Interreg North Sea Region - FRAMES
Interreg North Sea Region
FRAMES (Flood Resilient Areas by MultilayEred Safety) is an Interreg North Sea Region project that aims to strengthen the resilience of flood prone areas by reducing the effects of flooding and reducing recovery time, using spatial planning, community resilience and recovery actions. Within 13 selected target sites and together with 17 project partners in the Netherlands, Belgium, the United Kingdom, Germany and Denmark, multilayered water safety will be developed. The project runs from October 2016 until September 2019.
Description of the project
Objectives
These are the objectives of FRAMES:
- Improve the capacity of authorities, stakeholders and practitioners in the North Sea Region for improving climate change resilience; Building confidence, experience, coalitions and awareness will improve the capacity of authorities, stakeholders and practitioners.
- Develop more flood resilient areas by demonstrating MLS at pilot sites around the NSR; To realize NSR areas that improve their flood resilience through spatial solutions (physical resilience), emergency response (social resilience) and deploying recovery for the better (adaptation capacity).
- Improve the applicability of the MLS concept by developing and demonstrating (e-)tools that support the integration of resilience measures and the integration of cross- sector interest and benefits; The MLS concept is getting increasing support from authorities and communities. To increase its actual implementation we need to develop and demonstrate (e-)tools that support its applicability. The real value of the tools is proven when the relevant stakeholders contribute to the development and implementation of tools.
Role of Ghent University
Furthermore, Ghent University is also involved in the development of a knowledge platform. By analyzing the findings of the different pilot cases in different context, cross-national conclusions and recommendations can be formulated.
Contact
dr. Barbara Tempels
Centre for Mobility and Spatial Planning
Phone number: +32 9 331 32 55
E-mail: barbara.tempels@ugent.be
prof. Luuk Boelens
Centre for Mobility and Spatial Planning
Phone number: +32 9 331 32 54
E-mail: luuk.boelens@ugent.be
dr. Hannelore Mees
provincie Oost-Vlaanderen, dienst Ruimtelijke Planning
Phone number: +32 9 267 75 78
E-mail: hannelore.mees@oost-vlaanderen.be
This project has received funding from the Interreg North Sea Region programme 2014-2020 co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund and the Province of East-Flanders