SAVEMEDCOASTS-2

Overview

Description

The project, ‘Sea Level Rise Scenarios Along the Mediterranean Coasts – 2 (SAVEMEDCOASTS-2)’, focuses on preventing and assessing disaster risks caused by the effects of rising sea levels and land subsidence in major river deltas, lagoons and reclamation areas. These areas were previously identified in the SAVEMEDCOASTS project as being the most exposed coastal zones of the Mediterranean region.     The project aims to generate projections of sea rise, maps of flooding scenarios covering 20–30 years, assessments of risk data end users, decision support systems, hazard and risk assessments, vulnerability analyses, and disaster risk management plans. It also plans to create multi-hazard scenarios incorporating vulnerability, exposure, hazard frequency and intensity, to translate the impacts of climate change into socioeconomic loss.  

The scenarios created will support policymakers and land planners to develop joint strategies for sustainable use of ecosystems through disaster-resilient development. The multi-hazard approach for risk assessment will allow the evaluation of cascading effects of multi-temporal events expected in the coastal population living in the targeted areas (1,000 to 1 million people). 

SAVEMEDCOASTS-2 will hold workshops with stakeholders from relevant environments and campaign to raise awareness and preparedness in the Ebre River Delta (SP), the Venice Lagoon (IT), the Basento Reclamation Area (IT) and the Chalastra Coastal Plain (GR). 

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