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Preparing for Extreme And Rare events in coastaL regions (PEARL)
Start date: Jan 1, 2014, End date: Dec 31, 2017,
"Coastal floods are one of the most dangerous and harmful natural hazards affecting urban areas adjacent to shorelines. Rapid urbanisation combined with climate change and poor governance means a significant increase in the risk of local surface flooding coinciding with high water levels in rivers and high tide or storm surges from the sea, posing a greater risk of devastation to coastal communiti ...
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WATER AND ENERGY ADVANCED MANAGEMENT FOR IRRIGATION (WEAM4I)
Start date: Nov 1, 2013, End date: Apr 30, 2017,
Agriculture sector is accountable for 30% of the total water consumption in Europe, but reaches up to 70% of total water consumption in several European southern countries. In recent years, most of the efforts have been focused on water efficiency, without taking care of energy aspects, resulting in some cases on a significant increase in energy consumption, both per irrigated surface and per volu ...
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WeSenseIT: Citizen Observatory of Water (WESENSEIT)
Start date: Oct 1, 2012, End date: Sep 30, 2016,
WeSenseIt will develop a citizen-based observatory of water, which will allow citizens and communities to become active stakeholders in information capturing, evaluation and communication.We propose:(i) data collection: (a) a first “hard” layer consisting of low-cost, static and portable devices that sense and transfer water information when automatically monitored or when initiated by citizens fr ...
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Merging Hydrologic models and EO data for reliable information on Water (MyWater)
Start date: Jan 1, 2011, End date: Dec 31, 2013,
In the entire world we are experiencing changing water resources needs mainly as a result of changes in land use. In developing countries the occupation of natural areas by agriculture is a major cause; economical reasons pushed by world globalization play also a major role. In both cases further global changes are expected as a result of climate change.Water availability is essential for socio-ec ...
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Localised environmental and health information services for all: User-centric collaborative decision support network for water and air quality management (LENVIS)
Start date: Sep 1, 2008, End date: Jan 31, 2012,
The main goal of the LENVIS project is to develop an innovative collaborative decision support network for exchange of location-based environmental and health services between all stakeholders, for enhanced capacity to assess population exposure and health risks and better management of the concerned ecosystems. LENVIS will include health indicators as integral part of the environmental management ...
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