European Spatial Planning Observation Network

ESPON

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Mission

ESPON is set up to support policy development and to build a European scientific community in the field of territorial development. The main aim is to increase the general body of knowledge about territorial structures, trends and policy impacts in an enlarged European Union.

The organization has no registered commitments.

The Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments (SFVC) online platform allows stakeholders to inform the public about their work on DRR. The SFVC online platform is a useful toolto know who is doing what and where for the implementation of the Sendai Framework, which could foster potential collaboration among stakeholders. All stakeholders (private sector, civil society organizations, academia, media, local governments, etc.) working on DRR can submit their commitments and report on their progress and deliverables.

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Hazards

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Publication

27 August 2013

Territorial dynamics in Europe: natural hazards and climate change in European regions

This document lists the exposure of European regions to climate change, hydro-meterological, geophysical and other natural hazards.

Publication

13 October 2008

Europe: dry spell length affecting drought potential

This map illustrates that climate change, affecting the length of dry spells, will probably moderately increase precipitation deficit in some areas with very high drought hazard, such as the Iberian peninsula and some parts of Greece.

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13 October 2008

Europe: precipitation affecting floods

This map illustrates that climate change, affecting the precipitation patterns in Europe, will probably increase the flood hazard in some areas that already show the highest flood hazard level, such as central and east Europe.

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13 October 2008

Europe: length of dry spell affecting forest fires

This map shows that climate change, increasing the precipitation deficit and the dry spells length, will affect the wildfire hazard in Europe.

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13 October 2008

Europe: precipitation deficit as drought potential indication

This map illustrates a comparison of hydrological drought hazard on European scale. Hydrological droughts are those that best describe the impact on power production and the industry, which is the major reason of economical damage by droughts.

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13 October 2008