STRategies for assessing climate change and natural hazards' impact on urban ecosystems, increasing resilience to ENvironmental hazards, and promoting territorial GrowTH

Programme 2021 - 2027 Interreg VI-A Italy-Croatia

Date of latest update: 2025-12-09

Description

Description (EN):

From a general point of view, the project broadly addresses the two main challenges for SO 2.1 of improving - knowledge about climate change impact monitoring, and coordinating methodologies, processes, and resources - effectiveness of all the phases of the civil protection process through more intense cooperation. As for the specific common challenges, the project’s overall objectives are contributing to increase: - the resilience to climate change hazards, to set up design methods for flooding resilient buildings, to reduce losses and damage induced by earthquakes, sea-level change, extreme weather events, drought, desertification, and saltwater intrusion. - the coping capacity of Kastela, Ferrara, and Ravenna coastal settlements confronting natural and climate-change-induced hazards, including earthquakes, sea-level rise, saltwater intrusion, and flash and coastal flood. The outputs involve the development of: - joint multi-hazards-oriented and innovative monitoring campaigns and assessment procedures,- joint planning actions tailored to public agencies' necessities. The general project’s approach is operational and problem-solving-oriented. More specifically, a two-stage approach will be adopted: - in the first stage, bottom-up and tailored to the specific necessities and interests of each test site; - in the second stage, a synthesis of all instances and developed methodologies will be performed with an up-to-bottom approach. The project will capitalize on the successful experience gained in the results of the former PMO-GATE project, in which a successful transnational collaboration involving UNIFE, FGAG, RERA, MuK, and OGS has been implemented. The cross-border collaboration is crucial because each PP has its specific, non-overlapping, complementary, and high-level expertise. The harmonization and integration of all the expertise is a key point of the project. The main original outcomes are: -cross-border diffusion of smart technologies for monitoring structures and infrastructures through digital and geophysical technologies; -the design of strategies to be undertaken by public stakeholders to foster resilient urban ecosystems through assessment of the impact of natural and climate change hazards on the coastal zones of Ferrara, Ravenna, and Kastela -the development of a risk communication framework to support collaborative participation between scientists, policymakers, stakeholders, and citizens.

Actual Achievements (EN):

PPs have actively coordinated their efforts through regular meetings to ensure the timely completion of deliverables and achieve the outputs planned for upcoming phases. During the Kick-off Meeting (held in Ferrara on 27.05.2024) the partners identified the planning of first activities and deadlines and shared the synergies of collaboration with the IT-HR project CAMPUS, led by the Municipality of Ferrara. All the partners attended the event and also Emilia Romagna region representatives. Key updates and the project's launch have been shared across the partners’ websites. Public awareness initiatives included the preparation and distribution of a project leaflet and poster, which have been prominently displayed at partner headquarters in publicly accessible locations. Progress has been made on several technical and educational fronts. In the Comacchio Valley, an area known for embankment instability, OGS conducted seismic and geoelectrical surveys to determine the petro-physical characteristics of the terrain. CBPF contributed by compiling prior studies on rainfall patterns, saltwater intrusion, and environmental changes in Ferrara Province to identify knowledge gaps related to climate change. CORA analyzed the existing systems and control units in Ravenna for monitoring climate change parameters, enhancing the region's preparedness. Education and community engagement have also been a focus. CBPF completed a special project, “Le avventure di Bonifé”, a fairy tale aimed at educating children about hydraulic risks. Meanwhile, FGAG researchers performed cutting-edge analyses on coastal flooding in Kastela, integrating recent methodologies and gathering comprehensive tidal and meteorological data. FESB enhanced its digital monitoring capabilities by acquiring a high-resolution FLIR infrared camera. This new equipment significantly improves the precision and efficiency of testing activities. Alongside this, a probabilistic framework has been developed to provide a practical and rigorous workflow, grounded in state-of-the-art technical literature. FGAG also supported CoK in public procurement processes related to hydrological and hydraulic modeling as part of deliverable D.2.1.2, “Report on Flood Hazard.” Initial activities for the meteorological station have begun, further strengthening the project’s analytical capabilities. Collaboration extends beyond the project itself, with synergies established with the Interreg IT-HR CAMPUS and PRIN PNRR SCARER project. This partnership ensures mutual learning and the adoption of best practices between the initiatives. Additionally, CORA has initiated plans for a Climate Change Adaptation Center (CLAC), designed as both a physical and digital hub for disseminating information, with a particular focus on engaging students and schools. This integrated approach highlights the project’s multifaceted efforts to address environmental challenges while fostering education and collaboration. The partners have actively coordinated their efforts through regular meetings to ensure the timely completion of deliverables and achieve the outputs planned for the running periods. During the Project meeting held in Croatia in autumn 2024 the partners shared the state of the art of the implemented activities and planned the tasks ahead, after also a set of on-line meetings. Key updates and the project's updates are continuously shared across the partners’ websites and in the project website and social pages. Public awareness initiatives are in progress, including the release of a project video. As for environmental monitoring & early warning systems, the main achievements are a comprehensive report finalized for the Ravenna area, alongside the installation of new meteorological stations and planning for systems in Kaštela. In addition, in relation to the geophysical and environmental monitoring, a geophysical surveys were completed in Comacchio Valley by the National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics - OGS, while environmental data (rainfall, saltwater intrusion, etc.) was continuously collected in Ferrara area by the Ferrara Plain Reclamation Consortium. In the Croatian area, thanks to the purchase of the infrared imaging tools by the University of Split, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture and the application of AI models, the digital monitoring for structural damage detection has been developed . The partners worked also for the seismic vulnerability assessment and progress included site inspections in Kaštela schools and the development of fragility curves and machine learning algorithms for risk analysis. Concerning flood hazard and seismic risk modeling, the main findings are: 1 - Hydrological Modeling: Advanced simulations using models like LISFLOOD and SHYFEM were performed by the University of Ferrara, with flood risk analysis in Ravenna and Kaštela; 2 - Seismic Risk Assessment: Structural evaluations were conducted in Kaštela schools, and seismic vulnerability maps were initiated. 3 - Desertification & Saltwater Intrusion: Monitoring systems were installed on the Ferrara coast to assess salinization trends and environmental impact. 4 - Fragility Curves: UNIFE developed methodologies to simulate structural collapse under hydraulic stress, offering tools for resilient building design. UNIFE managed, with the collaboration of all partners, the dissemination of news about the project activities on the website and social channels, and the first version of board game & educational Materials have been developed: the Municipality of Ravenna initiated the design of a resilience-themed board game; UNIFE designed student surveys in Italy and Croatia, and the CBFP completed a special project, “Le avventure di Bonifé”, a fairy tale aimed at educating children about hydraulic risks. Collaboration extends beyond the project itself, with synergies established with the Interreg IT-HR CAMPUS and PRIN PNRR SCARER project. This partnership ensures mutual learning and the adoption of best practices between the initiatives. Additionally, CORA continued to work on plans for a Climate Change Adaptation Center (CLAC), designed as both a physical and digital hub for disseminating information, with a particular focus on engaging students and schools. This integrated approach highlights the project’s multifaceted efforts to address environmental challenges while fostering education and collaboration.

Project outputs: Digital monitoring and early warning systems for structural damage detection and hydraulic risk protection (EN)
STRENGTH procedures for Digital Monitoring and Early Warning System (EN)
Hydraulic hazards assessment strategies for Ravenna and Kastela. (EN)
Risk communication strategy for climate-change risks(EN)
Website: http://www.unife.it

Thematic information

Managing natural and man-made threats, risk management Governance, partnership Climate change and biodiversity

Priority: (VI-A_I-Hr_2) Green and resilient shared environment

Priority specific objective: RSO2.4. Promoting climate change adaptation and disaster risk prevention and resilience, taking into account eco-system based approaches

Priority policy objective (Interreg specific objective): PO2 A greener, low-carbon transitioning towards a net zero carbon economy and resilient Europe by promoting clean and fair energy transition, green and blue investment, the circular economy, climate change mitigation and adaptation, risk prevention and management, and sustainable urban mobility

Type of intervention: 058 Adaptation to climate change measures and prevention and management of climate related risks: floods and landslides (including awareness raising, civil protection and disaster management systems, infrastructures and ecosystem based approaches)

Partners (8)

Lead Partner: Università degli Studi di Ferrara

PIC (Participant Identification Code): 999839626

Partner’s ID if not PIC: 00434690384 | 80007370382 | ateneo@pec.unife.it (EN)

Department: Department of Engineering

Address: Via Ludovico Ariosto , 44121 Ferrara, Italy

Department address: via Saragat, 44122 Ferrara, Italy

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Higher education and research organisations

Website: http://www.unife.it

Total budget: EUR 328 340.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 328 340.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 100.00%

Grad Kaštela

Name: Grad Kaštela

PIC (Participant Identification Code): 939046234

Partner’s ID if not PIC: 08727843572 | 08727843572 | marijana.miserda-bajic@kastela.hr (EN)

Address: Braće Radić , 21212 Kaštel Sućurac, Croatia

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Local public authority

Website: http://www.kastela.hr

Total budget: EUR 271 782.60

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 217 426.08

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 54 356.52

Contractors:

Name: Loop j.d.o.o.
VAT registration or tax identification number: 93207816519
Name: IPEMED
VAT registration or tax identification number: 01049029065
Name: INZENJER BIRO OŽBOLT-MAYERdoo
VAT registration or tax identification number: 67490040877
Name: GRAFIKA PLUS, obrt
VAT registration or tax identification number: 87426520513

Javna Ustanova RERA SD za koordinaciju i razvoj Splitsko-dalmatinske županije

Name: Javna Ustanova RERA SD za koordinaciju i razvoj Splitsko-dalmatinske županije

PIC (Participant Identification Code): 891314280

Partner’s ID if not PIC: 40887282015 | 40887282015 | duje.reic@rera.hr (EN)

Address: Domovinskog rata , 21000 Split, Croatia

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Sectoral agency

Website: http://www.rera.hr

Total budget: EUR 187 140.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 149 712.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 37 428.00

Sveučilište u Splitu, Fakultet elektrotehnike, strojarstva i brodogradnje

Name: Sveučilište u Splitu, Fakultet elektrotehnike, strojarstva i brodogradnje

Partner’s ID if not PIC: 00857144221 | 00857144221 | Lovre.Krstulovic-Opara@fesb.hr (EN)

Address: Ruđera Boškovića, 21000 Split, Croatia

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Higher education and research organisations

Website: http://www.fesb.hr

Total budget: EUR 199 640.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 159 712.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 39 928.00

Contractors:

Name: HDKBR D.O.O.
VAT registration or tax identification number: HR31775386831
Name: MASTER NDT D.O.O.
VAT registration or tax identification number: HR36774819256
Name: MICOM ELEKTRONIKA d.o.o.
VAT registration or tax identification number: HR19422090987

Sveučilište u Splitu, Fakultet građevinarstva, arhitekture i geodezije

Name: Sveučilište u Splitu, Fakultet građevinarstva, arhitekture i geodezije

PIC (Participant Identification Code): 934645635

Partner’s ID if not PIC: 83615500218 | 83615500218 | info@gradst.hr (EN)

Address: Matice hrvatske, 21000 Split, Croatia

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Higher education and research organisations

Website: http://gradst.unist.hr/

Total budget: EUR 208 061.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 166 448.80

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 41 612.20

Contractors:

Name: IPEMED
VAT registration or tax identification number: 01049029065
Name: EPFL
VAT registration or tax identification number: 116.075.613
Name: ACM
VAT registration or tax identification number: 39161100000
Name: KOZINA PROJEKTI d.o.o.
VAT registration or tax identification number: 34862845293
Name: A.T.I. d.o.o.
VAT registration or tax identification number: 29635530727
Name: AQUAVEO LLC
VAT registration or tax identification number: 20-8428279
Name: Correlate d.o.o.
VAT registration or tax identification number: HR45899669265
Name: Seismosoft Ltd
VAT registration or tax identification number: 02763660830
Name: Mikronis d.o.o.
VAT registration or tax identification number: 59964152545

Comune di Ravenna

Name: Comune di Ravenna

Department: Urban planning and management / civil protection / EU policies

Partner’s ID if not PIC: 00354730392 | 00354730392 | comune.ravenna@legalmail.it (EN)

Address: Piazza del Popolo, 48121 Ravenna, Italy

Department address: Viale Berlinguer Enrico , 48124 Ravenna, Italy

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Local public authority

Website: https://www.comune.ra.it/

Total budget: EUR 254 660.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 254 660.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 100.00%

Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale - OGS

Name: Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale - OGS

Department: Department of Geophysics

PIC (Participant Identification Code): 999625644

Partner’s ID if not PIC: 00055590327 | 00055590327 | ogs@pec.it (EN)

Address: BORGO GROTTA GIGANTE , 34010 Sgonico (TS), Italy

Department address: BORGO GROTTA GIGANTE , 34010 Sgonico (TS), Italy

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Higher education and research organisations

Website: http://www.ogs.it

Total budget: EUR 213 500.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 213 500.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 100.00%

Consorzio di Bonifica Pianura di Ferrara

Name: Consorzio di Bonifica Pianura di Ferrara

PIC (Participant Identification Code): 954553624

Partner’s ID if not PIC: 01834660381 | 93076450381 | posta.certificata@pec.bonificaferrara.it (EN)

Address: Via Borgo dei Leoni, 44121 Ferrara, Italy

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Infrastructure and (public) service provider

Website: https://www.bonificaferrara.it/

Total budget: EUR 213 920.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 213 920.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 100.00%

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City of Kastela

STRategies for assessing climate change and natural hazards' impact on urban ecosystems, increasing resilience to ENvironmental hazards, and promoting territorial GrowTH

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Public Institution RERA SD for coordination and development od Split Dalmatia County

STRategies for assessing climate change and natural hazards' impact on urban ecosystems, increasing resilience to ENvironmental hazards, and promoting territorial GrowTH

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University of Split, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture

STRategies for assessing climate change and natural hazards' impact on urban ecosystems, increasing resilience to ENvironmental hazards, and promoting territorial GrowTH

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University of Split, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Geodesy

STRategies for assessing climate change and natural hazards' impact on urban ecosystems, increasing resilience to ENvironmental hazards, and promoting territorial GrowTH

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Comune di Ravenna

STRategies for assessing climate change and natural hazards' impact on urban ecosystems, increasing resilience to ENvironmental hazards, and promoting territorial GrowTH

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National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics - OGS

STRategies for assessing climate change and natural hazards' impact on urban ecosystems, increasing resilience to ENvironmental hazards, and promoting territorial GrowTH

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Ferrara Plain Reclamation Consortium

STRategies for assessing climate change and natural hazards' impact on urban ecosystems, increasing resilience to ENvironmental hazards, and promoting territorial GrowTH

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University of Ferrara

STRategies for assessing climate change and natural hazards' impact on urban ecosystems, increasing resilience to ENvironmental hazards, and promoting territorial GrowTH

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Summary

Project name (EN): STRategies for assessing climate change and natural hazards' impact on urban ecosystems, increasing resilience to ENvironmental hazards, and promoting territorial GrowTH

Project acronym: STRENGTH

Project ID: ITHR0200318

Project start date: 2024-04-01

Project end date: 2026-09-30

Project status: ongoing

Relevant linked projects:

PMO-GATE, Italy-Croatia 2014-2020 (EN) | Preventing, Managing, and Overcoming Natural-Hazards Risks to mitiGATE economic has been an Interreg Standard project led by LP UNIFE whose main objectives were the development of methodologies addressed to increase the resilience of Ferrara and Kastela territories to coastal flooding, hydraulic and seismic risks by integrating actions aimed to address public agencies needs for being assisted in undertaking effective people-centered actions, lack of information and awareness of target groups, and gaps of knowledge in the structural vulnerability to flooding and seismic risks.
All objectives concerning the project target groups have been overcome. Specifically, the social impact of the project has been measured through
-the participation of citizens in civil protection training courses;
-the participation of higher-school students in an information campaign carried out in collaboration with them and the teachers;
- the participation of citizens interviewed by the project staff to test the awareness degree in terms of hydraulic and seismic risk perception;
- the realization of videos with more than 3000 views on the hydraulic vulnerability of the Ferrara Territory addressed to general public target groups;
- the release of press and video interviews by the staff of FGAG explaining the impact of the activities undergone to determine for the first time the multihazard vulnerability of Kastela Kambelovac to coastal flooding and seismic risk;
- the publication of open-access contributions presenting the multi-hazard maps of the Ferrara and Emilia Romagna region based on multicriteria and machine learning techniques. (EN), FIRESPILL, strategic project Italy-Croatia 2014-2020 (EN) | Project experiences implemented by the Italian partners (in particular Emilia Romagna region and Zadra Nova) will be considered as starting point, in particular in the following fields of action: the improvements of the existing Emergency Services Regulatory System; the enhancement of Emergency Management Systems (EMS) in terms of new and innovative solutions; the activation of citizens' participatory process and then the involvement of the local stakeholders in the emergency process management. The solutions, results, and outputs produced by the project within this main field of action will be considered by STRENGTH. (EN), SOPHIA, Horizon 2020 (EN) | One of the interesting results of the project is the Platform for Holistic Impact Heritage Assessment, which will be taken into consideration in the methodology for vulnerability ranking. In SOPHIA platform safeguarding against environmental risks is considered a priority and the evaluation methods and the results will be analyzed also by STRENGTH. (EN), SHELTER, Horizon 2020 (EN) | SHELTER aims at developing a data-driven and community-based knowledge framework that will bring together the scientific community and heritage managers with the objective of increasing resilience, reducing vulnerability, and promoting better and safer reconstruction in Historic Areas. STRENGTH will take advantage of the SHELTER outputs developing synergies with the EU Task Force for Climate Neutral and Resilient Historic of which SHELTER is part. The activities implemented within the project towards cultural heritage preservation will be adopted also to be applied to other buildings in the target areas (i.e. schools). (EN), ProteCHt2save - Central Europe project (EN) | The activities planned of analysis of the risk prone areas and the methodologies and tools developed, such as the web GIS tool based also on Copernicus data, will be considered as useful for the initial analysis and for the evaluation of the effects of climate changes in the buildings in the target areas. The LP will be in contact with the project partners and Kastela will share the results of the project. (EN), ADRIADAPT - Adrion 2014-2020 (EN) | The Manuas and Guidelines developed within the project addressed to the development of Resilience plans and study of the natural conditions affecting the coastal areas will be considered and capitalised. (EN), H2020-ECFAS (EN) | The ECFAS project aimed at contributing to the evolution of the Copernicus Emergency Management Service (CEMS), by demonstrating the technical and operational feasibility of a European Coastal Flood Awareness System that could be relevant for the enhancement of the Service, capitalising from the CEMS-EFAS framework. While CEMS’ European Flood Awareness System (EFAS) currently includes early warning for riverine and flash floods, it does not yet include a specific coastal marine flood component (www.ecfas.eu).
ECFAS contributes to a fully integrated risk cycle monitoring service, through the implementation of an awareness system specifically targeted to coastal areas (preparedness phase) and impact assessment (response phase), playing a fundamental role in the implementation of effective recovery and prevention actions. ECFAS capitalises from the products portfolio of the Copernicus Emergency, Climate Change, Marine, and Land Monitoring Services, also using other datasets and information derived from past and ongoing initiatives.
The ECFAS project produced many exploitable results for the public and the private sector, namely the ECFAS PoC (the web platform) and all its components, including the developed algorithms that have a large potential for exploitation and uptake, as is reflected in the analysis of users’ needs and requirements. The training and research material produced by the project will be used to transfer knowledge to the new generations of technical experts that will occupy key positions in the consultancy and coastal management and risk assessment environments.
(EN), H2020 SCORE (EN) | SCORE is a four-year EU-funded project addressing the intensification of extreme weather events, coastal erosion, and sea-level rise are major challenges to be urgently addressed by European coastal cities. The science behind these disruptive phenomena is complex, and advancing climate resilience requires progress in data acquisition, forecasting, and understanding of the potential risks and impacts for real-scenario interventions. The Ecosystem-Based Approach (EBA) supported by smart technologies has the potential to increase the climate resilience of European coastal cities; however, it is not yet adequately understood and coordinated at the European level. SCORE outlines a co-creation strategy, developed via a network of 10 coastal cities ‘living labs’ (CCLLs), to rapidly, equitably, and sustainably enhance coastal city climate resilience through EBAs and sophisticated digital technologies. SCORE will establish an integrated coastal zone management framework for strengthening EBA and smart coastal city policies, creating European leadership in coastal city climate change adaptation in line with The Paris Agreement. The Coastal City Living Lab (CCLL) is a new concept that expands the Living Lab approach to coastal cities and settlements. CCLLs will be set up to address specific climate challenges, and their effectiveness will be assessed by different stakeholders through innovative monitoring systems and cutting-edge modeling approaches. SCORE will develop CCLLs in a network of 10 cities which learn from each other in different frontrunner and follower roles. SCORE will involve citizen science in providing prototype coastal city early-warning systems and will enable smart, instant monitoring and control of climate resilience in European coastal cities through open, accessible spatial ‘digital twin’ tools. See https://score-eu-project.eu/.
(EN)

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 1 877 043.60

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 1 501 634.88

Total EU funding (co-financing rate): 89.65%

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 1 501 634.88. Co-financing rate, 89.65%.
Others: Amount, EUR 202 084.00.

Investments, deliverables, policy contributions

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Deliverables:

Meteorolog ical station in Kastela
Report on early warning systems in Kastela
Report on early warning systems in Ravenna
Survey on measuring campaign
Report on sea level
monitoring
in Ravenna
coast
Survey of appropriate Machine Learning (ML)
/Aritifical Intelligence system
Database of infrared images used for structural and damage training of ML/AI system
Report about acquisition of infrared measures of buildings
Survey of seismic lines acquisition and tomographic inversion
Geophysical measures in river embankments
Report about dissemination of the WP1 activities on the website and social media
Public Climate Change Database
One signage systems
Short video to disseminate and explain the use of early warning systems
Report about the communication campaign dedicated to the early warning system
Analysis of flood hazard in Ravenna
Report on flood hazard
Surveys about coastal flooding assessment in Kastela and Ravenna
Flood exposure maps for Ravenna and Kastela test sites
Study about an algorithm for structural vulnerability analysis based on infrared images
Seismic vulnerability map for Kastela
Study of seismic fragility curves of the schools in the City of Kastela
Survey on the Impact of desertification on Ferrara urban ecosystems
Survey of the impact of saltwater intrusion on CBPF hydraulic network and Ferrara urban ecosystems
Study of
coastal -
flood-damage
algorithms
Database of observed flood events
Report about the acquisition of detailed DTMs and
land-use
information
Production of one flood
damage map for
given return
periods of events
Survey for dissemination of the WP2 activities on the website and social media
Video about territorial characteristics of the project areas and the relative hydraulic risk
Video on the
impact of
desertification
and saltwater
intrusion on urban
ecosystems
Web-based multi-hazard map for risk data visualization
Course on digital monitoring strategies for structural and infrastructural vulnerability detection
Webinars
Report with fragility curves for buildings
Report about risk-informed decision methodology
Emergency plan in Kastela schools
Questionnaire for students in Kastela schools
Questionnaire for students in Ravenna schools
One survey of questionnaires and interviews
One final Evaluation Report
One manual with policy recommen
dations
plan
Report with guidelines for an operational strategy
Plan of impact of drought and desertification
Plan of impact for stakeholders and investors
Report with dissemination of the WP3activities on the website and social media
Database of stakeholders
Short video presentation of the Project
Leaflet and gadgets
Educational programs for schools
Report about citizens-aimed public awareness and education campaign
Informative video or short book about climate change
Excursion and guided tour to discover the territory and its characteristics
Round table with policy-makers and enterprises and investors
Cross-border public events

Contribution to wider strategies and policies:

EUStrategyAdriaticIonianRegion The general objective of the EUSAIR is to promote economic and social prosperity and growth in the region by improving its attractiveness, competitiveness, and connectivity. The project focuses on the impact of climate change on IT-HR and natural hazards such as floods, coastal floods, and earthquakes. Its outputs will help to mitigate and adapt to climate change effects as well as manage disaster risks in the Adriatic regions involved in the present partnership. Thus, the present project fully complies with the macro-regional EUSAIR strategy and capacity-building and disaster-management-based horizontal principles, in particular will contribute to the objectives of the Pillar 3 environmental quality since the project will contrbute to ensure a good environmental and ecological status of the marine and coastal environment, in particular the coastal environment
EuropeanGreenDeal The project is aligned with the European Green Deal and identifies Climate change and environmental degradation as existential threats to Europe and the world. Its objectives are to overcome these challenges, and transform the EU into a modern, resource-efficient and competitive economy. To achieve it in the IT and HR NUTS, it is a precondition to addressing weak points in the coping capacity and resilience tools of the territorial agencies such as municipalities and water level regulation agencies of the same kind as those partnering the project, called to confront losses and damage induced by climate-induced and/or natural hazards. For instance, the project will address structural and territorial vulnerabilities pertaining to seismicity, desertification, drought and flood risks of Ferrara, Ravenna, and Kastela, and this will decrease the global cost for new buildings, thus reducing CO2 emissions. On the other hand, any possible measure to tackle territorial vulnerability suggested by the present project shall also satisfy the requirements of a green and sustainable economy.
Other Next Generation EU strategy
The project is fully consistent with the many action lines of the Italian National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP), based on the Next Generation EU European strategy. The project’s approach is transversal to the NRPP’s priority missions with a focus on improving environmental sustainability. The outcomes of the project will favor the methodological/technological transfer and promote training and awareness programs in the areas of energy efficiency as well as redevelopment of buildings. The protection of the territory and water resources are in line with the objectives of mission Digitalization, innovation, competitiveness, culture, and tourism, and in line with investments NRRP 1.2 and 2.1, 2.4, 3.3, 3.4, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4. In particular, an impact from the project results is expected in the topic "Protection and enhancement of the territory and water resources".
Other The project is fully coherent with River Basin Management Plans RBMP are the key tools for implementing the water-framework-directive WFD : the project is coherent with RBMP and especially the Floods Directive (Directive 2007/60/EC[1]) legislation in the European Parliament on the assessment and management of flood risks.
Other The main mission of Agenda 2030 for sustanaible Development is a plan of action for people, planet and prosperity. It also seeks to strengthen universal peace in larger freedom (https://sdgs.un.org/2030agenda), based on the idea that sustainable development relies upon three pillars: social, economic and environmental. To accomplish these aims, the Agenda addresses a series of broad themes, including the protection of the planet from degradation, the sustainable management of its natural resources and the realisation of urgent actions on climate change. The communication campaign and the set up of information strategies developed in the project will be carried out based on the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development https://sdgs.un.org/topics/capacity-development.
Other The project is fully consistent with many action lines of the Italian National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP). The project’s approach is transversal to the NRPP’s priority missions with a focus on improving environmental sustainability. The outcomes of the project will favor the methodological/technological transfer and promote training and awareness programs in the areas C3M2 Energy efficiency and
redevelopment of buildings and C4M2 Protection of the territory and water resources, the objectives of mission M1 Digitalization, innovation, competitiveness, culture and tourism, and in line with investments NRRP 1.2 and 2.1, 2.4, 3.3, 3.4, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4. In particular, an impact on missions is expected in M2C4 "Protection and enhancement of the territory and water resources".
Other The project is coherent with SMART SPECIALISATION PLATFORM Strategies for research and innovation-driven growth (S3) as it aims to advance in the research about scientific methodologies for multi-hazards assessment. In particular, they will be involved in WP3 and activities 3.2 and 3.4 through questionnaires and meetings.

Programme Common Output Indicator:

RCO 084 - Pilot actions developed jointly and implemented in projects, Measurement unit:
RCO 116 - Jointly developed solutions, Measurement unit:
RCO 083 - Strategies and action plans jointly developed, Measurement unit:

Programme Common Result Indicator:

RCR 104 - Solutions taken up or up-scaled by organisations, Measurement unit:
RCR 079 - Joint strategies and action plans taken up by organisations, Measurement unit:

Project part of European Union Macro-Regional or Sea Basin Strategy: EUSAIR

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2021 - 2027 Interreg VI-A Italy-Croatia

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2025-12-09

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76 / 76 (100%)

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486 / 486 (100%)

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STRategies for assessing climate change and natural hazards' impact on urban ecosystems, increasing resilience to ENvironmental hazards, and promoting territorial GrowTH

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