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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.

This meeting served as a primary dialogue among the many groups involved in the venture. The Vulnerability to Floods project is conducting primary studies in the cities of Cologne and Dresden that will help to identify susceptibilities in the economy, critical infrastructure, general public, environment and agriculture regarding floods. The group has been working with the Saxon Flood Centre, the Federal Agency for Agriculture and Horticulture, the Department of Urban Ecology of the City of Dresden and the Leibniz Institute of Ecological and Regional Development to further their studies into flood vulnerabilities.

The Vulnerability to Floods project would like to thank Dr. Horst Ullrich and Dr. Korndörfer for their support in organizing the meeting.