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Newsletter Edition 02 / February 2011
Looking back at FRC mid-term event and PREVIRISQ trade fair
For the centenary of the great flood of the Seine River Les Grands lacs de Seine organised the third edition of the trade fair PREVIRISQ. An international conference on urban flood management was organised by the FRC project and top level politicians were interviewed to produce a film about it. » Read more
North West Europe Programme Annual Event in Manchester
The INTERREG IVB North West programme organised their Annual Event in Manchester (UK) on December 6 and 7. This was a chance to showcase the projects being carried out with INTERREG IVB NW funding. FloodResilienCity was also represented here. » Read more
Workshops in Belgium on dealing with extreme flooding
The Flemish Environment Agency carried out a study to develop a regional approach for extreme flooding in the basin of the Woluwe and the Dijle rivers. The study design was elaborated within a dialogue with relevant water managers, politicians, administrations and interest groups in six workshops. » Read more
Raising awareness with GIS and flood markers
Raising awareness about flood risks is a very important aim of the county council of Loiret in France. They have, therefore, installed flood markers on several of the county council buildings located in the floodplain. A GIS tool was used to calculate historic flood levels. » Read more
Trans-national learning on asset registers and flood investigation
Within the framework of the FRC project, three students from EIVP, the Paris School of Engineering, worked with officers from the City of Bradford and researchers from the University of Sheffield to address new flood-risk duties that have to be carried out by UK local authorities. » Read more
ADAPT: Strategic Initiative Cluster on climate change
An important trend within the INTERREG programmes is to group projects into so-called Strategic Initiative Clusters. The FRC project is a member of the “ADAPT” cluster, dealing with climate change issues. The official partnership agreement was signed in September 2010. Lippeverband (Germany) is Lead Partner. » Read more
Latest publication: Development of flood-risk areas; comparing the viewpoints of planning practitioners
Grands lacs de Seine recently published a booklet called "Development of flood-risk areas: comparing viewpoints of planning practitioners". Many residences and buildings have been built in flood-prone areas over the past few years in Île-de-France. That is why there is great concern in this region in relation to flooding risk. » Read more
Upcoming event: FRC meeting including workshop about flood-proofing buildings and infrastructure in Nijmegen (The Netherlands)
During the three-day FRC meeting, being held from 9 - 11 March, there will be a workshop about flood-proofing buildings and infrastructure. The session will include talks on existing flood-proof buildings. » Read more
Looking back at FRC mid-term event and PREVIRISQ trade fair
For the centenary of the great flood of the Seine River Les Grands lacs de Seine organised the third edition of the trade fair PREVIRISQ. An international conference on urban flood management was organised by the FRC project and top level politicians were interviewed to produce a film about it. » Read moreNorth West Europe Programme Annual Event in Manchester
The INTERREG IVB North West programme organised their Annual Event in Manchester (UK) on December 6 and 7. This was a chance to showcase the projects being carried out with INTERREG IVB NW funding. FloodResilienCity was also represented here. » Read moreWorkshops in Belgium on dealing with extreme flooding
The Flemish Environment Agency carried out a study to develop a regional approach for extreme flooding in the basin of the Woluwe and the Dijle rivers. The study design was elaborated within a dialogue with relevant water managers, politicians, administrations and interest groups in six workshops. » Read moreRaising awareness with GIS and flood markers
Raising awareness about flood risks is a very important aim of the county council of Loiret in France. They have, therefore, installed flood markers on several of the county council buildings located in the floodplain. A GIS tool was used to calculate historic flood levels. » Read moreTrans-national learning on asset registers and flood investigation
Within the framework of the FRC project, three students from EIVP, the Paris School of Engineering, worked with officers from the City of Bradford and researchers from the University of Sheffield to address new flood-risk duties that have to be carried out by UK local authorities. » Read moreADAPT: Strategic Initiative Cluster on climate change
An important trend within the INTERREG programmes is to group projects into so-called Strategic Initiative Clusters. The FRC project is a member of the “ADAPT” cluster, dealing with climate change issues. The official partnership agreement was signed in September 2010. Lippeverband (Germany) is Lead Partner. » Read moreLatest publication: Development of flood-risk areas; comparing the viewpoints of planning practitioners
Grands lacs de Seine recently published a booklet called "Development of flood-risk areas: comparing viewpoints of planning practitioners". Many residences and buildings have been built in flood-prone areas over the past few years in Île-de-France. That is why there is great concern in this region in relation to flooding risk. » Read moreUpcoming event: FRC meeting including workshop about flood-proofing buildings and infrastructure in Nijmegen (The Netherlands)
During the three-day FRC meeting, being held from 9 - 11 March, there will be a workshop about flood-proofing buildings and infrastructure. The session will include talks on existing flood-proof buildings. » Read more