A project funded by the European Union
The Project
- ECOSTRESS focuses on better-integrated strategies through the strengthening of the risk prevention and disaster management cycle of the coastal zones.
Pilot Areas
- The project pilot areas are chosen to represent a variety of riverine and coastal urban areas with respect to flood frequency, physiographic settings, ecological features, demographic characteristics and socioeconomic changes and trends.
ECOSTRESS IN BRIEF
Idea
In accordance with the Prevention Communication adopted by the Commission on 23 February 2009, ECOSTRESS aims to enhance knowledge-based disaster prevention policies, to integrate the actors and policies throughout the disaster management cycle, to improve the performance of existing instruments.
Research
Ecostress flood risk management and strategies are analysed in Dutch-German Wadden Sea Area and in the North Adriatic area.
Funded by the EU
ECOSTRESS – Ecological Coastal Strategies and Tools for Resilient European Societies is a project funded by the European Union.
European Commission,
DG ECHO
ECHO/SUB/2013/671461
Funded by the EU