Riverscape - Towards a North-West-European ICT community for riverine management tasks

 

Objective(s): to apply, test, improve and promote existing ICT software in an institutional frame within the context of management and sustainable development of river corridors, floodplains and entire catchments. ICT software comprises a wide range of applications: planning, knowledge management, communication, evaluation, decision support, etc.

Deadline: workshop to launch the project idea on the 23rd of April 2007 in the Darmstadt University of Technology

The deliverables:

• a North-West-European ICT community for riverine management tasks
• public platform for download open source ICT software
• training courses for selected ICT systems
• case studies in the NWE-territory

 
Partnership: Institutions and authorities involved in managing rivers in NWE, developers of existing DSSes, regional and provincial organisations, waterboards, waterways and shipping administration, ...
 
Contacts: Axel Winterscheid, Christoph Hübner & Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ostrowski
                Darmstadt University of Technology
                Petersenstrasse 13, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany
                Phone +49 6151 16 2043
                winterscheid@ihwb.tu-darmstadt.de
 
                Dr. Elmar Fuchs
                Federal Institute of Hydrology
                Am Mainzer Tor 1, 56068 Koblenz, Germany
                Phone +49 261 1306 5338
                fuchs@bafg.de