Nearshore hazard monitoring and Early Warning System

Programme 2014 - 2020 INTERREG V-A Italy - Malta

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Description (EN):

NEWS develops an integrated system, which includes monitoring, early warning and mitigation of the coastal risks, specifically aiming at advising the population about the risk of flooding, littoral sand erosions, cliff failures and at activating protection measures in order to avoid damages to persons. The projects carries out: - an evaluation model of the nearshore waves' effects through the identification of the risk scenarios, the development of a model for assessing the short-term effects of wave motion under the coast, the development of a model for evaluating the effects of wave motion on the cliff failures, the development of a neural network for predicting the short-term effects of wave motion under the coast - a coastal risk monitoring network through the implementation of an oceanographic boom system for monitoring the wave motion, the data processing from the Calypso project HF SeaSonde radar stations for tracking the aerial motion, the equipment of a drone with LIDAR system, HD cameras and GPS system for monitoring the coasts and the microfractures in coastal cliffs. - an early warning system of some parts of Sicilian and Maltese coasts through a processing platform of data from monitoring systems, the definition of an algorithm and an ICT tool interfacing with the monitoring platform and the operative units of civil protection, the definition of intervention procedures for emergency management interfacing with civil protection, the development of an App for boaters, fishermen, swimmers etc. with information on the usability of coastal stretches, the experimentation on three pilot areas (Granelli, Selmun, Santa Maria del Focallo) of the forecast models and the definition of the respective risk scenarios.

Expected Results (EN): 5000 Kmq of coatal area covered by an integrated monitoring system for the reduction of natural risks related to the action of the wave motion and its effects on the coasts

Expected Outputs (EN):

1 Network of wavemeter buoys that will provide, in real time, the parameters of the wave motion, in order to validate the radar data and calibrate the prediction models. 1 Coastal monitoring system able to obtain, at predetermined time intervals, the information necessary to know the evolutionary dynamics of coastal morphology, the state of health of the dune and back-animal vegetation, the stability conditions of the rocky coasts. 70000000 mq coastal area covered by experimental monitoring systems, early warning and risk adaptation from disasters coming from the sea, partially differentiated according to the hydraulic-maritime, geological, geomorphological.

Themes

Managing natural and man-made threats, risk management Evaluation systems and results

Specific Objective: To promote systemic actions and technologies able to mitigate the climate change effects and the natural and anthropic risks with a particular reference to the catastrophic from the maritime risks

Thematic Objective: (05) promoting climate change adaptation, risk prevention and management by:

Investment Priority: (05b) promoting investment to address specific risks, ensuring disaster resilience and developing disaster management systems

Partners

Lead Partner: Università degli Studi di Enna "Kore"

Department: Facoltà di Ingegneria e Architettura/Laboratorio di Geotecnica e Dinamica dei terreni

Address: Viale delle Olimpiadi, Cittadella Universitaria, 94100 Enna, Italy

Legal status: public

Website (not verified): www.unikore.it

Total budget: EUR 498 069.63

ERDF budget: EUR 423 359.19

University of Malta

Name: University of Malta

Department: Faculty of Science/ Department of Geosciences

Address: University of Malta, Msida, MSD 2080 Msida, Malta

Legal status: public

Website: www.um.edu.mt

Total budget: EUR 440 000.00

ERDF budget: EUR 374 000.00

Libero Consorzio Comunale di ragusa

Name: Libero Consorzio Comunale di ragusa

Department: Settore VI - Ambiente e Geologia

Address: Via Giuseppe di Vittorio 175, 97100 Ragusa, Italy

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.provincia.ragusa.it/

Total budget: EUR 41 774.58

ERDF budget: EUR 35 508.39

Università degli Studi di Catania

Name: Università degli Studi di Catania

Department: Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Architettura

Address: Via Santa Sofia 64, 95131 Catania, Italy

Legal status: public

Website: www.unict.it

Total budget: EUR 329 500.00

ERDF budget: EUR 280 075.00

Summary

Project name (EN): Nearshore hazard monitoring and Early Warning System

Project acronym: NEWS

Period: 2014-2020

Date of latest update: 2021-01-04

Website: https://italiamalta.eu/?lang=en

Project start date: 2018-03-01

Project end date: 2021-02-28

Project status: ongoing

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 1 309 344.00

European Union funding: EUR 1 112 943.00

Co-financing sources: ERDF

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Università degli Studi di Enna "Kore"

Nearshore hazard monitoring and Early Warning System

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Nearshore hazard monitoring and Early Warning System

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Università degli Studi di Catania

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2014 - 2020 INTERREG V-A Italy - Malta

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2019-02-01

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15 / 15 (100%)

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78 / 78 (100%)

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