issues, or
"Achilles heels", in the development of management strategies to deal with natural hazard risks. It is
pointed out that evaluation of management strategies by itself is challenging, because risks are rarely
assessed to its full extent, and it is difficult to evaluate risks. Still, management of natural hazard risks
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Gyrite Brandt, Local Government Denmark (LGDK) - Participatory planning processes – Group model
building
Two cases will be presented and discussed.
One is a well field north of Copenhagen which was threatened by flooding and agricultural use of pesticides.
In this case stakeholders were involved in different steps of decision making as part of dealing with the
adaptive challenges
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countries and actors involved in the EEA Grants programmes and/or in the development of adaptation policies in the EU. Árni Snorrason, Dir. General of the Icelandic Meteorological Office, will give a lecture on the effect of climate on the water cycle.
For further information see the web European Climate Adaption Platform and livestream directly from the conference. See also EEA, the European
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Iceland has joined EUMETSAT as its latest Member State, less than half a year after the signature of the accession agreement last autumn. This brings EUMETSAT very close to achieving the goal of 30 Member States in 2014, as says in a news release 22 January.
As a Member State, Iceland is fully involved in the strategic decisions of EUMETSAT's ruling Council. Also, its industry
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FutureVolc partners, together with additional Stakeholders, were involved in responding to an evolving eruption scenario. The exercise was a great test of the new instrumentation and procedures introduced by FutureVolc.
A Scientific Advisory Board was formed to discuss the evolving situation. Procedures for sending monitoring teams into the field were practiced and the set-up of new equipment
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of rescue teams, has worked towards increased travel safety. This year, a further effort is being made by forming the above mentioned group, which will ensure better use of financial resources, knowledge and experience. The parties involved in the project have combined their efforts so that all available information can be accessed in one place.
Information on various types of outdoor activities
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of rescue teams, has worked towards increased travel safety. This year, a further effort is being made by forming the above mentioned group, which will ensure better use of financial resources, knowledge and experience. The parties involved in the project have combined their efforts so that all available information can be accessed in one place.
Information on various types of outdoor activities
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worked towards increased travel safety by preventive measures. Further effort is being made by forming the above mentioned group, which will ensure better use of financial resources, diverse knowledge and experience. The parties involved in the project have combined their efforts so that all available information can be accessed in one place.
Information on various types of outdoor activities
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such as uncertainty related to future climate change predictions, as it offers a way of reducing
uncertainty over time. NeWater (2005-2008), a trans-disciplinary research project funded by the European
Union, involved investigating whether AM could lead to enhanced and more sustainable water resources
management. The relevance of water management from a climate change perspective is that climate
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class of participatory method
– … participatory goal to be achieved
– ... stage of adaptive management cycle
– ... types and number of stakeholder to be involved
– … resources and skills of competent authority
• Methods are combined in processes
according to a logical framework
Criteria for selecting methods
• Information provision
– stakeholders are informed about management
plans
• Consultation
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