New publication on the FORIN Project – WP1

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FORIN_WP1Great achievement in WP1! The Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR) programme has just released a publication on FORIN, the methodology at the basis of the PEARL Risk and Root Cause Assessment (RRCA) approach under development in WP1. The publication entitled “The FORIN Project – Understanding the Causes of Disasters” presents three case studies from Taiwan, Haiti and U.S.A. illustrating different models of root causes and risk drivers and related policy-relevant findings.

The publication is available in the Products section.

PEARL and RISC-KIT side event at WMO Congress, 3 June 2015

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During WMO Congress, 25 May -12 June 2015, Geneva, Switzerland, a specific side event will be dedicated to the presentation of PEARL and RISC-KIT projects.

The side event titled “Reducing risk and increasing resilience in coastal areas: PEARL and RISC-KIT projects” will take place on June 3, from 12:45 to 13:45, in CICG, Salle 15.

Arlex Sanchez Torres, member of the PEARL Management Group, and Ap van Dongeren, RISC-KIT Project Coordinator, will introduce the two projects funded by the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for Research, Technological Development and Demonstration (EU-FP7) under the theme “Coasts at threat in Europe: tsunamis and climate-related risks”. They will show how, although sharing the same overall goal (reducing risk and increasing resilience to low-frequency extreme meteorological events in coastal areas) and a common holistic multidisciplinary approach, PEARL and RISC-KIT apply diverse research methodologies and, consequently, aim at different but mutually complementary results.

PEARL presented at TICASS workshop in Genoa, Italy, 20th February 2015

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On the 20th February TICASS, the Consortium promoted by Regione Liguria on Innovative Technologies for Environmental Control and Sustainable Development, organised a workshop about “Research that generates innovation for a sustainable future” in Genoa, Italy.
Within the thematic session on “The perception of flood and landslide risk”, Alessandra Marchese from GISIG presented PEARL and, in particular, the work in progress to implement the Genoa case study. In front of a public of more than 60 people, she could not only illustrate the project, but also exchange practices and ideas with other five speakers coming from different backgrounds (politics, engineering, science and research), especially concerning technologies and tools able to support flood and landslide prevision and prediction.

Furthermore, the event hosted a poster session where PEARL was showcased together with many other interesting projects. An abstract outlining the objectives and outcomes of the research supported the poster.

It was a great success in terms of outreach for PEARL, which was well received by the 200 people coming from 10 Italian regions who attended the workshop.

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PEARL’s Deliverable 1.1 is ready!

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Work Package 1 Deliverable Report 1.1

The report develops an overall approach to a holistic risk assessment as well as a specific Risk and Root Cause Analysis (RRCA) Framework to guide research in Work Package 1. It is based on the idea that risk management is a socio-technical process where the relationships between parts are mutual, emergent, dynamic and non-linear; therefore, the strengthening of any risk measure depends on the broader flood management process.

The RRCA Framework aims to enable the systematic assessment of different root causes of risk, risk cascading and propagation of vulnerabilities at a greater depth than previous research. It also seeks to improve the understanding of the formation of risks and vulnerabilities in coastal regions, in particular those that give rise to small-scale, but high local impact events. Furthermore, the paper proposes methods to test the novel RRCA Framework through a thorough investigation of case studies.

The methodology and first results will be published soon in scientific literature. Stay tuned for further info on this topic!

PEARL presented during workshop of LIFE+IMAGINE project in Genoa, 30th January 2015

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LIFE+IMAGINE is a life project coordinated by GISIG, aiming at enforcing the knowledge base on European environmental data policies and at creating an information system for coastal management and planning. The project, through methodologies of environmental analysis, integrates and harmonize multi-sources data in order to create new and hands-on information for planning and decision making, with reference to two environmental scenarios of coastal areas, that are the soil consumption and the landslides.  The information are processed and provided to the client by a web services infrastructure, that integrates in its architecture the specification of the INSPIRE Directive (for a European Spatial Data Infrastructure), the SEIS initiative (the Shared Environmental Information System) and the Copernicus programme for global monitoring.  Output of the project are indicators and thematic maps, to be used for better assessing the impacts by soil consumption and landslides in coastal areas and improve the planning and interventions.

The workshop was related to the “use of interoperable data and services for coastal management”, with a focus on the Ligurian pilot sites, that are in the Tigullio and Cinque Terre areas. It was attended by more than 30 people, coming from ISPRA (the Italian Environmenal Agency), Regional Authorities (Liguria and Toscana), the Municipality of Genova, the National Research Council, the University of Genova (architecture, earth science and hydraulic engineer), the Cinque Terre National Park, the regional association of geologist, and some SMEs.

During the workshop, PEARL was represented by Alessandra Marchese from GISIG. A poster was displayed and a presentation was given on the project and the Genoa case study.

Take a look at our gallery for photos of this and other events. You can also visit their website with a description of the event (in italian).

 

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3rd PEARL Project Committee meeting will be held on 21-23 January in Hørsholm, Denmark.

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RethymoThe 3rd Project Committee meeting will take place on 21-23 January in Hørsholm, Denmark.

Each Work Package and Case Study will share with the other partners in the Consortium progress made to date and will work in parallel groups to improve the implementation of its tasks. Moreover, a Young Researchers Session will be held on the evening of the first day of the meeting.

A field visit related to the case study Greve is expected on the second day of the meeting.

The meeting was mentioned in the spanish website IAgua, you can check the article in spanish here.

Call for abstracts: ICAADE 2015

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The 1st International Conference on Amphibious Architecture, Design and Engineering ICAADE 2015 is calling for abstracts

The topics covered by the conference are:

1. Living with Water

2. Flood resilient systems and communities

3. Vernacular amphibious

4. Concepts, typologies and designs

5. Case studies

6. Technology and construction

7. Challenges to implementation

8. Visions for the Future

 

So if you have interested in presenting orally or by poster, apply online!

For more info visit the ICAADE 2015 website.

PEARL presented during the DAAD Science Tour 2014- Modelling the Future held in in Hamburg ,1 December 2014

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The DAAD Sience Tour 2014 aims at exploring ways of ‘doing’ resilience, considering its ethical, social and political issues at stake. The further aim is to bring researchers and practitioners with different (levels of) expertise together to discuss the ways they conceptualize and use resilience.

Peter Fröhle and Natasa Manojlovic from TUHH, introduced the general activities of the PEARL project and its related challenges.

Find further information of the event on its website.

PEARL presented at the International Ocean Research Conference, 17 – 21 November, 2014, Barcelona, Spain

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CETaqua represented PEARL at the 2nd International Ocean Research Conference held in November in Barcelona, where Marc Velasco provided an oral presentation about the generalities of the project. Special interest was shown on the relationship between the Mediterranean climate and discharges into the sea and on how extreme events are affected by urbanization and denaturation of the coast. Visit CETaqua’s website for a full article about the presentation by clicking here. If you would like to view the article in Spanish click here.

For photos of the event, check our gallery.

RISC-KIT – PEARL Policy Brief on “Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Strategies in EU Coastal Areas”

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RISC-KIT-PEARL_PBPEARL joined forces with RISC-KIT to issue a Policy Brief on “Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Strategies in EU Coastal Areas”.

The document provides some key messages about the development of national and local strategies tailored on the historical and socio-cultural characteristics of the territories where they have to be implemented. The importance of multi-level communication and stakeholder inclusion is highlighted in several case studies conducted in the framework of the two projects. By identifying opportunities for the EU to support and coordinate the DRR strategies of the Member States, RISC-KIT and PEARL aim to contribute to the improvement of regional risk management.

Download the Policy Brief.