Freude am Fluss
Start date: Jun 30, 2002,
End date: Jun 29, 2008
PROJECT
FINISHED
This Dutch-led project with a total of 12 partners from France, Germany and the Netherlands, aims at reducing the opposition from local stakeholders to “room-for-river” measures against flooding. The project’s objective is to develop expertise for assistance of NWE decision-makers, engineers and local communities in joint planning and design of ‘room-for river’ packages, and to apply the method in the implementations of local measures and/or regulations e.g. dike relocation, flood-proof urban development, nature rehabilitation. The project develops a transnational planning method that integrates room-for-river measures with the enhancement of local benefits and fosters mutual understanding between authorities and communities; for example, mixed teams of experts and local communities will be engaged in a series of focused communication activities. The project analyses those measures already implemented to develop a new joint planning approach which it will test in a selection of pilot areas. It also supports a well-known, effective approach to fight flooding but addresses an issue which has previously hindered its implementation: the opposition of the stakeholders. In this regard, the project adopts an innovative approach to spatial planning and can provide very useful solutions for flood management in NWE.
Get Access to the 1st Network for European Cooperation
Log In