Regions tackle natural disasters
Table of contents:
- Editorial: Thymios N. Sokos, General Secretary, Decentralised administration of Macedonia and Thrace (GR)
- When disaster strikes: Europe’s regions must work together if they are to cope with the growth in natural and manmade disasters
- Crisis management: Cooperation, coordination, communication. These are the guiding principles behind the Flinkman project, which aims to improve flood risk management
- Interview: Ourania Georgoutsakou, AER Senior Policy coordinator of the ‘Social
policy and Public health’ Committee - Interview: Marja Segers, policy advisor on flood prevention at the Province of Noord-Brabant
- Intreview: Dr Nikolaos Tsotsolis, general director of land planning and environmental policy at the Decentralised Administration of Macedonia and Thrace
- Interview: Matthias Löw, flood protection and hydrology at the Hessian Ministry of Environment, Energy, Agriculture and Consumer Protection
- Interview: Professor George Zalidis, responsible for science policy at the Balkan Environment Centre
- On the ground. Good examples of disaster management from Timis in Romania,
Catalunya in Spain and the Portuguese Açores - No time to waste: From flood management to civil protection, the EU has several programmes and funding mechanisms to help cope with disasters in Europe and beyond
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