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The UN General Assembly adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in 2015. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are the backbone of the programme, setting out its concrete actions and targets. The Ökopolisz Foundation has launched a series ...
Analysis was prepared for the WiseDrava program - Wise water management for the conservation of riverine and floodplain habitats along the Drava River (LIFE17NAT/HU/000577)
The main objective of the Danube Floodplain Interreg project focuses on the improvment of transnational water management and flood risk prevention while maximizing benefits for biodiversity conservation.
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A team of hydraulic engineers, energy economists and water policy experts worked with the Novi Sad Water Utility Company (ViKNS) to discover potential energy saving measures on the drinking water network of Novi Sad. Hydraulic modelling has been applied ...
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Flood recovery is an important period in the flood risk management cycle. Recently, flood recovery has become viewed as an opportunity for future flood damage mitigation. Financial flows to cover flood damages and rules regarding their allocation are ...
The Water Economics Unit of REKK has been an active participant of LAND4FLOOD, a Europe-wide multidisciplinary scientific cooperation in the field of nature based flood management. LAND4FLOOD is a COST Action cooperation supported by the EU Horizon 2020 ...