Cross-border, Resilience, Innovation & Governance for the Prevention of Hydrogeological Risk

This project deals with the problem of flood risk due to filled-in watercourses and the ever-increasing number of urbanised areas and waterproofed surfaces, with consequent difficulties in regulating the surface water flow and water bodies receiving outflows, aggravated by the ongoing climate change. The project aims to develop land resilience by promoting green infrastructure for the management of wet weather outflows, to restore the water cycle, facilitate infiltration and reduce runoff effects. The action plan includes an integrated analysis, creation and transfer of innovative technology and multi-stakeholder training and consultation activities. The above will improve the administrations' capacity to innovate existing plans (Urban Instruments, Flood Risk Management Plans, the Portofino Park Authority Plan, General Plan and Regional Reclamation Programme). The project will carry out pilot actions such as building sustainable urban drainage systems (SUDS), daylighting watercourses and harvesting rainwater for the benefit of the population, artistic and cultural heritage, landscape and environment. The above will reduce the risk coming from water in addition to the pollutants in the receiving water bodies, the energy for pumping water in the drainage network and greenhouse gas emissions, leading to environmental improvement and better usability of the areas. Moreover, the cross-border approach ensures the creation of a replicable governance model adequate to the characteristics and needs of the area. Exchanging ideas and opinions helps with the resolution of complex issues and the gathering of consensus around practices that are still little known (for this purpose, the plan includes the creation of a policy document to summarise strategies).