2010-667 DECISION MAKING FOR OPERATIONAL MANAGEMENT OF WATER RELATED RISKSSchalk Jan van Andel 1, Andreja Jonoski 1, Ioana Popescu 11 UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education, The Netherlands Abstract:When faced with predicted water related extreme events like floods, operational managers have to take decisions with high impacts, e.g. whether to provide early warnings, take anticipatory control […]

2010-653 DISTRIBUTED INFORMATION SYSTEMS PROVIDING LOCALISED ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES FOR ALL: CASE STUDY ON BATHING WATER QUALITY IN THE NETHERLANDSAndreja Jonoski 1, Schalk-Jan van Andel 1, Ioana Popescu 1, Adrian Almoradie 11 UNESCO-IHE Institute for water education, The Netherlands Abstract:Adequate provision of environmental information has became increasingly challenging tasks for environmental management organisations in recent years. […]

2010-260 FLOOD FORECASTING AND EARLY WARNING SYSTEM FOR THE MARITSA AND TUNDZHA RIVERSArne Roelevink 1, Job Udo 1, Georgy Koshinchanov 2, Snezhanka Balabanova 21 HKV consultants, The Netherlands2 National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology, Bulgaria Abstract:Climatic and geographical characteristics of Maritsa and Tundzha River Basins lead to specific run-off conditions, which can result in extreme […]

2010-157 REGIONAL ANALYSIS:DIFFERENCES IN EMISSION-INTENSITY DUE TO DIFFERENCES IN ECONOMIC STRUCTURE OR ENVIRONMENTAL EFFICIENCY? Maarten van Rossum 1, Marije van de Grift 11 Statistics Netherlands, The Netherlands Abstract:The economy is a complex system with many aspects having different interrelated dimensions. Many of these different aspects of the economy may have consequences for the quality of […]

2010-177 FLIWAS: THE RIGHT INFORMATION AT THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME FOR THE RIGHT PERSONS TO TAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONKees de GooijerHKV Consultanta, The Netherlands Abstract:The risk of floods along the major rivers is a real danger in a large part of Europe. To prevent victims and minimize damage, mankind has to be […]