On the occasion of the Year of Science 2014 “Digital Society”, launched by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) has invited international scientists to learn more about research activities in the area of modelling future scenarios at German universities and research institutes. Within the DAAD Science Tour 2014, 27 international researchers visited the Institute of River&Coastal Engineering on December 1st, 2014 and got acquainted with the Institute’s activities in respect to the modelling of the impacts of climate change, holistic flood risk management and the development of adaptation strategies considering the drivers of future development such as climate change or rapid urbanisation.
For more info visit the Science tour website
PEARL involvement at the event
Peter Fröhle and Natasa Manojlovic (from Hamburg University of Technology) introduced the main objectives, current research activities and the challenges of the PEARL project.
