FLOODGEN project holds closing session
20 January 2000 - 20 January 2000
Italy
On 20 January 2000, the Centre for Earth Observation at the Joint Research Centre in Ispra, Italy, will hold the closing session for its FLOODGEN project.
The FLOODGEN project focused on several ways to study the problems of excess run-off and flooding in agricultural landscapes across Europe.
The objective of this session is to present the FLOODGEN project, (Risk reduction by space-borne recognition of indicators of excess run-off generating areas) to encourage the wider use of information generated by satellites. The project involves eight teams from Ireland, France, Denmark, Switzerland and Canada.
Faced with the problem of excessive run-off from agricultural landscapes and resulting downstream flooding, several regional authorities have adopted strategies for the regional management of excess surface-water run-off, with the aim of reducing floods, erosion and deterioration of the quality of agricultural waters that supply aquifers, say the event organisers.
The main goal of FLOODGEN is to contribute to this strategy to reduce the risks of excess run-off by applying remote sensing to the environmental monitoring of catchment basins.
The project designs and tests several complementary methods to identify the priority areas and examines whether changes in the set-aside policy might reduce the risk of downstream flooding on at the local, regional and European scales.
The workshop will be open to everyone interested in the application of remote sensing to environmental monitoring of catchment basins and the role of remote sensing. A round table discussion will be open to exchange ideas and discuss the experience of others attending the meeting.
Registration forms for the workshop are available on-line at:
http://dgrwww.epfl.ch/SIRS/projets/floodgen/closing_session.html(opens in new window)
For more information about the FLOODGEN project, this workshop and the meeting programme please see:
http://dgrwww.epfl.ch/SIRS/projets/floodgen/(opens in new window)
For further information, please contact:
Christine King
E-mail: c.king@brgm.fr
or,
European Commission
Project Officer
Karen Fabbri
E-mail: Karen.Fabbri@ec.europa.eu
The FLOODGEN project focused on several ways to study the problems of excess run-off and flooding in agricultural landscapes across Europe.
The objective of this session is to present the FLOODGEN project, (Risk reduction by space-borne recognition of indicators of excess run-off generating areas) to encourage the wider use of information generated by satellites. The project involves eight teams from Ireland, France, Denmark, Switzerland and Canada.
Faced with the problem of excessive run-off from agricultural landscapes and resulting downstream flooding, several regional authorities have adopted strategies for the regional management of excess surface-water run-off, with the aim of reducing floods, erosion and deterioration of the quality of agricultural waters that supply aquifers, say the event organisers.
The main goal of FLOODGEN is to contribute to this strategy to reduce the risks of excess run-off by applying remote sensing to the environmental monitoring of catchment basins.
The project designs and tests several complementary methods to identify the priority areas and examines whether changes in the set-aside policy might reduce the risk of downstream flooding on at the local, regional and European scales.
The workshop will be open to everyone interested in the application of remote sensing to environmental monitoring of catchment basins and the role of remote sensing. A round table discussion will be open to exchange ideas and discuss the experience of others attending the meeting.
Registration forms for the workshop are available on-line at:
http://dgrwww.epfl.ch/SIRS/projets/floodgen/closing_session.html(opens in new window)
For more information about the FLOODGEN project, this workshop and the meeting programme please see:
http://dgrwww.epfl.ch/SIRS/projets/floodgen/(opens in new window)
For further information, please contact:
Christine King
E-mail: c.king@brgm.fr
or,
European Commission
Project Officer
Karen Fabbri
E-mail: Karen.Fabbri@ec.europa.eu