The challenge To catalyse and promote informed decisions on adaptation and mitigation to climate change based on relevant geographical available information. The solution is designed to respond to: – Limited access of information both geographic and alpha numeric regarding climate change. – Relate geographical information with implementation options. – Create a portfolio of adaptation and […]

The challenge A rising demand for space in delta areas in conjunction with environmental threats such as climate change, accelerated sea level rise and subsidence, require innovative and multi-functional approaches for water and disaster risk management of the built environment. Water-related hazards as a subset of natural hazards account for 90% of all natural hazards, […]

The challenge To improve crisis management abilities, minimize damage, accelerate speed of response and reduce rehabilitation costs through greater coordination between infrastructure companies and public administration. All countries today face risks and threats inherent in their socio-economic development. Growing populations and economic activity as well as higher concentrations in big cities and their respective metropolitan […]

The challenge Despite many decades of efforts directed to reduce floods risks across the US, mainly in river floodplains and along coastal areas, many citizens and structures remain at risk of being flooded. Occupation of low-lying areas is itself not necessarily problematic. However, the risks of flooding are not always widely appreciated by inhabitants at […]

The challenge Transport is vital to well-functioning economies. The physical infrastructure is needed to accommodate this. The most common types of transport infrastructure are roads, railroads and ports (dry ports, seaports/ waterways and airports). These are the hard physical infrastructure components of wider transport systems that include soft infrastructure like policies and regulations, and the […]