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Flood risk in urban areas - 3D-city models as analysis tools

15.07.2015|Potsdam: Floodings in urban areas cause severe damage. 3D-city models can play a key role in supporting future risk analysis and resilience. Today at GFZ, users of 3D-city models and stakeholders meet for an exchange of experiences.

15.07.2015|Potsdam: Floodings in urban areas cause severe damage. 3D-city models can play a key role in supporting future risk analysis and resilience. Today at GFZ, users of 3D-city models and stakeholders meet for an exchange of experiences.

Urban agglomeration tendencies, a rise in exposed values, and expectations of an increase in hydro-meteorologcal extreme events under global climate change challenge future city planning and urban development. Sustainable adaption strategies for strengthening urban resilience are essential.

GFZ sections Hydrology and Remote Sensing, in cooperation with virtualSYSTEMS (Berlin), a company specialised on the application of 3D-geodata, plan to develop a 3D-city flood damage module (3dcfd). This functional add-on for 3D-city models shall bring new opportunities for integrating risk aspects in city planning and urban development. At todays workshop meeting, experts from the fields of city planning, water management, insurances, disaster management, and research discuss application potentials, relevant problems, and options for practical applications of this flood damage module.

The project is supported by Climate-KIC, one of three Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs) of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT).

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