The UrbanFlood
project was completed by 30 November 2012 for your convenience this website will stay
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New on this website
Results
from the Sensor Validation Tests at the IJkdijk
30
August 2013
Do you
faintly remember we organized a prediction competition last year for the
IJkdijk tests, together with an AmericanUniversity? In the
end one submission for the South dike (stability failure) was the best: the one by
Natalia Melnikova and Valeria Krzhizhanovskaya (UrbanFlood/UvA)!
European Commission
review UrbanFlood
28 January
2013
On
Friday January 25th UrbanFlood was reviewed for the last time by
external reviewers from the European Commission and the result was "Excellent"!!!
Of
course we are very happy with this acknowledgement of the quality and impact of
the results we reached in the past three years. The
UrbanFlood will be kept operational during the coming year(s) so if you are
interested in monitoring infrastructures or other object please contact us.
Demonstration
Video UrbanFlood
9 January
2013
Demonstration Video of the UrbanFlood Early Warning System with features
of the Multi-Touch table interface developed in this EU funded UrbanFlood
project. See the video.
Life after UrbanFlood
30
November 2012
On 30 November UrbanFlood ended its project activities. The consortium is
proud on its achievements and the consortium members look back on a period of
hard and extremely innovative work in a pleasant atmosphere. ... more
UrbanFlood ‘The Story’
28 November 2012
‘The Story’ (deliverable D7.9) is a brochure which
will quickly give you an idea of the UrbanFlood Early Warning System, and some
background on the project itself. Download the PDF
UrbanFlood in the news
28 November 2012
The UrbanFlood project
manager, Nico Pals (TNO), is interviewed for a series called: ‘The Netherlands
in seven floods’ for the NTR. ... more
Water
Innovation Award 2012
28 November 2012
On Wednesday 28 November
the Water Innovation Award 2012 is awarded in four categories in ‘De Rode Hoed’
Amsterdam. In the
category Companies wins DMC System from Friesland,
an advanced sensor technology for dike monitoring. … more (Dutch)
Photo
UrbanFlood Exhibition
3rd and
final UrbanFlood Workshop
Thursday 22 November 2012 – Rotterdam,
the Netherlands
The final UrbanFlood workshop was held as a part of the FLOODrisk2012
Conference. The session started early on a rainy Thursday morning in Rotterdam; nevertheless
we welcomed 48 participants of 13 different
nationalities. On the UrbanFlood website you will find the
presented papers and video presentation of this very interesting and lively session, including the UrbanFlood
video and the discussion at the end of the workshop. … more