Projects
Current Projects
DISMA
DISMA stands for Disaster Management GIS with emphasis on cultural sites. The nucleus of the sub-Project is the risk management of the cultural heritage within the specific region of Eastern Attica Prefecture using GIS technologies. Main goals are:- the protection of cultural targets in the face of flood and forest hazards
- the promotion of the co-operation between scientific community and local administrative structures
Main objectives
- Development of a methodological framework for risk assessment in a GIS environment
- Development of a product that is flexible, transferable and comprehensive by the local administrative establishment
- Actions for fostering of trans regional diffusion of information in various ways (e.g. seminars, papers, workshops).
Partners
- Department of Natural Resources Management and Agricultural Engineering - Agricultural University of Athens, Greece
- Fundação Gomes Teixeira da Universidade do Porto, Portugal
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique-Centre Studies Prehistory Antiquity the Middle Ages - University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, France
PRODIM
PRODIM stands for Proactive Management of Water Systems to face Drought and Water Scarcity in Islands and Coastal Areas of the Mediterranean. The Centre for the Assessment of Natural Hazards and Proactive Planning of the N.T.U.A is the leading partner.Main Objectives
- Recognition of the value of natural heritage by the local agents and inhabitants.
- Improvement of the demand – supply balance of water, particularly in zones facing the risk of drought.
- Development and application of economic tools for the management of water resources including methods of agricultural exploitation and irrigation technologies economising on water resources in zones suffering from drought.
- Promotion of transnational cooperation for the implementation of integrated strategies for managing water resources, especially in zones threatened by Promotion of transnational cooperation for the implementation of integrated strategies for managing water resources, esp. in zones threatened by drought or floods as well as the coastal zones
Partners
- Prefecture of Cyclades, Greece
- Prefecture of Laconia, Greece
- Eastern Crete Development Organisation, Greece
- University of Thessaly – Laboratory of Agrometeorology, Greece
- Cyprus Meteorological Service, Cyprus
- Malta Resources Authority, Malta
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering – Catania University, Italy
- Department of Soil Defence –University of Calabria, Italy
- Regional Agency for Environment Protection of Basilicata, Italy
- UIR - Hydrographic Regional Office - Presidency of the Sicilian Region, Italy
LITTORISK
LITTORISK aims to contribute to the development of risks maps including the indication of sites with cultural heritage value located in the coastal areas of the different partner regions, while defining a prevention and mitigation strategy of the damages caused by natural hazards affecting the cultural and natural heritage.Main Objectives
- Assess the vulnerability of the cultural and natural heritage towards natural hazards.
- Understand the impacts of landscape changes and land management practices on the vulnerability level of the cultural heritage towards the natural hazards.
- Develop an interdisciplinary and inter-regional strategy at the conceptual and terminological level.
- Develop risk cartography of the cultural heritage, as well as safety and emergency plans, since within this scope it is fundamental sharing experiences and knowledge among the different experts and partner regions.
- Define intervention strategies in disaster situations that aim essentially at preventing the destruction of the movable heritage.
- Define and validate common methodologies and instruments for the diagnosis of vulnerabilities and intervention procedures.
Partner Regions
- Molise, Italy
- East Attica, Greece
- Northern Portugal, Portugal
PYTHAGORAS II - Environment
"The Influence of Seismic Action and Rainfall in Landslide Phenomena – Investigation using Methods of Informatics"Main Objectives:
- Data mining by using artificial neural networks.
- Development of GIS tools to estimate landslide hazard, as a decision support tool.
- Algorithm development and analysis in order to implement constitutive laws and strength criteria for modelling the mechanical behaviour of unsaturated soils.
- Study and monitoring of active landslides.
- Study and monitoring of earth dam slopes deformation.
Methodology
- In the Laboratory of Structural Mechanics and Engineering Structures – School of Rural and Surveying Engineering- we have developed the Landslide Hazard Analysis (LHA) tool. This tool gives the user the ability to perform a stability analysis under static and dynamic conditions in a certain study area to study circular, planar, wedge and rockfall types of failure. The main target is to produce landslide hazard zonation maps.
- Artificial neural networks technology is employed (back-propagation algorithm and SOM mapping) to classify data and to observe the relative importance of the parameters, which govern the phenomenon.
- To model the impact of rainfall on landslide phenomenon, we are using specialized computational tools, as CHASM of University of Bristol, as well as available geotechnical software.
- Kerasia Village in Prefecture of Karditsa has been selected as a case study area to study active landslides.
- Mornos Earth Dam is been used as a case study to study slope deformation in comparison with GPS measurements.
Past Projects
SI.PRO.CI
Main Objectives:
- The mapping, evaluation and of possible natural and man-induced hazards in the study area of the Prefecture of East Attiki
- The mapping of the elements under threat (e,g. Life lines and infrastructure)
- The integration of the above in a GIS platform
- The design of an appropriate geobase and the development of GIS ‘risk zoning’ applications