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Environmental Hazards and Risk Management Study

This study summarizes the final results of the INTERACT ESPON thematic study on environmental hazards. It includes approaches, database structure, examples of maps, and recommendations for future hazard activities. The study aims to broaden the scope of INTERREG activities and promote actions on hazards and risks in regions where they are most imminent.

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Environmental Hazards and Risk Management Study

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  1. INTERACT-ESPON thematic study on Environmental Hazards and Risk ManagementPhilipp Schmidt-Thomé

  2. Contents • Summarizing final results of the INTERACT ESPON thematic study on environmental hazards • Approach • Database structure • Examples of maps • Further applications of the thematic study?

  3. Approach • Budget: 20 000 € • Partners: GTK and Centre for Urban and Regional Studies/Helsinki University of Technology • Hazards selected according to ESPO 1.3.1 profiles of spatial relevance • Creation of database structured according to hazards, type of projects and INTERREG III strand • Overlay of project activities and hazard prone areas • Recommendations for future hazard activities. Note: It was only recommended where to increase hazard related activities, not where to decrease those!

  4. Database structure • Title of project • Acronym • WWW • Character (hazard assessment, etc) • Countries (regions) covered • Hazards adressed • INTERREG strand • Contact details (confidential)

  5. Some statistics • Total amount of INTERREG projects: Over 5000

  6. Hazards addressed in INTERREG projects

  7. Delphi method

  8. Avalanches

  9. Change of dry spell (drought indicator)

  10. Earthquakes

  11. Extreme temperatures

  12. Floods IIIA

  13. Floods IIIB

  14. Floods IIIC

  15. Forest fire IIIB

  16. Landslides

  17. Storms/storm surges

  18. Technological hazards IIIA

  19. Technological hazards IIIB

  20. Recommendations • Broaden scope of INTERREG activities, i.e. take hazards and risks up in measures and priorities • Promote activities on hazards and risks in regions where these are most imminent • Analyse necessity of hazard and risk related activites locally and regionally (INTERREG offices) • Take up some results of ESPON database (e.g. support to define project targets) • Make use of TIA approach (e.g. to measure impact of projects on regional development) • Make use and further develop policy recommendations and reporting scale (for overall output assessment)

  21. Thank you very much for your attention! philipp.schmidt-thome@gtk.fi http://www.gtk.fi/projects/espon/ Env_Risk_finalreport.pdf

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