and climate adaptation strategies at the scale o...

Multi-hazards

Disaster risk reduction Water management

Models and tools

Bluebloqs

Urban areas are increasingly facing urban flooding due to larger peaks of rainfall, and water sho...

Multi-hazards

Transport Water management

Engineering and built environment

EWB Fire Water

Climate change leads to more extreme weather. Urban areas experience more floods due to heavy rai...

Multi-hazards

Transport Water management

Engineering and built environment

Recycle – Porous and Permeable Pavement Block

Recycle solves the problems connected to soil sealing, allowing the exchange of water and heat th...

Multi-hazards

Water management

Engineering and built environment

Dike Profile Generator

Under the Dutch Water Act water managers are required to assess the flood probability of the prim...

Multi-hazards

Disaster risk reduction Water management

Models and tools

All4Elevation

Flooding kills more than 6000 people every year, leaves millions of people homeless and causes mo...

Multi-hazards

Disaster risk reduction Water management

Models and tools

Spatial Processes in HYdrology (SPHY)

Many hydrological models exist nowadays provide us with answers to questions focusing on the impa...

Multi-hazards

Disaster risk reduction Water management

Models and tools

SLAMDAM®

SLAMDAM® is a temporary flood defender filled with water. A stable base to fight flooding with wa...

Multi-hazards

Disaster risk reduction Water management

Technology

Floating cities with positive impact

Multi-hazards

Buildings Ecosystem-based approaches Water management

Engineering and built environment Nature-based Services Technology

Polderroof

Heavy rainfall events are occurring more frequent and are becoming more intense due to climate ch...

Multi-hazards

Buildings Water management

Engineering and built environment Nature-based Services Technology

Green-skin permeable system for urban rainwater management

The increase of the human population, its concentration in the cities and the urban expansion is ...

Multi-hazards

Disaster risk reduction Water management

Engineering and built environment

Draining pavement to support transit traffic and displace storm peak

The new BREINCO's draining pavement, which is able to support transit traffic by regular cars, al...

Multi-hazards

Disaster risk reduction Transport Water management

Engineering and built environment Technology

NoFloods mobile barrier

Quick and reliable solution for protection of people, critical infrastructure and the environment...

Multi-hazards

Disaster risk reduction Water management

Engineering and built environment Technology

Drone+LiDAR for emergency response

Updated, detailed information and data acquisition on the displacement and location of flood defe...

Multi-hazards

Disaster risk reduction Water management

Governance and social innovations Models and tools Technology

Futureproof peat meadow polder

Peat meadow areas have to deal with soil subsidence and high emissions of carbon dioxide, because...

Coastal floods Heavy Precipitation River floods

Water management

Technology

MyFloodRisk (for business)

In the EU many businesses are at risk of floods. Although information is available such as the EU...

Multi-hazards

Disaster risk reduction Water management

Education Governance and social innovations Models and tools

FlooDrought

In the last years, climate change has led to increasing disturbance of the water balance – mainly...

Multi-hazards

Ecosystem-based approaches Water management

Models and tools Technology

SolarDew

Pollution, climate change and population growth are expected to affect 5 billion people by 2050. ...

Multi-hazards

Water management

Technology

Danube Living Labs Pilot application Potelu Living Lab Romania

While at the Danube basin scale strategies create a sustainable framework for action, acknowledgi...

Multi-hazards

Disaster risk reduction Financial Water management

Governance and social innovations Nature-based Services

Water management

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