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Vulnerability to Floods

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    Vulnerability to Floods Meeting a Success

    Project meeting strengthens collaboration by bringing researchers together

    Researchers involved with the Vulnerability to Floods project met in Dresden earlier this month to discuss preliminary outcomes of their research and to receive several new members to their team. The group welcomed Mr. Matthias Grafe (Saxon Flood Centre), Mr. Wolfgang Socher (City of Dresden, Department of Urban Ecology), Mr. Klaus Walrabe (Local State Administration for Agriculture and Horticulture, Großenhain) and Dr. Jochen Schanze (Leibniz Institute of Ecological and Regional Development) to the meeting in order to discuss the exposure of urban environments in relation to water hazards. |Read more

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  4. :Vulnerability to Floods: General Introduction of the new UNU-EHS Project

    To estimate the vulnerability and coping capacity of cities regarding water related natural hazards in urban areas – case study Cologne and Dresden / Germany The focus of research in the field of risk and natural disasters is often dominated by the analysis, measurement and prognosis of natural phenomena such as floods and landslides. Without neglecting the necessity to generate more in-depth information regarding the development of natural phenomena, it becomes more and more evident that the intensity and frequency of natural hazards are not the only factors which determine whether a natural phenomena will cause a disaster. Other relevant factors are the vulnerability of the affected society; economy and its critical infrastructure as well as its ability to cope with the impacts of the natural hazard (see e.g. Bogardi, Birkmann 2004). |Read more