The overall aim of the project is to enable European and Asian partners to learn from each other through joint investigation, development, implementation and dissemination of short to medium term strategies that will enable more scientifically sound management of the consequences of urban flooding in the future. The cost effectiveness of resilience measures and integrative and adaptable flood management plans for these scenarios will be quantified.

CORFU is an interdisciplinary international project that will look at advanced and novel strategies and provide adequate measures for improved flood management in cities. The differences in urban flooding problems in Asia and in Europe range from levels of economic development, infrastructure age, social systems and decision making processes, to prevailing drainage methods, seasonality of rainfall patterns and climate change trends. Our vision is that this project will use these differences to create synergies that will bring new quality to flood management strategies globally. Through a four-year collaborative research programme involving leading European and Asian institutions in this subject, the latest technological advances will be cross-fertilised with traditional and emerging approaches to living with floods.
The concept and the overall scientific and technical objectives of the WPs can be summarised as follows.
WP0 will consider synergies and governance
WP1 will look at drivers that impact on urban flooding. WP1 will consider all different drivers outlined in the call ¿ economic, social, land use/planning, soil sealing limitation strategies and mitigating practices and climate trends.
WP2 will assess and enhance methodologies and tools for off-line and real-time flood hazard assessment based on urban flood modelling.
WP3 will improve, extend and integrate modern methods for flood impact assessment.
WP4 will assess and enhance existing flood risk management strategies related to planning and prevention for the minimisation of flood risk,WP5 will disseminate new approaches
WP6 will co-ordinate the project.

The overall aim of the project is to enable European and Asian partners to learn from each other through joint investigation, development, implementation and dissemination of short to medium term strategies that will enable more scientifically sound management of the consequences of urban flooding in the future. The cost effectiveness of resilience measures and integrative and adaptable flood management plans for these scenarios will be quantified.

CORFU is an interdisciplinary international project that will look at advanced and novel strategies and provide adequate measures for improved flood management in cities. The differences in urban flooding problems in Asia and in Europe range from levels of economic development, infrastructure age, social systems and decision making processes, to prevailing drainage methods, seasonality of rainfall patterns and climate change trends. Our vision is that this project will use these differences to create synergies that will bring new quality to flood management strategies globally. Through a four-year collaborative research programme involving leading European and Asian institutions in this subject, the latest technological advances will be cross-fertilised with traditional and emerging approaches to living with floods.
The concept and the overall scientific and technical objectives of the WPs can be summarised as follows.
WP0 will consider synergies and governance
WP1 will look at drivers that impact on urban flooding. WP1 will consider all different drivers outlined in the call ¿ economic, social, land use/planning, soil sealing limitation strategies and mitigating practices and climate trends.
WP2 will assess and enhance methodologies and tools for off-line and real-time flood hazard assessment based on urban flood modelling.
WP3 will improve, extend and integrate modern methods for flood impact assessment.
WP4 will assess and enhance existing flood risk management strategies related to planning and prevention for the minimisation of flood risk,WP5 will disseminate new approaches
WP6 will co-ordinate the project.