Objective The social and economic impact of natural disasters in emerging economies and developing countries is growing. Many African countries have fragile economies unable to absorb the shocks caused by natural disasters enhanced by the increasing vulnerability of rapidly expanding urban areas. Climate change is likely to rapidly exacerbate this situation. The overall objective of CLUVA is to develop methods and knowledge to be applied to African cities to manage climate risks, to reduce vulnerabilities and to improve coping capacity and resilience towards climate changes. CLUVA will explore these issues in selected African cities (Addis Ababa, Dar es Salaam, Douala, Ougadougou, St.Louis). The project aims at improving the capacity of scientific institutions, local councils and civil society to cope with climate change. CLUVA will assess the environmental, social and economic impacts and the risks of climate change induced hazards expected to affect urban areas (floods, sea-level rise, storm surges, droughts, heat waves, desertification, storms and fires) at various time frames. The project will develop innovative climate change risk adaptation strategies based on strong interdisciplinary components. CLUVA will be conducted by a balanced partnership of European and African partners. The 7 European partners will bring together some of EU’s leading experts in climate, quantitative hazard and risk assessment, risk management, urban planners and social scientists. The 6 African partners from South Africa and from the Universities of the selected cities cover a similar range of expertises, making possible an effective integrated research effort. The project is structured in 6 WorkPackages dealing with climate change and impact models (WP1), multiple vulnerability (WP2), urban planning and governance as key issues to increase the resilience (WP3), capacity building and dissemination (WP4), coordination of the activities in the selected cities (WP5) and project management (WP6). Fields of science social sciencessociologygovernancecrisis managementnatural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesphysical geographynatural disasterssocial sciencespolitical sciencespolitical policiescivil societynatural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesclimatologyclimatic changes Programme(s) FP7-ENVIRONMENT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Environment (including Climate Change) Topic(s) ENV.2010.2.1.5-1 - Assessing vulnerability of urban systems, populations and goods in relation to natural and man-made disasters in Africa Call for proposal FP7-ENV-2010 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP-FP-SICA - Small/medium-scale focused research project for specific cooperation actions dedicated to international cooperation partner countries(SICA) Coordinator AMRA - ANALISI E MONITORAGGIO DEL RISCHIO AMBIENTALE SCARL EU contribution € 749 407,00 Address VIA NUOVA AGNANO 11 80125 NAPOLI Italy See on map Region Sud Campania Napoli Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Alfonso Rossi Filangieri (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (12) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all KOBENHAVNS UNIVERSITET Denmark EU contribution € 396 150,00 Address NORREGADE 10 1165 Kobenhavn See on map Region Danmark Hovedstaden Byen København Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Ivan Kristoffersen (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER United Kingdom EU contribution € 284 662,00 Address OXFORD ROAD M13 9PL Manchester See on map Region North West (England) Greater Manchester Manchester Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Sarah Lindley (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET MUENCHEN Germany EU contribution € 289 720,00 Address Arcisstrasse 21 80333 Muenchen See on map Region Bayern Oberbayern München, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Ulrike Ronchetti (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data COUNCIL FOR SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH South Africa EU contribution € 421 475,00 Address Meiring Naude Road, Brummeria 46 0001 Pretoria See on map Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Konrad Wessels (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data FONDAZIONE CENTRO EURO-MEDITERRANEOSUI CAMBIAMENTI CLIMATICI Italy EU contribution € 250 000,00 Address VIA MARCO BIAGI 5 73100 Lecce See on map Region Sud Puglia Lecce Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Laura Panzerra Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data HELMHOLTZ-ZENTRUM FUR UMWELTFORSCHUNG GMBH - UFZ Germany EU contribution € 237 605,00 Address PERMOSERSTRASSE 15 04318 Leipzig 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 Total cost No data NORSK INSTITUTT FOR BY- OG REGIONFORSKNING Norway EU contribution € 189 999,75 Address GAUSTADALLEEN 21 0349 OSLO See on map Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Jan Olav Viste (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITE GASTON BERGER DE SAINT LOUIS Senegal EU contribution € 148 473,00 Address SAINT LOUIS Saint Louis See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Adrien Coly (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITE DE YAOUNDE I Cameroon EU contribution € 140 640,00 Address . Yaounde See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Charles Awono Onana (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITE OUAGA I PROFESSEUR JOSEPH KI-ZERBO Burkina Faso EU contribution € 149 720,00 Address . 03 Ouagadougou 03 See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Hamidou Toure (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data ARDHI UNIVERSITY Tanzania EU contribution € 136 329,00 Address ARDHI UNIVERSITY - DAR ES SALAAM See on map Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Alfred Phillip Assey (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY Ethiopia EU contribution € 100 400,00 Address ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY 1176 Addis Ababa See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Karola Hahn (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data