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Support Action for Evaluation and Monitoring of CIVITAS Plus (POINTER)

Start date: Sep 15, 2008, End date: Nov 14, 2013,

CIVITAS POINTER is the Support Action to support cities and the EC with the monitoring (1) evaluation (2) of the whole CIVITAS Plus action. Objectives of CIVITAS POINTER are: 1. Independent formal monitoring of the project deliverables and reports from the demonstration projects and provision of specialist and independent advice to the European Commission; 2. Independent overall cross-site eva ...
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A Network of Excellence for Advanced Road cooperative traffic management in the Information Society (NEARCTIS)

Start date: Jul 1, 2008, End date: Jun 30, 2013,

NEARCTIS (Network of Excellence: Advanced Road Cooperative Traffic management in the Information Society) is an academic network involving several of the main teams working on the field of traffic management and optimisation, with a particular focus on cooperative systems. Within the field of ICT for mobility, the project deals more specifically with the question of cooperative systems for road ...
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Hydropower converters with very low head differences (HYLOW)

Start date: Mar 1, 2008, End date: Feb 29, 2012,

"Small hydropower with very low head or pressure differences below 2.5 m and hydraulic power ratings of 50 to 1000 kW is a significant renewable resource, with an estimated unused potential in rivers alone of e.g. 600 to 1000 MW in the UK and more than 500 MW in Germany. The economically and ecologically efficient utilisation of this hydropower bracket still constitutes an unsolved problem since c ...
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Full Costs of Climate Change (ClimateCost)

Start date: Dec 1, 2008, End date: Jul 31, 2011,

There is increasing interest in the economics of climate change to inform policy on a) long-term targets, b) the costs of inaction (the economic effects of climate change), and c) the costs and benefits of adaptation. The objectives of this study are to advance knowledge across all three areas, i.e. the full economic costs of climate change, through the following tasks: 1. To identify and develop ...
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New and Innovative Concepts for Helping European Transport Sustainability - Towards Implementation (NICHES+)

Start date: May 1, 2008, End date: Apr 30, 2011,

"NICHES+ aims to network actors engaged in developing innovative urban transport concepts. This proposal relates to the successful previous NICHES project, with similar objectives, but different topics. Both share the mission to stimulate a debate on innovative urban transport between stakeholders from different sectors, to promote the most promising new concepts from their current niche position ...
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Smart freight transport in urban areas (SMARTFREIGHT)

Start date: Jan 1, 2008, End date: Apr 30, 2011,

Goods distribution is important for businesses and the life of a city. However, the efficiency as well as the environmental impacts is negatively influenced by traffic congestion, scarcity of loading areas, sub-optimal delivery routes and too little use of return loads. The transport of dangerous goods is also a safety risk.This project will make urban freight transport more efficient, environment ...
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Defining and Assessing Rurality/Urbanity and Delineating Rural/Urban Areas in Europe (DARDRA)

Start date: Jan 1, 2009, End date: Dec 31, 2010,

"The conceptual rural/urban area definitions can be divided into two main categories based on whether they favour spatial (population and settlement density characteristics based on population and/or land use/cover data, and relative-location characteristics) or non-spatial properties (demographical, social, cultural, economic and ecological characteristics). Policy related definitions evolve toge ...
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