Objective Cost assessments of damages of natural hazards supply crucial information to policy development in the fields of natural hazard management and adaptation planning to climate change. There exists significant diversity in methodological approaches and terminology in cost assessments of different natural hazards and in different impacted sectors. ConHaz provides insight into cost assessment methods, which is needed for an integrated planning and overall budgeting, and to prioritise policies. To strengthen the role of cost assessments in natural hazard management and adaptation planning, existing approaches and best practices as well as knowledge gaps are identified. ConHaz has three key objectives. The first objective is to compile state-of-the-art methods and terminology as used in European case studies, taking a comprehensive perspective on the costs of natural that includes droughts, floods, storms, and alpine hazards. ConHaz also considers various impacted economic sectors such as housing, industry and transport, and non-economic sectors such as health and nature. It will consider single and multi-hazards, leading to direct, indirect and intangible costs. ConHaz moreover looks at costs and benefits of risk-prevention and emergency response policies. The second objective of ConHaz is to evaluate the compiled methods. The analysis addresses theoretical issues, such as the principal assumptions that underlie economic valuation of damage types, as well as practical issues, such as the qualifications needed for data collection and quality assurance. ConHaz also looks at the reliability of the end result by considering the accuracy of cost predictions and best-practice-methods of validation. A central issue of the evaluation is to compare available methods with end-user needs. The third objective of ConHaz is to synthesize the results and give recommendations according to current best practice as well as to resulting research needs. Fields of science natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesphysical geographynatural disastersnatural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesclimatologyclimatic changes Programme(s) FP7-ENVIRONMENT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Environment (including Climate Change) Topic(s) ENV.2009.1.3.2.1 - Costs of natural hazards Call for proposal FP7-ENV-2009-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CSA-CA - Coordination (or networking) actions Coordinator HELMHOLTZ-ZENTRUM FUR UMWELTFORSCHUNG GMBH - UFZ Address Permoserstrasse 15 04318 Leipzig Germany See on map Region Sachsen Leipzig Leipzig Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Annette Schmidt (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window EU contribution € 245 560,00 Participants (7) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all UNIVERSITAET INNSBRUCK Austria EU contribution € 93 955,00 Address Innrain 52 6020 Innsbruck See on map Region Westösterreich Tirol Innsbruck Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Kurt Habitzel (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window SOCIETE DE MATHEMATIQUES APPLIQUEES ET DE SCIENCES HUMAINES France EU contribution € 84 123,00 Address 4 place louis armand tour de l'horloge 75012 Paris See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Val-de-Marne Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Jean Pierre Mailles (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY HIGHER EDUCATION CORPORATION United Kingdom EU contribution € 100 239,00 Address The burroughs, hendon . NW4 4BT London See on map Region London Outer London — West and North West Barnet Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Josie Joyce (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window HELMHOLTZ-ZENTRUM POTSDAM DEUTSCHES GEOFORSCHUNGSZENTRUM - GFZ Germany EU contribution € 86 982,00 Address Telegrafenberg 17 14473 Potsdam See on map Region Brandenburg Brandenburg Potsdam Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Claas Schippmann (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI FERRARA Italy EU contribution € 97 679,00 Address Via ariosto 35 44121 Ferrara See on map Region Nord-Est Emilia-Romagna Ferrara Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Franca Siena (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window UNIVERSITAT AUTONOMA DE BARCELONA Spain EU contribution € 97 373,00 Address Edif a campus de la uab bellaterra cerdanyola v 08193 Cerdanyola del valles See on map Region Este Cataluña Barcelona Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Elena Masferrer (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window VERENIGING VOOR CHRISTELIJK HOGER ONDERWIJS WETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK EN PATIENTENZORG Netherlands EU contribution € 93 576,00 Address De boelelaan 1105 1081 HV Amsterdam See on map Region West-Nederland Noord-Holland Groot-Amsterdam Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Margot Rijerse (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window
