FLOOD COMPETENCE CENTER
The network for holistic flood prevention and flood risk management
The Flood Competence Center (HKC) is a non-profit association from Germany that connects flood-affected citizens and stakeholders in flood risk management to build a unique network. The HKC was founded in 2007 and consists of almost 200 members and cooperations. The members of the HKC are composed of national and international institutions and municipalities, citizens and policy-makers, science and economy.
The HKC brings together science and practice for the purpose of holistic flood risk management, promoting sustainable development and the provision and transfer of expertise.
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Topics and projects
Core fields of the HKC
The HKC effectively contributes to the development of practice-relevant knowledge by carrying out its own projects.
The extraordinary professional composition of the HKC enables an extensive conception and implementation of such projects.
The following pages provide information about our projects and the current state of implementation .
dates & EVENTS
Here you will find upcoming dates & events of the HKC and related events of interest
27. November 2024
FgHW Lunchbreak Session - Thinking research and practice of land and water management together: ‘On the potential of long-term landscape laboratories for a resilient landscape management’.
The Hydrological Sciences Association (FgHW) in the DWA supports the professional exchange between science and practice and is once again launching the ‘Lunchbreak Sessions’ format in 2024.
26. November 2024, ab 11:00 Uhr
Synthesis and networking conference of the KAHR project
The synthesis and networking conference of the KAHR project will take place on 26 November from 11:00 to 17:00 at the Rheinforum Wesseling.
NEws At a glance
Here you will find news of the HKC and of related subjects of interest
Controversy over flood polder on the Danube
Since the flood disaster of 2013, the state government planned a whole series of polders on the Bavarian Danube. But then CSU and FW have suddenly said goodbye to the two projects. Experts consider the flood polders necessary because they are designed for disasters in which even the new dams and dikes threaten to fail.
By Christian Sebald
New Flood Prediction Technology Will Save Lives and Livelihoods Across the World
Unique, real-time street level flood prediction technology developed at Loughborough University has been commercially launched to save lives and livelihoods worldwide.
Tips & Tricks: Flooding, Heavy Rain & Co - Can anyone really insure?
Consumers must be prepared for the threat of natural hazards such as flooding and flooding in the future. Since 1 July, those affected can no longer rely on the financial support of the Free State of Bavaria.
Green roofs against heavy rain
"Green roofs" as an aid in heavy rain. From dark clouds it pours continuously. Heavy rain turns narrow roads into wild streams within minutes. Reports of severe storms and their consequences are also piling up in northern Germany. In the town halls, millions of years of damage are reflected in how streets and houses can be better protected against heavy rain.
by Marc Hoffmann, NDR Info