Increasing coastal resilience to storms and flooding

EU researchers are developing an online tool kit to help different coastal regions predict – and prepare for – floods and storms. In the framework of the FP7-funded RISC-KIT project new shorter versions of a RISC-KIT policy brief have been made available in Bulgarian, French, Spanish, Swedish, Dutch and German, in addition to English, reports Phys.org

These briefs outline the importance of developing disaster risk reduction strategies as a means of increasing coastal resilience. They contain information at the national and local scale and provide tangible examples from coastal areas where project findings are currently implemented.