CCS
We develop knowledge for climate risk management in society
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Welcome to the Center for Climate and Safety, a knowledge center at Karlstad university. We seek to find solutions to the risks connected to extreme weather events such as rainstorms, floods and windstorms - through our research and through cooperative projects Our research focuses on key concepts such as risk management, vulnerability and safety. The main aim is to assess the vulnerability of society and its ability to cope with the potential risks. We excel at linking our research to municipal and regional practice. Cooperative projects is typhically conducted in cooperation with scientists from various disciplines and various research organizations. |
CCS at the november SAWA conference in Hamburg
With the SAWA project coming to an end the concluding conference summarizes the results of the various project parts. Representatives from CCS attends the conference and presents the results of four different projects.
- Emelie Hinderson: Floodville - an Interactive Model of a Flooded City
- Lars Nyberg: Higher Education - the Master Course Integrated Flood Risk Management
- Mariele Evers
- poster: Floodville - an Interactive Model of a Flooded City
- poster: Flood Walk in Karlstad – Raising the Local Flood Risk Awareness
Along these, the center has run several other projects that has been financed by SAWA during the years 2008-2011. Examples might be an analysis of the chain of events and consequences during the Lake Vänern flood of 2000/2001 and a research overview of applied GIS within the field of flood management.
Author: Kristin Gustafsson
The page was updated on 2011-11-17 10:06
