Post date: Sep 20, 2013 8:13:02 PM
New CIESIN Projects
Transboundary Water Assessment Program (TWAP). CIESIN has joined an international team led by the UNEP-DHI Center for Water and Environment that is developing an assessment of transboundary river basins as part of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Transboundary Water Assessment Program (TWAP). The overall purpose of the TWAP is to carry out a global comparison of approximately 200 transboundary river basins to improve understanding and management of current and future risks to both society and ecosystems at the river basin scale. Other team members include the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN); Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI); the Center for Environmental Systems Research (CESR) at the University of Kassel, Germany; the City University of New York (CUNY); and the Delta Alliance.
Hudson River Flood Hazard Decision Support System. A new grant from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) is supporting development of a flood assessment mapping tool for the lower Hudson Valley region. The free online resource will allow users to assess the impacts of flood inundation posed by sea level rise, storm surge, and rain events on communities bordering the lower Hudson River. It will be based on a flood inundation model developed by researchers from the Stevens Institute of Technology.
Planning for Resilience in East Africa through Policy, Adaptation, Research, and Economic Development (PREPARED). CIESIN is part of a team led by ARD/TetraTech that is developing data/information systems for climate change adaptation, biodiversity conservation, and water supply and sanitation services in East Africa as part of the PREPARED project supported by the US Agency for International Development
“Sustainable Development for Human Security” Working Group Meeting. CIESIN and the World-Wide Human Geography Data Working Group (WWHGD WG) hosted an all-day meeting April 18, 2013, featuring panel sessions on environmental sustainability, economic stability, urban growth, and related data issues. Addressing sustainable development data needs in the context of human security were Earth Institute director Jeffrey Sachs and other speakers including Lee Schwartz of the Office of the Geographer and Global Issues, U.S. Dept. of State; Cynthia Rosenzweig of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies and Columbia University; Ayako Kagawa of the United National Disengagement and Observer Force and the United Nations Cartographic Section; Deborah Balk of the Institute for Demographic Research at the City University of New York; and Marc Levy of CIESIN.