GECOZI
CTTP04/10. 2011-2013
OBJECTIVES
The "Management and Control of Flood Zones to Minimize Environmental Impacts of River Floods. Application to the Pyrenean Basin (GECOZI)" project brings together multidisciplinary expertise from groups in the Pyrenean region to design a multi-level flood zone management and control method. In this regard, the general objectives pursued are:
Minimize the environmental impacts of river floods
Provide prediction tools based on simulation
Propose flood zone management and control strategies
Evaluate the strategies in the case of application to the Pyrenean basin
SUMMARY
The GECOZI project aims to address the problem of assisting in the management of flood phenomena and minimizing their consequences. These phenomena must be anticipated, and their management requires proposing new impact control tools and strategies. At present, predictive data exist, and it is possible to calculate flood episodes upstream in advance. The risk occurs when these scenarios unfold, challenging the system's ability to absorb these new episodes.
The problem centers on the difficulty of achieving a coordinated decision in response to a sudden phenomenon that requires diverse data over a large area and its correct interpretation over a prediction horizon that allows for effective action.
The services in charge of these crisis situations, where risks must be identified, do not always have access to the following elements:
The problem centers on the difficulty of achieving a coordinated decision in response to a sudden phenomenon that requires diverse data over a large area and its correct interpretation over a prediction horizon that allows for effective action.
The services in charge of these crisis situations, where risks must be identified, do not always have access to the following elements:
- Risk prediction models;
- Global modeling (hydraulic and hydrological of rivers and flood zones);
- Shared quality information;
- Temporal management (achievement of actions and objectives to be pursued);
- Sizing of structures (storage volumes and when they apply).
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