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

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Description:

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.

Project outputs include the Risc-kit toolkit, an ensemble of 5 tools developed to increase the resilience of EU coastal zones.

Project information

Lead

Stichting Deltares, The Netherlands

Partners
Ecologic Institute (Germany), Consorzio Ferrara Ricerche (Italy), University of Algarve (Portugal), International Marine and Dredging Consultants (Belgium), Bulgarian Academy of Science - Institute of Oceanology (Bulgaria), LIttoral ENvironnement et Sociétés UMR 7266 (France), Delft University of Technology (The Netherlands), World Meteorological Organisation (International), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Spain), CIMA Research Foundation (Italy), Federal Waterways Engineering and Research Institute (Germany), EurOcean Foundation (Portugal), Stockholm Environment Institute (Sweden), Middlesex University, Flood Hazard Research Center (United Kingdom), University of Caen (France), University of Cambridge - Cambridge Coastal Research Unit (United Kingdom), UNESCO-IHE (International)
Source of funding

FP7 – Collaborative Project

Reference information

Websites:

Published in Climate-ADAPT Jun 07 2016   -   Last Modified in Climate-ADAPT Dec 12 2023

Reviewed by:

tibi

Funding Programme:

FP7: 2007/2013 - Seventh Framework Programme

Keywords:

building trust, coastal risk assessment, decision-support system, disaster risk-reduction, early-warning system, environment, flash-flooding, hazards, mitigation, preparedness measures, prevention, resilience, societal acceptance, stakeholder participation, storm surge

Duration:

2013-2017

Climate impacts:

Flooding, Sea Level Rise, Storms

Adaptation elements:

Adaptation Measures and Actions, Observations and Scenarios, Vulnerability Assessment, Nature-based solutions

Sectors:

Coastal areas

Geographic characterization:

Global

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