Boosting flood resilience in estuarine systems anticipating shifting climate zones
Programme 2021 - 2027 Interreg VI-B North West EuropeDescription
Action plans on short term flood defence robustness, long term flood resilience and disaster management(EN)
Pilot actions on short term flood defence robustness, long term flood resilience and disaster management(EN)
Solutions on short term flood defence robustness, long term flood resilience and disaster management(EN)
Participation in training scheme disaster management targeting members of crisis units, students and young professionals(EN)
Participation in Large scale disaster management exercise targeting members of crisis units(EN)
Participation in Summer/Winter School, targeted at students and young professionals to increase their capacities on estuarine flood risk management(EN)
Participation in Flood Academy , targeting young professionals(EN)
Website: http://BONSAI.nweurope.eu
Thematic information
Priority: (VI-B_NWE_1) Smart climate and environmental resilience for NWE territories
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 (17)
Lead Partner: Stichting Toegepast Onderzoek Waterbeheer
PIC (Participant Identification Code): 995961372
Partner’s ID if not PIC: other identifier | 41151257 | Dutch Chamber of commerce (EN)
Address: Stationsplein, 3818 LE Amersfoort, Netherlands
Legal status: private
Organisation type: Higher education and research organisations
Website: http://www.stowa.nl
Total budget: EUR 1 076 865.00
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 646 119.00
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 60.00%
Partner contribution: EUR 430 746.00
- Waterschap Noorderzijlvest
-
Name: Waterschap Noorderzijlvest
PIC (Participant Identification Code): 901011079
Partner’s ID if not PIC: NL808174071B01
Address: Stedumermaar, 9735 AC Groningen, Netherlands
Legal status: public
Organisation type: Regional public authority
Website: http://www.noorderzijlvest.nl
Total budget: EUR 766 714.00
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 460 028.40
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 60.00%
Partner contribution: EUR 306 685.60
- Stichting Radboud University
-
Name: Stichting Radboud University
PIC (Participant Identification Code): 999992110
Partner’s ID if not PIC: NL002968721B01
Address: Postbus , 6500 HC Nijmegen, Netherlands
Legal status: public
Organisation type: Higher education and research organisations
Website: http://www.ru.nl
Total budget: EUR 552 990.50
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 331 794.30
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 60.00%
Partner contribution: EUR 221 196.20
- Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek
-
Name: Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek
PIC (Participant Identification Code): 987950045
Partner’s ID if not PIC: BE0898934731
Address: Havenlaan, 1000 Brussel, Belgium
Legal status: public
Organisation type: Sectoral agency
Website: https://www.vlaanderen.be/inbo/home
Total budget: EUR 300 330.58
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 180 198.34
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 60.00%
Partner contribution: EUR 120 132.24
- Université Catholique de Louvain
-
Name: Université Catholique de Louvain
Department: Institute of Mechanics Materials and Civil Engineering (iMMC)/GCE
PIC (Participant Identification Code): 999980664
Partner’s ID if not PIC: BE0419052272
Address: Place de l'université, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Department address: Place du Levant, 1348 Louvain -la-Neuve, Belgium
Legal status: public
Organisation type: Higher education and research organisations
Website: https://uclouvain.be
Total budget: EUR 305 226.32
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 183 135.79
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 60.00%
Partner contribution: EUR 122 090.53
- ESTP – Grande école d’ingénieurs de la Construction
-
Name: ESTP – Grande école d’ingénieurs de la Construction
PIC (Participant Identification Code): 891872030
Partner’s ID if not PIC: FR78325002111
Address: Avenue du President Wilson, 94234 Cachan, France
Legal status: private
Organisation type: Higher education and research organisations
Website (not verified): http://estp.fr
Total budget: EUR 855 809.05
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 513 485.43
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 60.00%
Partner contribution: EUR 342 323.62
- Hoogheemraadschap Hollands Noorderkwartier
-
Name: Hoogheemraadschap Hollands Noorderkwartier
PIC (Participant Identification Code): 950814953
Partner’s ID if not PIC: NL811336487B01
Address: Stationsplein, 1703 WC Heerhugowaard, Netherlands
Legal status: public
Organisation type: Regional public authority
Website: http://www.hhnk.nl
Total budget: EUR 580 605.68
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 348 363.40
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 60.00%
Partner contribution: EUR 232 242.28
- ISL Ingénierie
-
Name: ISL Ingénierie
PIC (Participant Identification Code): 883498311
Partner’s ID if not PIC: FR80337609622
Address: Rue de l'Alzacar, 59800 Lille, France
Legal status: private
Organisation type: SME
Website: http://www.isl.fr
Total budget: EUR 300 860.00
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 180 516.00
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 60.00%
Partner contribution: EUR 120 344.00
GBER schemes / de minimis: GBER Article 20
- De Vlaamse Waterweg nv
-
Name: De Vlaamse Waterweg nv
Department: Afdeling Regio Centraal (central region division)
PIC (Participant Identification Code): 911860529
Partner’s ID if not PIC: BE0216173309
Address: Havenstraat , 3500 Hasselt, Belgium
Department address: Lange Kievitstraat , 2018 Antwerpen, Belgium
Legal status: public
Organisation type: Regional public authority
Website: https://www.vlaamsewaterweg.be
Total budget: EUR 723 601.67
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 434 161.00
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 60.00%
Partner contribution: EUR 289 440.67
- Ministerie van Defensie
-
Name: Ministerie van Defensie
Department: Engineers Corps
PIC (Participant Identification Code): 959680462
Partner’s ID if not PIC: NL008078452B01
Address: Postbus , 2500 ES The Hague, Netherlands
Department address: Kalvermarkt, 2511 CB Den Haag, Netherlands
Legal status: public
Organisation type: National public authority
Website: http://www.defensie.nl
Total budget: EUR 680 167.00
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 408 100.20
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 60.00%
Partner contribution: EUR 272 066.80
- CENTRE D'ETUDES ET D'EXPERTISE SUR LES RISQUES L'ENVIRONNEMENT LA MOBILITE ET L'AMENA
-
Name: CENTRE D'ETUDES ET D'EXPERTISE SUR LES RISQUES L'ENVIRONNEMENT LA MOBILITE ET L'AMENA
Department: CeremaNormandie-Centre/DGI/ENDSUM
PIC (Participant Identification Code): 898873393
Partner’s ID if not PIC: FR94130018310
Address: Chemin de la Poudrière, 76121 Le-Grand-Quevilly, France
Department address: Chemin de la Poudrière, 76121 Le-Grand-Quevilly, France
Legal status: public
Organisation type: Higher education and research organisations
Website: http://www.cerema.fr
Total budget: EUR 1 140 012.60
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 684 007.56
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 60.00%
Partner contribution: EUR 456 005.04
- Stichting HZ University of Applied Sciences
-
Name: Stichting HZ University of Applied Sciences
Department: Domain of Technology, Water & Environment, Research group Asset Management
PIC (Participant Identification Code): 949468302
Partner’s ID if not PIC: NL807612558B01
Address: Edisonweg, 4382 NW Vlissingen, Netherlands
Department address: Het Groenewoud, 4331 NB Middelburg, Netherlands
Legal status: public
Organisation type: Higher education and research organisations
Website: https://hz.nl/
Total budget: EUR 413 421.23
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 248 052.73
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 60.00%
Partner contribution: EUR 165 368.50
- Departement Mobiliteit en Openbare Werken
-
Name: Departement Mobiliteit en Openbare Werken
Department: Flanders Hydraulics (Waterbouwkundig Laboratorium) and Geotechnical Division (Afdeling Geotechniek)
PIC (Participant Identification Code): 999613034
Partner’s ID if not PIC: BE0316380841
Address: Koning Albert-II laan , 1000 Brussel, Belgium
Department address: Berchemlei, 2140 Antwerpen, Belgium
Legal status: public
Organisation type: Regional public authority
Total budget: EUR 589 356.50
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 353 613.90
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 60.00%
Partner contribution: EUR 235 742.60
- Ministerie van Infrastructuur en Waterstaat - Rijkswaterstaat
-
Name: Ministerie van Infrastructuur en Waterstaat - Rijkswaterstaat
Department: Water, Traffic, Living Environment, WVL
PIC (Participant Identification Code): 967944377
Partner’s ID if not PIC: NL821699180B01
Address: Rijnstraat, 2515 XP Den Haag, Netherlands
Department address: Griffioenlaan , 3526 LA Utrecht, Netherlands
Legal status: public
Organisation type: National public authority
Website: http://www.rijkswaterstaat.nl/en
Total budget: EUR 692 788.54
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 415 673.12
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 60.00%
Partner contribution: EUR 277 115.42
- Université de Lille
-
Name: Université de Lille
Department: Laboratory of Civil Engineering and Geo-Environment
PIC (Participant Identification Code): 888146648
Partner’s ID if not PIC: FR05130023583
Address: Rue Paul Duez, 59000 Lille, France
Department address: Avenue Paul Langevin, 59650 Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
Legal status: public
Organisation type: Higher education and research organisations
Website: https://www.univ-lille.fr/
Total budget: EUR 766 979.13
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 460 187.47
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 60.00%
Partner contribution: EUR 306 791.66
- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
-
Name: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Department: Hydraulics and Geotechnics, Department of Civil Engineering
PIC (Participant Identification Code): 999991334
Partner’s ID if not PIC: BE0419052173
Address: Spoorwegstraat, 8200 Brugge, Belgium
Department address: Spoorwegstraat, 8200 Brugge, Belgium
Legal status: public
Organisation type: Higher education and research organisations
Website: http://www.fet.kuleuven.be/coastal-geotechnical
Total budget: EUR 319 872.00
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 191 923.20
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 60.00%
Partner contribution: EUR 127 948.80
- Universität Siegen
-
Name: Universität Siegen
Department: Research Institute for Water and Environment
PIC (Participant Identification Code): 999849617
Partner’s ID if not PIC: DE154854171
Address: Adolf-Reichwein Str. , 57076 Siegen, Germany
Department address: Paul-Bonatz-Strasse, 57076 Siegen, Germany
Legal status: public
Organisation type: Higher education and research organisations
Website: http://www.uni-siegen.de
Total budget: EUR 633 961.30
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 380 376.78
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 60.00%
Partner contribution: EUR 253 584.52
Partners map
Lead partner
Project partner
Summary
Operation of strategic importance (OSI) or above EUR 5 million
Project acronym: BONSAI
Project ID: NWE0400542
Project start date: 2025-01-01
Project end date: 2029-06-30
Project status: ongoing
Relevant linked projects:
- Building with Nature (BwN, Interreg NSR)
- Duration: 2015 - 2019
- The overall objective of Building with Nature is to make coasts, estuaries and catchments of the North Sea Region more adaptable and resilient to the effects of climate change. Within the project, seven coastal and six catchment living laboratories were defined where the evidence-base is generated that is currently lacking to incorporate building with nature solutions in national policy and investment programs. These laboratories comprise large-scale existing investment projects. The Building with Nature project leverages and enriches these investment projects with transnational best practice, performance monitoring and co-analysis, cost-benefit analysis and business case generation.
- https://northsearegion.eu/building-with-nature (EN) | Building with Nature mainly focus(sed) on the implementation of nature based solutions. The BONSAI project focuses on making solutions applicable for the longer term. We will actively incorporate results of this project in the project set up and reach out to this project and its project partners to involve them as associated partners.
- To ensure optimal knowledge transfer BONSAI partners Rijkswaterstaat (Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment), NZV, Niedersächsischer Landesbetrieb für Wasserwirtschaft, Küsten- und Naturschutz (NLWKN) and associated partner Landesbetrieb für Küstenschutz, Nationalpark und Meeresschutz des Landes Schleswig-Holstein act as linking pins. (EN), Manabas Coast (Interreg NSR)
- Duration: 2022 - ongoing
- The INTERREG North Sea Programme project MAinstreaming NAture BAsed Solutions through COASTal systems (MANABAS COAST) will develop an accessible and evidence-based framework for widescale implementation of so-called Nature-based Solutions (NbS) in coastal areas. These NbS tackle climate impacts and simultaneously provide benefits for human well-being and biodiversity. Elaborating on the recent outcomes of the INTERREG NSR Building with Nature project, MANABAS COAST aims to set the stage for implementation of NbS in the North Sea region.
- https://www.interregnorthsea.eu/manabas-coast (EN) | Manabas Coast mainly focusses on the implementation of nature based solutions. The BONSAI project focuses on making solutions applicable for the longer term. We will actively incorporate results of this project in the project set up and have reached out to this project and its project partners to involve them as associated partners.
- To ensure optimal knowledge transfer, linking pins with BONSAI are the Manabas lead partner Rijkswaterstaat and the partners DMOW, HZ, HHNK and associated partner Schleswig-Holstein State agency for coastal protection, national park and marine conservation and University Twente. (EN), Polder2C's (Interreg 2Seas)
- Duration: 2019 - 2023
- The overall objective of the project was to improve capacity in the 2 Seas area to adapt to climate change through increased flood resilience and emergency response, based on the demands of stakeholders and aimed at a strong overall societal embedding. To support the development of strategies, organisational and operational plans by all stakeholders by improving practical knowledge base e.g. to test, validate and demonstrate flood defence infrastructures and emergency response techniques and methods. The project also aimed to offer a platform for knowledge and expertise exchange, educating and training young water professionals, enhancing collaboration between relevant stakeholders and exploiting the unique opportunity the Hedwige/Prosper polder poses maximally. Additionally, it aimed for optimal utilisation of the Hedwige-Prosper polder living lab. It acted as a facilitator to develop adequate climate change response strategies and knowledge exchange.
- https://www.interreg2seas.eu/en/Polder2C%27s
- www.polder2cs.eu (EN) | Polder2C's (Interreg 2 Seas) focused on operational levee management under the current extreme conditions. The BONSAI project focuses on making solutions applicable for the longer term anticipating a shift in climate zones. Where in Polder2C’s we focused on 1 pilot side (the Hedwige and Prosperpolder) in BONSAI we focus on several pilot locations in different climate zones.
- We will actively incorporate results of Polder2C’s in the project set up and reach out to this project and its project partners to involve them as associated partners. To ensure optimal knowledge transfer several partners from Polder2C's are also partner in BONSAI. Linking pins are STOWA, DMOW, KU-Leuven, CEREMA, UniLille, HZ and Rijkswaterstaat.
- (EN), Flash Flood Breaker (Interreg NWE)
- Duration: 2023 - ongoing
- The objective of FFB is to make NWE more resilient to extreme flash flood events. By project end, organisations responsible for flood management and residents in 7 risk-affected areas (DE/Emscher-Lippe area, NL/Limburg & North-Holland, BE/Wallonia & Flanders, Ireland, FR/Moselle), who are currently not fully aware or prepared, will be empowered to assess their vulnerability, to strengthen their resilience and to collectively and individually reduce the hazards and better act in case of extreme flash floods.
- https://flashfloodbreaker.nweurope.eu (EN) | Flash Flood Breaker (Interreg NWE) focuses on disaster management. The BONSAI project focuses on making solutions applicable for the longer term. We will actively incorporate results of this project in the project set up and reach out to this project and its project partners to involve them as associated partners. To ensure optimal knowledge transfer, partners STOWA, HHNK ate involved in FFB and are also partner in BONSAI. These act as linking pins between Bonsai and FFB.
- (EN), FIER (Interreg NSR)
- Duration: 2023 - ongoing
- The objective of FIER is to increase the resilience of society and minimise the impact of climate-induced floods by developing and implementing new approaches and routines focusing on behavioural change and improved infrastructure for crisis management organisations to act before, during and after floods.
- https://www.interregnorthsea.eu/fier (EN) | FIER ( Interreg NSR) focuses on disaster management and more specifically enhance societal resilience for and limit the impact of climate-induced floods. This is well aligned with the the BONSAI project focuses on making solutions for flood resilience applicable for the longer term.
- We will actively incorporate results of this project in the project set up. We included the leadpartner Province of Zeeland and partner Federale Diensten Gouverneur Oost-Vlaanderen - Dienst Noodplanning as associated partners to ensure optimal knowledge transfer. They act as linking pin between Bonsai and FIER.
- (EN), LIFECAPEable
- Duration: 2023/07/01 - 2028/06/30
- The Falsterbonäset peninsula in Vellinge municipality in Sweden is a low-land, densely populated area with valuable natural, infrastructure and societal assets. A major part of the residential areas of Falsterbo, Höllviken, Kämpinge, Ljunghusen, Skanör and the single access road 100 is located at levels of less than three meter above the current sea level and are subject to a high risk of flooding events as well as rising sea levels as a consequence of climate change.
- The project is expected to give rise to the development of a new decision-support model for protection of densely populated areas with valuable natural, infrastructure and societal assets applicable EU-wide. The flood protection will secure an area of 1,453 square kilometer with a total year-round population of 21,287 and seasonal population of 5,000.
- Project reference: LIFE22-CCA-SE-LIFECAPEable
- https://portal.research.lu.se/en/projects/nature-based-solutions-for-flood-protection-of-low-lying-capes-to
- (EN) | A decision-making tool will be made in this project for planning and implementation of multi-functional flood protection measures with neutral or positive impact on existing natural, infrastructural and societal assets, for instance biodiversity, roads and property values, in the targeted area.
- The project will demonstrate and replicate the decision-making tool MultiEcoTool targeting public organisations with responsibility over climate adaptation, in particular protection of densely populated areas with valuable natural, infrastructure and societal assets that are at risk of flooding due to climate change.
- The MultiEcoTool can benefit from the data BONSAI collects on their pilot sides, and vice versa BONSAI can use the data from LIFECAPEable to calibrate erosion sensitivity on a test side in another more northerly climate zone.
- Bonsai partners KU Leuven and STOWA will be part of the LIFECAPEable expert group and advice this project as well act as linking pin.
- (EN), EO4Wetlands
- Duration: 2022 - ongoing
- Wetlands belong to critical ecosystems that play key roles regarding climate changes, biodiversity and hydrology. The World Wetlands Days 2017 particularly highlighted how wetlands help to cope with disasters such as floods and sea surges (https://www.worldwetlandsday.org). Polder2C's (https://polder2cs.eu/) experiments during 2021/2022 winter involved the destruction of some of the Living Lab Hedwige-Prosperpolder (LLHPP) dikes and the restoration of a wetland in the Netherlands. This is a unique opportunity to follow the evolution of a maritime wetland adjacent to a complex dike system, facing sea level rise.
- Wetlands monitoring is increasingly important, with Earth Observation (EO) data offering new tools for this purpose. Satellites are now used to monitor wetland evolution, aiding in understanding their roles. The variety of satellite data enhances the estimation of biomass, biogeochemical functions, and water content in wetlands. This relies on classification from visible and near-infrared data via indices like NDVI and NDWI, monitoring wetland dynamics through radar data, and integrating TIR data to study surface temperature changes.
- Cerema has an operational tool for land cover classification, an algorithm that can be reused in this project. Another method is currently in development to work on the classification of the vegetation using UAV-based images and deep learning methods.
- Geomatys has already built a 3D platform to represent 3D data and to perform data fusion, geoprocessing and extraction with training dataset. This approach has been validated in the context of R&T of the Examind- Datacube (2020-2021).
- https://www.spaceclimateobservatory.org/eo4wetlands
- (EN) | FR, NL, BE end users are currently following this proposal. We first target end users in charge of the management of the future depolderised area of the LLHPP (RWS, DVW). They expect a demonstration of the economic viability of the project as well as its usefulness for the management of areas and infrastructures subject to the impacts of climate change.
- During the project, a specific action will consist of widening our proposal to other areas in France (Rhone and Camargues regions) and Belgium. We identified end users in charge of dikes systems adjacent to wetlands: For the moment, they are waiting for the demonstration of the effectiveness of the tool. We also identified intermediate users such as public and private research structures or engineering companies that have shown interest in using our tool and data.
- The project is focused on:
- 1. enable processing of satellite images and produce maps of the development of vegetation over time in the polder ;
- 2. assess the soil moisture content in the critical zone by recording the diurnal evolution of the surface temperature;
- 3. determine the waterfront, particularly during emergency events.
- All maps will provide a Digital Elevation Model performed locally by drone and complete at the polder scale thanks to Pleiades data. Moreover, some in situ sensors will record the soil moisture as well as the temperature at specific LLHPP locations. These measurements will be integrated live into the tool thanks to wireless communication and the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) sensorThings service hosted by Examind. These data will be taken into account for calibrating satellite data.
- This solution will be hosted on a Data Information Access Service (DIAS) infrastructure. CreoDIAS is the targeted hosting platform since Geomatys is in charge of the information system development as member of the CreoDIAS consortium, and is highly experienced with operating its solutions on this cloud infrastructure.
- (EN), RAAK Dieren in de Dijk (animals in the levee)
- Duration: 2024 - 2026
- ‘Dieren in de dijk’ aims to address the issue of animal burrows in earthen levees, which compromise the integrity of flood protection systems in low-lying areas. Earthen levees attract animals that dig tunnels and cause damages, yet there is limited scientific knowledge on the extent of the problem and effective approaches to mitigate the risk. Recent experimental research has demonstrated the severe impact of animal burrows on levee safety, raising concerns among levee management authorities.
- The consortium's ambition is to provide levee managers with validated action perspectives for managing animal burrows, transitioning from a reactive to a proactive risk-based management approach.
- The objectives of the project include improving failure probability estimation in levee sections with animal burrows and enhancing risk mitigation capacity. This involves understanding animal behavior and failure processes, reviewing existing and testing new deterrence, detection, and monitoring approaches, and offering action perspectives for levee managers. Results will be integrated into an open-access wiki-platform for guidance of professionals and in education of the next generation.
- https://www.sia-projecten.nl/project/dieren-in-de-dijk (EN) | The project's methodology involves focus groups to review the state-of-the-art and set the scene for subsequent steps, fact-finding fieldwork to develop and evaluate risk reduction measures, modeling failure processes, and processing diverse quantitative and qualitative data. Progress workshops and collaboration with stakeholders will ensure relevant and supported solutions.
- By addressing the knowledge gaps and providing practical guidance, the project aims to enable levee managers to effectively manage animal burrows in levees, both during routine maintenance and high-water emergencies.
- BONSAI partners are well connected to this proposal. First of all the main HZ University of Applied Science is the main contractor and furthermore DVW (Flemish Waterway), Rijkswaterstaat and STOWA are involved.
- With the increasing frequency of high river discharges and storm surges due to climate change, early detection and repair of animal burrows become even more crucial. The project's outcomes will contribute to a long-term vision of proactive risk-based management for levees, safeguarding the Netherlands and Belgium against flood risks. (EN), DEFHY3GEO
- Duration: Dec. 2021 - Jun. 2025
- Defhy3geo is a project funded by the Region Normandie and the FEDER.
- proposes to study the fracturing of coastal cliffs under the influence of marine and shelf hydrology. It is particularly interested in the vertical cliffs of Normandy made up of chalk (Seine-Maritime, Pays de Caux) and limestone (Calvados, Bessin), where fracturing can be particularly significant. Understanding this phenomenon helps to explain and identify the factors that accelerate cliff erosion and trigger mass movements (sudden collapses, landslides, block falls, etc.), and consequently the retreat of Normandy's coastline.
- (EN) | The scientific problem is that, although the major control of structural processes on cliff erosion is widely recognised and exogenous factors (marine, continental and anthropogenic) are well identified, the question of their respective contributions to triggering movements remains open. The project proposes to deploy a methodology for measuring the surface of the plateau, the vertical walls and the platier, as well as deeper into the massif. The resources deployed involve aerial techniques, surface monitoring of clay fracturing and geophysical imaging within the massif. The implementation of these techniques and a suitable methodology should provide a better understanding of water transit in this system.
- These developments and the monitoring techniques used form the basis of the digital twin planned for the Bonsai project.
- (EN), TELEDETACT
- 2017-2020
- The Télédétac project (Télédétection par DronE du TrAit de Côte), funded by the Normandy Region, is led by Cerema, in partnership with the UMR IDEES, laboratory at the University of Caen Normandy and the LMI at INSA in Rouen.
- The aim of this project is to implement observation tools to monitor coastal erosion, understand all the phenomena involved and, ultimately, provide the first elements of quantification.
- This involves diachronic monitoring of the coastline to study changes in local geography, in particular sediment accumulation and erosion. Aerial photographs taken by a Cerema drone two or three times a year are used to establish digital terrain models for each campaign, and to compare them in order to quantify the volumes accumulated and eroded.
- Major emphasis is placed on the joint interpretation of data from different types of measurement and analysis, requiring the sharing of knowledge between clearly identified scientific disciplines. Three areas are proposed, based on
- Drone measurements in the visible and thermal infrared range, and ground-based geophysical measurements using boreholes, electrical resistivity imaging and spontaneous polarisation,
- The development of new mathematical analysis methods for these measurements,
- Improving our knowledge of these phenomena and analysing them diachronically.
- (EN) | This project has enabled the deployment of subsurface geophysical techniques in a particularly complex environment, subject to major erosion. Numerous drone observations led to an assessment of the volumes of material eroded and accumulated over more than 4 years, making this a unique approach.
- The project will improve the quantification of sediment volumes transferred into the Seine estuary, which is necessary for hydrosedimentary modelling and for the manager in charge of dredging the estuary.
- The experience accumulated in combining heterogeneous data (geophysical, drone) forms the basis of the digital twins that will be developed as part of the Bonsai project.
- (EN)
Total budget/expenditure: EUR 10 699 561.10
Total EU funding (amount): EUR 6 419 736.62
Total EU funding (co-financing rate): 60.00%
Co-financing sources:
- ERDF: Amount, EUR 6 419 736.62. Co-financing rate, 60.00%.
Investments, deliverables, policy contributions
(bullets are inserted automatically and may be incorrectly placed)
Deliverables:
- Workshop Stakeholder analysis France
- Workshop Stakeholder analysis Belgium
- Workshop Stakeholder analysis Germany
- Workshop Stakeholder analysis Ireland
- Workshop Stakeholder analysis The Netherlands
- Final report stakeholder analysis
- Workshop on evaluating project activites and project outcomes
- Report BONSAI - Lessons learned and recommendations
- Draft Strategy on improved flood resilience
- Consultation of partners and associated organisations on draft final strategy
- Final strategy on improved flood resilience
- Roll out and uptake plan
- Draft action plan on short term flood defence robustness
- Draft action plan on long term flood resilience
- Draft action plan on disaster management
- Consultation of partners and associated organisations on draft action plans
- Final action plan on short term flood defence robustness
- Final action plan on long term flood resilience
- Final action plan on disaster management
- Roll out and uptake plan
- Communication strategy of BONSAI project
- Communication on the project and partners websites
- Information materials on the BONSAI project
- Disseminated project's outcomes to the target groups (publications, presentations …)
- Communication event: Closing conference to present results from BONSAI
- BONSAI associated partner meetings (advisory board)
- A3 poster
- Test and reference site characterisation
- Jointly developed test plan on short term robustness
- Jointly developed test plan on long term resilience
- Jointly developed test plan on disaster management
- Erodimeter
- Report on the impact of different weather and climate circumstances on erosion resistance
- Report on the influence of drought on the erosion resistance of soils
- Report on the influence of shrinking cracks on the erosion resistance of levee cover layers
- database of erosion experiments on levee cover layer on different test sites
- Evaluation report on pilot action erosion
- Method for predicting erosion and erosion progression under various circumstances and climate zones
- Report on inspection, detection and monitoring methods and techniques for animal activities
- Report on digging capacity per animal and risks per animal per climate zone
- Evaluation report on animal behaviour
- Classification system for sensivity of levees to animal effects
- Risk profiling approach for evaluation of the sensitivity of levees to animal effects
- Report on on vegetation development from new seed mixtures including their performance in drought
- Report on influence of parameters on levee vegetation after sludge application
- Report on dike vegetation on field locations along an interregional gradient of drought likelihood
- Evaluation report on changes in vegetation in a changing climate
- Protocol for seed mixtures and maintenance strategy on vegetation-covered flood barriers
- Monitoring report on effects of sludge application under various conditions
- Monitoring report on effects of a foreshore under various conditions
- Weather related sludge application protocol
- Digital twin
- Report on impact of overtopping waves (or overflow) on people, objects and (infra)structure
- Report on emergency response measures for failures
- Report on innovative inspection techniques for disaster management
- Location based datamanagement portal for crises
- Report on effective crisis communication
- Decision support system for disaster management including evacuation.
- Definition and set-up of a data storage system
- Populated data storage system
- Communication on the project
- Open days and technical visits to the test sites
- Publications and presentations on the solutions
- Serious game crisis communication
- Jointly developed scenarios and exercise plan
- Performed exercises
- Levee inspection training
- Exercise plan for large scale exercise
- Large scale exercise executed
- Updated Curriculum ULille
- Updated curriculum USiegen
- Updated curriculum KU Leuven
- Update curriculum UC Louvain
- Update curriculum HZ
- Update curriculum ESTP
- Update curriculum RU
- Update curriculum NLDA
- Next generation in the field
- MOOC
- Jointly developed transnational flood academy for the NWE area
- Flood Academy event
- Flood Academy organisational embedded
- Community of practice on beaver management
- Webinars and workshops on levee failure mechanism and burrows
- Knowledge transfer at national knowledge days (PIW, Dijkentrefdag Vlaanderen, France Digues, ...)
- Community of Practice on Crisis/Disastermanegement
- Plan of Action
- Summer/Winterschool
- Visuals, presentations, video material
- Social media presence, website updates
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:
-
RCO 085 - Participations in joint training schemes, Measurement unit:
Programme Common Result Indicator:
-
RCR 081 - Completions of joint training schemes, Measurement unit:
-
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:
Programme Result Indicator:
-
PSR 1: Organisations with increased institutional capacity due to their participation in cooperation activities across borders, Measurement unit: Organisations
Information regarding the data in keep.eu on the programme financing this project
Financing programme
2021 - 2027 Interreg VI-B North West Europe
Last month that data in keep.eu was retrieved from the Programme's website or received from the Programme
2025-05-12
No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)
70 / 70 (100%)
No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)
739 / 739 (100%)
Notes on the data