Advance notice: Workshop on ‘Crisis communication and citizen participation via social media’

19. Jul 2024 | General

The Hochwassernotgemeinschaft Rhein (HWNG Rhein), together with the Informations- und Beratungszentrum Hochwasservorsorge (IBH), the Stadtentwässerungsbetriebe Köln (StEB) and the HochwasserKompetenzCentrum (HKC), is organising a workshop on the topic of ‘Information...

Implementation plan for the German resilience strategy published

18. Jul 2024 | Allgemein

The German Strategy for Strengthening Resilience to Disasters (Resilience Strategy for short) was adopted in 2022. With the implementation plan, another important milestone on the road to a resilient Germany has now been reached. The adoption of the German resilience...

Survey to optimise flood warning

18. Jul 2024 | Allgemein, Hochwasser

In 2023, our institutional member Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD) founded the CO-Design project together with the Flood Forecasting Centre (HVZ) Mainz (Rhineland-Palatinate) with the aim of being better prepared for extreme weather events in the future. As part of the...

3rd Anniversary of the flood disaster in western germany

17. Jul 2024 | Flood 2021, Flutplattform, General

14 July marked the third anniversary of the devastating flood disaster. Triggered by an extremely heavy rainfall event in western Germany, the floods claimed the lives of 135 people and destroyed numerous houses and infrastructures, leaving their mark on the lives of...

INQUIMUS 2024: call for abstracts for participation

3. Jul 2024 | Allgemein

The Integrating quantitative and qualitative assessment methodologies for multi-dimensional phenomena (INQIUMUS) stands for a workshop series initiated by Z_GIS at the University of Salzburg, Austria and the European Academy of Bozen/Bolzano (EURAC) in 2014. The...