Resilience-Increasing Strategies for Coasts - toolKIT (RISC-KIT)

The main objective of the RISC-KIT project is to develop methods, tools and management approaches to reduce risk and increase resilience to low-frequency, high-impact hydro-meteorological events in the coastal zone. These products will enhance forecasting, prediction and early warning capabilities, improve the assessment of long-term coastal risk and optimise the mix of prevention, mitigation and preparedness measures. Specific objectives are: development of a regional-scale coastal risk assessment framework; development of an impact-oriented Early Warning and Decision Support System (EWS/DSS) for hot spot areas; development of potential Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) measures and the design of ecosystem-based and cost-effective, (non-)technological DRR plans in close cooperation with end-users; application of the regional-scale coastal risk assessment framework and EWS/DSS tools at the case study sites to test the DRR plans for a combination of scenarios; development of a web-based management guide for developing integrated DRR plans along Europe’s coasts and beyond and provide a synthesis of lessons learned in RISC-KIT in the form of policy guidance and recommendations at the national and EU level.