Flood risk analysis and management can significantly contribute to the safety and quality of life of people living in all flood prone areas. More recently, this has been demonstrated not only to all inhabitants by the events during the major flooding of the Elbe in 2002.
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The new European Integrated Project (IP) FLOODsite addresses issues regarding flood processes, methods and procedures to determine and manage floods and related risks in coastal areas, rivers and estuaries. Overall, 36
partner institutions from 13 EU Member States are involved in FLOODsite. The total EU grant to the project budget comprises 9.68 Mio. Euro over 5 years. The project itself is split into 7 Themes (Risk analysis, Risk management, Integration, Pilot Sites, Training, Networking and Coordination).
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This paper introduces the project and discusses its major objectives, the methodology and its challenges. Furthermore, research and applications in FLOODsite relevant to Germany part are also discussed.
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