Freude am Fluss

Programme 2000 - 2006 North West Europe

Date of latest update: 2024-11-16

Description

Description (EN):

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.

Thematic information

Managing natural and man-made threats, risk management Institutional cooperation and cooperation networks Regional planning and development

Partners (14)

Lead Partner: Radboud University Nijmegen (RU)

Address: Thomas van Aquinostraat 4, PO Box 9104, 6500 HE Nijmegen, Netherlands

Legal status: n/a

Directorate-General of Public Works and Water Management, Road and Hydraulic Engineering Division (DWW/RIZA)

Name: Directorate-General of Public Works and Water Management, Road and Hydraulic Engineering Division (DWW/RIZA)

Address: 2600 GA Delft, Netherlands

Legal status: n/a

Equipe Pluridisciplinaire Plan Loire Grandeur Nature & Université de Tours (EP Loire)

Name: Equipe Pluridisciplinaire Plan Loire Grandeur Nature & Université de Tours (EP Loire)

Address: 45063 Orléans cedex 02, France

Legal status: n/a

Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam

Name: Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam

Address: 3000 DR Rotterdam, Netherlands

Legal status: n/a

Habiforum

Name: Habiforum

Address: 2800 AK Gouda, Netherlands

Legal status: n/a

Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management, Directorate-General of Public Works and Water Management, East Netherlands, Division (RWS Oost-Nederland)

Name: Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management, Directorate-General of Public Works and Water Management, East Netherlands, Division (RWS Oost-Nederland)

Address: 6800 ED Arnhem, Netherlands

Legal status: n/a

University Francois-Rabelais Tours

Name: University Francois-Rabelais Tours

Address: 37041 Tours, France

Legal status: n/a

WL | Delft Hydraulics

Name: WL | Delft Hydraulics

Address: 2629 HD Delft, Netherlands

Legal status: n/a

Agence de l'eau

Name: Agence de l'eau

Address: 45063 Orléans cedex 02, France

Legal status: n/a

Delphiro B.V.

Name: Delphiro B.V.

Address: 2611 Delft, Netherlands

Legal status: n/a

Region Starkenburg

Name: Region Starkenburg

Address: 64293 Darmstadt, Germany

Legal status: n/a

Darmstadt University of Technology, Institute WAR, Chair of Environmental and Spatial Planning

Name: Darmstadt University of Technology, Institute WAR, Chair of Environmental and Spatial Planning

Address: 64287 Darmstadt, Germany

Legal status: n/a

Institut für Landschaftsökologie und Naturschutz Bühl (ILN)

Name: Institut für Landschaftsökologie und Naturschutz Bühl (ILN)

Address: D-77815 Bühl, Germany

Legal status: n/a

Communauté d’Agglomération de Nevers (AdN)

Name: Communauté d’Agglomération de Nevers (AdN)

Address: 58027 Nevers, France

Legal status: n/a

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Directorate-General of Public Works and Water Management, Road and Hydraulic Engineering Division (DWW/RIZA)

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Equipe Pluridisciplinaire Plan Loire Grandeur Nature & Université de Tours (EP Loire)

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Radboud University Nijmegen (RU)

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Erasmus University Rotterdam, Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences (Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam)

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Habiforum

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Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management, Directorate-General of Public Works and Water Management, East Netherlands, Division (RWS Oost-Nederland)

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University Francois-Rabelais Tours

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WL | Delft Hydraulics

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Agence de l'eau

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Delphiro B.V.