SpongeScapes – Evidence and Solutions for improving SPONGE Functioning at LandSCAPE Scale in European Catchments for increased Resilience of Communities against Hydrometeorological Extreme Events
| Project team: | prof. dr. Mojca Šraj (project lead at UL FGG), asist. dr. Klaudija Lebar, znan. sod. dr. Katarina Zabret, asist. Tamara Kuzmanić, doc. dr. Nejc Bezak |
| Duration: | 48 Months 1. 10. 2023–30. 9. 2027 |
| Project code: | 101112738 |
| Lead partner: | STICHTING DELTARES, Delft, NL |
| Project leader: | Ellis Penning, lead at UL Mojca Šraj |
| Other project partner’s organization: | OIEAU (F), RUB (D), UNIPD (I), UL FGG (SI), MOPE ARSO (SI), WULS (P), WWF (GR), ETIFOR (I), UKCEH (UK) |
| Source of finance: | EU Horizon Europe |
| Key words: | Climate change adaptation; Spatial development and architecture, land use, regional planning; Water management; Water system modelling; Water systems monitoring |
Description:
SpongeScapes aims to consolidate, expand and disseminate scientific knowledge to improve the sponge function of soil, groundwater and surface water systems to accelerate the appropriation by all stakeholders. SpongeScapes will contribute to enhancing climate resilience against hydrological extremes at landscape scale: We will review and demonstrate the effectiveness of solutions in 140 existing cases, further detail process understanding in X individual case studies, and upscale this knowledge together with stakeholders by co-designing sponge strategies on landscape scale. We bring individual solutions and strategies for upscaling closer to the market by providing realistic evaluations of their effectiveness under different hydrometeorological extreme events in current conditions and future scenarios. We provide stakeholders with methods to map opportunities and self-assess the potential for increasing sponge functioning of groundwater, soils and surface water systems within the local context, taking climate, geology, topography, soil characteristics and land-use into account.
Main goals:
The main goals of the project are:
· A collection of information on individual measures and strategies for water retention, intended for decision-makers at the local level;
· Tools for quantifying and modeling measures and strategies for water retention in connection with floods and droughts, intended for the professional public;
· Information on goals for water retention in the landscape under current conditions and under various climate change scenarios in the future, intended for national and European policy.
Project packages:
WP1: Mainstreaming the sponge functions knowledge base
WP2: Data acquisition and detailed analysis of case study sponge measures
WP3: Upscaling from individual measures to sponge strategies for (sub)catchments through modelling
WP4: Co-assessing sponge strategies and enabling environments
WP5: Dissemination, communication and exploitation
WP6: Management and coordination
https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101112738
https://www.linkedin.com/company/spongescapes/