Improved integration of increasing urban development and flood risks in major cities (FloodResilienCity)

Description:

The project enables responsible public authorities in eight cities in North West Europe to better cope with floods in urban areas along 5 pillars: 1. Awareness: To enhance the awareness and engagement in all aspects of flood risk and the means of managing it at: * the Policy level (politicians/decision makers), * the Professionals level (of the involved authorities and elsewhere), * the Public level (people, companies, developers, insurance companies). 2. Avoidance: To limit flood damage and ease recovery by planning and adapting buildings, infrastructure, surfaces and economic activities and building capacity in individuals and institutions to become more resilient 3. Alleviation: To reduce flood risk by implementing physical, technical, non-structural and procedural measures for the management of water systems. 4. Assistance: To provide support to recovery processes and to engage and build capacity in communities, and others prior to, during and after flood events 5. Strategy & Capacity: To develop the capacity to engage in the processes above to adapt to and manage flood risk by integrating the activities associated with objectives 1 — 4. The FloodResilienCity project will ultimately result in better solutions, more awareness and increased capacity in flood management in the cities Bradford, Brussels, Dublin, Leuven, Mainz, Nijmegen, Orléans and Paris. The project will activate a structural change in the mindset of the politicians, professionals and public in these partner cities. That change concerns a recognition of the importance to address all 4-‘A’s (Awareness, Avoidance, Alleviation and Assistance) in their sustainable flood risk management policies. http://www.floodresiliencity.eu/

Project information

Lead

Directoraat-Generaal Rijkswaterstaat (NL) Ms. Prisca Haemers

Partners

* Vlaamse Milieumaatschappij (BE) * Les Grands Lacs de Seine (FR) * Ville de Orléans * County council of Loiret * City of paris engineering school * Costoms harbour of the city of Mainz * Dublin city council * City of Bradfort Metropolitan Council * University of Sheffield

Source of funding

Interreg IV B Northwest Europe