FloodCitiSense
FloodCitiSense develops an urban pluvial flood early warning service for, but also by citizens and city authorities. This service will reduce the vulnerability of urban areas and citizens to pluvial floods, which occur when heavy rainfall exceeds the capacity of the urban drainage system.
Due to their fast onset and localized nature, pluvial floods cause significant damage to the urban environment and are challenging to manage. The FloodCitiSense project aims at integrating crowdsourced hydrological data, collaboratively monitored by local stakeholders, including citizens, making use of low-cost sensors and web-based technologies, into a flood early warning system. Citizens in Brussels, Rotterdam and Birmingham will be actively involved in the monitoring of rainfall and pluvial flooding by assembling their own rain sensor that Disdrometrics as partner of FloodCitiSense creates for them.
Partners are Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Delft University of Technology, Imperial College Lon-
don, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Ecosystems Services and Mana-
gement Program, Etats Généraux de l’Eau à Bruxelles – vzw, Local Government Informa-
tion Unit, RainPlusPlus Ltd, RPS Environmental Management Ltd, Disdrometrics, City of Brussels, City of Amsterdam, Birmingham Council, Severn Trent Water, National Taipei
University of Technology.
Internet: www.jpi-urbaneurope.eu
