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IWRM-Net funded research

IWRM-Net has launched two calls in its 5 year programme. (2008 and 2009) The projects are listed to the right and you can find more information on the research being undertaken by clicking on the project pages. In 2008 the subjects were Hydrological/morphological pressures and impacts on ecological status along with Water Governance. In 2009 the subjects were climate change, water scarcity (...)

Climate Change

Impacts of climate change on water resources management – regional strategies and European view. (Germany, France, Italy) The Primary objectives of the project are: Elaboration of quantitative projections of changes in river flows and consequences such as flood frequency, drought occurrence and sectoral water uses. Analysis of the effect of climate change on the hydromorphological (...)

ESAWADI

Utilizing the Ecosystem Services Approach for Water Framework Directive Implementation(France, Germany, Portugal) The ESAWADI project proposal focuses on the theme 1 “Economics and social values for integrated water management” of IWRM-Net call. Secondary objectives are linked to theme 2 and 3. It aims to analyze and provide advice on the potential usefulness of the ecosystem services (...)

FORECASTER

FORECASTER started October 08 Kick-off took place in Madrid, Oct.08 Mid-term event presentation, Feb. 09 Assessing research output (both national, European and North American) and case studies concerning the ecological effects of hydro-morphological degradation and positioning hydromorphology in river rehabilitation strategies. These aspects are highly relevant to (...)

I-Five

I-Five started Sept/Oct. 08 Kick-off took place in Montpellier, Oct 08 Mid-term event presentation, Feb. 09 Innovative Instruments and Institutions in Implementing the Water Framework Directive The objectives are to promote the transboundary exchange of experiences, by broadening the range of methods and tools available for implementing water management - innovative (...)

ICARUS

IWRM for climate change adaptation in rural social ecosystems Southern Europe (Italy, Portugal, Spain) ICARUS aims at increasing, in selected areas of Italy, Portugal and Spain, efficient water use in agriculture by analysing biophysical, socio-economic and institutional dimensions of sustainable water management and identifying innovative adaptation strategies, practices and tools for (...)

IMPACT

Developing an integrated model to predict abiotic habitat conditions and biota of rivers for application in climate change research and water management. (Germany, Portugal, France) The research project outlined herein aims at developing an integrated model which predicts the abiotic habitat conditions and biota of natural (reference), semi-natural or restored river reaches. The coupled (...)

IWRM-net 2009 call - scientific coordination project

CLOSED

Evaluation of proposals now underway.Scientific coordination project. The PTKA-Call Secretariat: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) Project Management Agency Karlsruhe - PTKA-WTE PO Box 36 40 D-76021 Karlsruhe Germany Documents - Application form, project specification, common regulations, Evaluation form (...)

IWRM-net call for research proposals 2008

Closed

The subjects were : Hydrological and morphological pressures and impacts on ecological status Water Governance the approved projects are FORECASTER Facilitating the application of Output from Research and CAse STudies on Ecological Responses to hydro-morphological degradation and rehabilitation. The web-based tool developed as part of the project is a knowledge and information (...)

IWRM-net Call for Research Proposals 2009

Closed

Projects selected for funded are as follows: 1. ESAWADI - Utilizing the Ecosystem Services Approach for Water Framework Directive Implementation(France, Germany, Portugal) The ESAWADI project proposal focuses on the theme 1 “Economics and social values for integrated water management” of IWRM-Net call. Secondary objectives are linked to theme 2 and 3. It aims to analyze and provide advice on (...)

KNAC

KNAC Started Dec 08 / Jan 09 Kick-off Brussels, Feb 09 Mid-term event presentation, Feb. 09 “Knowledge in Action in the Rhine river basin hydro-morphological restructuring” (Knac) is about knowledge on hydro-morphological restructuring of water bodies in river basins. Ourassumption is that improvement of transfer, circulation or co-creation of knowledge is needed.The subject of (...)

RIPFLOW

Started Dec 08 / Jan 09 Mid-term event presentation, Feb. 09 Riparian vegetation modelling for the assessment of environmental flow regimes and climate change impacts within the WFD Two general goals are proposed in this project. In the first goal the main specific scientific objective is to develop a flexible dynamic model of riparian habitats and vegetation to be easily applied in a (...)

Water Cap & Trade

Water Market scenarios for Southern Europe: new solutions for dealing with water scarcity and drought risk. (France, Italy, Spain) Structural water deficits and drought risk are expected to become more frequent, putting at stake the current mechanisms of water management and allocation. The establishment of water markets or systems of tradable abstraction quotas could represent a possible (...)

WATER2ADAPT

resilience enhancement and water demand management for climage change adaptation. (Italy, Germany, Spain, Portugal) The alteration of rainfall patter (form, intensity and timing of rainfall) will have significant effects on water availability and frequency of extreme events such as floods and droughts. The knock-on effects of these changes will affect almost all communities throughout (...)
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