Coupling terrestrial and marine datasets for coastal hazard assessment and risk reduction in changing environments : a EUR-OPA major hazards agreement project

Abstract

The main objectives of the EUR-OPA Agreement of the Council of Europe are to provide closer cooperation among member states in order to ensure better prevention and protection in case of disasters and to develop new methodologies and tools for efficient risk management. This poster aims to show the first results of the Project “Coupling terrestrial and marine datasets for coastal hazard assessment and risk reduction in changing environments”, managed by the Euro-Mediterranean Centre on Insular Coastal Dynamics (ICoD) in collaboration with the European Centre on Geomorphological Hazards (CERG). The Project foresees also the participation of Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Université de Caen Basse-Normandie, CNR-ISMAR Bologna and CNR-IRPI Padova. This Project aims at linking and integrating terrestrial and marine datasets along the coastlines of Malta and Lower Normandy (France). The investigations carried out so far have contributed to a better definition of the kinematics of active landslides that may determine risk situations.