UNESCO Chair on Water-related Disaster Risk Reduction

University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

 

Unesco Floods Summer School

Ljubljana, September 2024
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Osnutek smernic za urejanje voda v povirjih (hudourniških območjih) avgust 2024

Pripravili smo osnutek smernic za urejanje voda v povirjih.

V obliki pdf dokumenta je zadnja verzija 3.0 na voljo tukaj.

Formalno naj bi smernice sprejelo Ministrstvo za naravne vire in prostor.

Predlog smernic za urejanje voda v povirjih (v nadaljevanju kratko »smernice«) temelji v formalnem delu na zakonski in podzakonski regulativi s področja voda, predvsem Zakona o vodah (2002 s spremembami), kot tudi drugih smernic, ki jih je sprejela Direkcija za vode Republike Slovenije. Pri pripravi smernic smo upoštevali še drugo področno zakonodajo v Sloveniji, ki se dotika problematike urejanja voda v povirjih (sinonim za hudourniška območja).
Smernice so v svojem prvem delu predvsem upravljavske narave, v pomoč državnim in lokalnim organom upravljanja, kot tudi strokovnim službam, ki usmerjajo kot naročniki področje urejanja voda v povirnih delih Slovenije. Naravni procesi v zaledju nižinskih vodotokov (potok in rek) v veliki meri določajo dinamiko rečnih procesov in s tem seveda smernice za urejanje voda v povirjih pomembno določajo tudi področje urejanja voda v nižinskih (ravninskih) delih Slovenije. Za njih je smiselno pripraviti svoje smernice urejanja, ki se bodo bolj specifično ukvarjale s problematiko, značilno za dolinski vodni svet in njihove ekosisteme, ohranjanje biotske raznovrstnosti, dvigovanje poplavne odpornosti in umeščanje sonaravnih (na naravi temelječih) ureditev v slovenski prostor.
Smernice se dotikajo problematike prepoznavanja naravnih danosti in nevarnosti ter dinamičnih naravnih pojavov v povirjih, načrtovanja in planiranja posegov v prostor, njihovega financiranja in pridobivanja zemljišč za graditev objektov in inženirskih gradenj, izdelave ustrezne projektne dokumentacije, ter na splošnem razumevanje problematike v času in prostoru odpirajo možnosti za vključitev podrobnejših tehničnih smernic za posamezna vprašanja urejanja voda – te smernice so bolj podrobno in tehnično naravnane, uporabne pri pripravi projektnih nalog in razpisov za izbiro izvajalcev različnih nalog na področju urejanja voda, od planiranja in načrtovanja (študijsko-planerski del) do izdelave tehnične dokumentacije za izvedbo del na terenu ter izbor izvajalcev načrtovanih posegov v povirjih za zagotavljanje višje poplavne in druge odpornosti človekovega grajenega prostora.
Smernice, prikazane v nadaljevanju, bodo potrjene (in prilagojene) v ustreznem postopku sprejemanja na državni ravni, da pridobijo podzakonsko težo in se uveljavijo v slovenskem prostoru. Zato pričakujemo, da bomo v postopku sprejemanja imeli aktivno vlogo njihove razlage.

 

 

Zadnje novice / Latest News

ResiliEnhance Platform 2024 Meeting, Udine, Italy, November 25-27, 2024.

UNESCO WRDRR Chair contributed to the its ResiliEnhance Platform 2024 Meeting held in Udine, Italy, on November 25-27, 2024. The event was hosted by the University of Udine, SPRINT-LAB and the UNESCO Chair on Intersectoral safety for Disaster risk reduction and...

EU project NATURE-DEMO Consortium Meeting, Santander, Spain, November 19-21, 2024.

UNESCO WRDRR Chair contributed to the EU project NATURE-DEMO entitled "Nature-Based Solutions for Climate-Resilient Infrastructure" (5.2024 - 4.2028) 11th Consortium Meeting held face-to-face and on-line in Santander, Spain, on November 19-21, 2024. The event was...

2024 ICL-KLC Conference by the International Consortium on Landslides (ICL), Kyoto, Japan, November 4-7, 2024.

The International Consortium on Landslides (Kyoto, Japan) held its 2024 ICL-KLC Conference in the City of Kyoto, Japan, from November 4 to 7, 2024 - its full program is available here. UNESCO WRDRR Chair Dr. Mikoš took part in all of the activities as follows: - ICL...

The ResiliEnhance Platform Newsletter October 2024 published.

The ResiliEnhance Platform, a part of the ResiliEnhance Program run by the SPRINT Lab at the Polytechnic Department of Engineering and Architecture of University in Udine, Italy, published its new quaterly #2 October 2024 Newsletter. We wish you all an enjoyable...

International Conference: A Decade of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction: Envisioning the Road Ahead – September 26, 2004.

This important international conference A Decade of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction: Envisioning the Road Ahead offered a crucial opportunity to assess UNESCO’s achievements and reaffirm its commitment to Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and drive...

2nd International Sediment Initiative (ISI) Advisory Board Meeting, 24 September 2024.

The inaugural meeting of the International Sediment Initiative (ISI) Advisory Board under IHP-IX Program took place on 23 and 24 April 2024 in Paris, France. The meeting served as a platform to discuss and finalize the new ISI strategy and its work plan for the...

New PhD defended on Laboratory tests of mineral aggregates’ properties in fluvial abrasion of coarse sediments – September 2024.

Dr. Tamara Kuzmanić defended her PhD Thesis on Friday September 20, 2024. The thesis title is "Laboratory tests of mineral aggregates’ properties in fluvial abrasion of coarse sediments" or in Slovene "Laboratorijski preskusi lastnosti mineralnih agregatov v fluvialni...

GAR Special Report 2024 published.

The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) published the GAR Special Report 2024. The GAR Special Report 2024 Forensic Insights for Future Resilience: Learning from Past Disasters can be downloaded as a 134-page pdf document here, or here. A short...

New: Two PhD positions at UNESCO Chair for 2024-2028 (for 4 years).

The University of Ljubljana opened a third call to tender in 2024 for PhD candidates for doctoral studies at University of Ljubljana – a 4- year PhD job position (in Slovenia called Young Researchers positions) - starting on October 1, 2024. General information about...

Anketa o potrebah po izobraževanju na temo ukrepov za zadrževanje voda “Sponge Measures”.

V okviru evropskega projekta SpongeScapes izvajamo anketiranje o potrebah po usposabljanju na temo ukrepov "Sponge Measures". Cilj teh ukrepov je izboljšati sposobnost okolja, da absorbira, shranjuje in počasi sprošča vodo v daljšem časovnem obdobju, kar pogosto...

Submit your research results to the journal Acta hydrotechnica

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Spletna platforma pOZNavalec.si

Spletni medij pOZNavalec osvešča o trajnostnem razvoju in razvojnih tematikah doma in v tujini, bolj podrobno pa o ciljih trajnostnega razvoja, mednarodnem razvojnem sodelovanju in humanitarni pomoči. Ta kakovostni spletni medij prispeva k pluralnosti medijske krajine v Sloveniji, izdaja ga Društvo za Združene narode za Slovenijo.

Spletno platformo podpira Slovenska nacionalna komisija za UNESCO v okviru projekta UNESCO mladinska platforma.

Vabljeni k zanimivemu branju o Združenih narodih, svetu in Sloveniji ter o izzivih trajnostnega razvoja.

 

 

Poplave avgust 2023

Obsežne dele Slovenije so prizadele večdnevne močne poplave. Izražamo sočutje vsem prizadetim in globoko zahvalo vsem, ki so priskočili na pomoč v kakršni koli vlogi ali na kakršen koli način. Solidarnost je močno zakoreninjena v slovenski družbi.

Odpravljanje posledic bo dolgotrajno in boleče. Od nas bo zahtevalo veliko mero odrekanja na drugih področjih delovanja in razvoja.

Posledice žal niso le zaradi moči narave, ampak tudi našega ravnanja v preteklosti in našega odnosa do voda.

Za boljše razumevanje si lahko preberete tri prispevke:

Quo vadis slovensko vodarstvo – anketa iz leta 1995, objavljena v reviji Slovenski vodar, št. 2

Quo vadis slovensko hudourništvo? – strokovni prispevek iz leta 2016 na Mišičevem vodarskem dnevu

95 tez o vodarstvu – prispevek iz leta 2017 z 2. kongresa o vodah Slovenije

Verjamemo, da lahko v času podnebne krize ravnamo drugače in varujemo človeška življenja in premoženje v večji meri, tako da krepimo odpornost družbe in posameznika.

Agencija RS za okolje (ARSO) je že na svojih spletnih straneh objavila analizo “Nalivi in obilne padavine od 3. do 6. avgusta 2023” – MOPE, ARSO, Ljubljana, 32 str.

Hidrološke analize tega izrednega dogodka člani Unesco katedre objavljajo na Facebook spletni strani študija Vodarstvo in okoljsko inženirstvo, ki ga izvaja Fakulteta za gradbeništvo in geodezijo, Univerza v Ljubljani.

Zanimivo branje o kvantitativnih metodah za ocenjevanje poplavne nevarnosti ponuja pregledni članek avtorjev Maranzoni in sod. (2023) Quantitative flood hazard assessment methods: A review, Journal of Flood Risk management, 16:e12855, https://doi.org/10.1111/jfr3.12855, ki je na voljo v angleškem jeziku v prostem dostopu. Poplavna nevarnost se ne dotika le vprašanj o varnosti objektov in ljudi v njih, temveč tudi ljudi na prostem, tudi v prevoznih sredstvih.

Sprememba slovenske področne zakonodaje na področju varstva pred škodljivim delovanjem voda (vključuje poplave vseh vrst in vzrokov) je nujna.

 

PLANNED CHAIR ACTIONS IN 2026:

PLANNED CHAIR ACTIONS IN 2025:

IPL Project "World-wide-web-based Landslide Observatory (W3bLO)".

(2022-2025)

Erasmus+ Joint Master in Flood Risk Management

(on-going 2020-2024 & 2024-2030)

EU ERASMUS-EDU-2023-EMJM_DESIGN project Eye4Water - "Augmented Intelligence for Sustainable Water and Health"

(2023-2024)

PLANNED CHAIR ACTIONS IN 2024:

IPL Project "World-wide-web-based Landslide Observatory (W3bLO)".

(2022-2025)

IPL Project "Deciphering the sensitivity of rock faces to climatic changes and freeze-thaw cycles in permafrost-free regions"

(2021-2024)

Erasmus+ Joint Master in Flood Risk Management

(on-going 2020-2024 & 2024-2030)

EU ERASMUS-EDU-2023-EMJM_DESIGN project Eye4Water - "Augmented Intelligence for Sustainable Water and Health"

(2023-2024)

CHAIR ACTIONS IN 2023:

IPL Project "World-wide-web-based Landslide Observatory (W3bLO)".

(2022-2025)

IPL Project "Deciphering the sensitivity of rock faces to climatic changes and freeze-thaw cycles in permafrost-free regions"

(2021-2024)

CELSA Collaborative Research Project "Rainfall interception experimentation and modelling for enhanced impact analysis of nature-based solutions"

(1.10.2021 – 30.9.2023)

EU ERASMUS-EDU-2023-EMJM_DESIGN project Eye4Water - "Augmented Intelligence for Sustainable Water and Health"

(2023-2024)

CHAIR ACTIONS IN 2022:

Research Programme "Water Science and Technology, and Geotechnics" 2022-2027

(approved for 6 years)

Basic ARRS project "Erosional processes on coastal flysch cliffs and their risk assessment"

(on-going 2020-2023)

Basic ARRS project "Deciphering the sensitivity of rock faces to climatic changes and freeze-thaw cycles in permafrost-free regions"

(on-going 10.2021 – 9.2024)

Targeted ARRS project "Methodology development for computing high-flow waves on the basis of extreme rainfall events"

(on-going 10.2021-3.2023)

Bilateral ARRS-DAAD Research Project PRE-PROMISE "Validation of Precipitation REanalysis PROducts for rainfall-runoff Modelling In SlovEnia" 2021-2022

(active action in 2022)

CELSA Collaborative Research Project "Rainfall interception experimentation and modelling for enhanced impact analysis of nature-based solutions"

(1.10.2021 – 30.9.2023)

COST Action "Minimizing naturally and technologically induced geo-hazards"

(proposed for 2022)

IPL Project "Deciphering the sensitivity of rock faces to climatic changes and freeze-thaw cycles in permafrost-free regions"

(2021-2024)

COST Action "Cascading Geohazard Models & Risk Awareness Raising in joint XR-environments"

(proposed for 2022)

COST Action "Land use/cover changes from 19th century and their impact on the environment"

(proposed for 2022)

IPL Project "World-wide-web-based Landslide Observatory (W3bLO)".

(2022-2025)

CHAIR ACTIONS IN 2021:

Research Programme "Water Science and Technology, and Geotechnics" 2017-2021

(active action in 2021)

CELSA Collaborative Research Project "Rainfall interception experimentation and modelling for enhanced impact analysis of nature-based solutions"

(1.10.2021 – 30.9.2023)

Bilateral ARRS-DAAD Research Project PRE-PROMISE "Validation of Precipitation REanalysis PROducts for rainfall-runoff Modelling In SlovEnia" 2021-2022

(active action in 2021)

Basic ARRS project "Erosional processes on coastal flysch cliffs and their risk assessment"

(on-going 2020-2023)

Targeted ARRS project "Methodology development for computing high-flow waves on the basis of extreme rainfall events"

(on-going 10.2021-3.2023)

DAREFFORT (DAnube River Basin Enhanced Flood FORecasting CooperaTion)

(on going 2018-2021)

CHAIR ACTIONS IN 2020:

Research Programme "Water Science and Technology, and Geotechnics" 2017-2021

(active action in 2020)

Bilateral ARRS-China Research Project "Evaluation of intelligent learning techniques for prediction of hydrological data: useful case"

(on-going 2018-2020)

Annual Meeting of the representatives of the National Committees of IHP from the Danube River Basin

(on-line on October 21, 2020)

Basic ARRS project "Erosional processes on coastal flysch cliffs and their risk assessment"

(on-going 2020-2023)

DAREFFORT (DAnube River Basin Enhanced Flood FORecasting CooperaTion)

(on going 2018-2021)

Workshop of the representatives of the National Committees of IHP from II. Region of UNESCO

(on-line on October 22, 2020)

CHAIR ACTIONS IN 2019:

World Construction Forum 2019

(April 8 – 11, 2019, Ljubljana)

Research Programme "Water Science and Technology, and Geotechnics" 2017-2021

(active action in 2019)

Bilateral ARRS-DAAD Research Project "Stochastic rainfall models for rainfall erosivity evaluation" 2018-2019

(active action in 2019)

Bilateral ARRS-China Research Project "Evaluation of intelligent learning techniques for prediction of hydrological data: useful case"

(on-going 2018-2020)

DAREFFORT (DAnube River Basin Enhanced Flood FORecasting CooperaTion)

(on going 2018-2021)

COST LAND4FLOOD Project

Natural Flood Retention on Private Land (CA16209)

(active action in 2019)

CHAIR ACTIONS IN 2018:

Research Programme "Water Science and Technology, and Geotechnics" 2017-2021

(active action in 2018)

Bilateral ARRS-DAAD Research Project "Stochastic rainfall models for rainfall erosivity evaluation" 2018-2019

(active action in 2018)

Bilateral ARRS-China Research Project "Evaluation of intelligent learning techniques for prediction of hydrological data: useful case"

(on-going 2018-2020)

DAREFFORT (DAnube River Basin Enhanced Flood FORecasting CooperaTion)

approved for 2018-2021

COST LAND4FLOOD Project

Natural Flood Retention on Private Land (CA16209)

(active action in 2018)

CHAIR ACTIONS IN 2017:

4th World Landslide Forum

(May 29 – June 2, 2017, Ljubljana)

3rd Regional Symposium on Landslides in the Adriatic-Balkan Region

Co-organised together with the Slovenian Geological Survey (11. – 13. October, 2017, Ljubljana).

Natural Disasters Summer School

(May 21 – June 10, 2017, Ljubljana)

Water Center of Excellence in Landslide Disaster Risk Reduction

(approved at WLF4 in Ljubljana for 2017-2020)

Research Programme "Water Science and Technology, and Geotechnics"

(approved for 2017-2021)

More room for water initiative

CHAIR INAUGURATION CEREMONY 2016:

UNESCO Chair on Water-related Disaster Risk Reduction (WRDRR) was inaugurated during a ceremony on December 1, 2016.

 

The video address of Ms. Blanca Jiménez-Cisneros, Director of the Division of Water Sciences, and Secretary, International Hydrological Programme, Natural Sciences Sector UNESCO.

Academic Staff of the UNESCO Chair

From left: N. Bezak, S. Rusjan, M. Brilly, M. Mikoš, M. Šraj, A. Kryžanowski, A. Vidmar.

Distinguished Guests at the UNESCO Chair Inauguration Ceremony.

From left: UL Rector Prof. I. Svetlik, UNESCO Chair holder Prof. M. Mikoš, Chairman IHP Committee Prof. M., Brilly, UNESCO Chairman Prof. S. Pejovnik.

Media Interview.

UNESCO Chairholder Prof. M. Mikoš.

During the Press Conference.

The Deputy Director-General of the Administration of the Republic of Slovenia for Civil Protection and Disaster Relief Mr. B. Dervodel.

During the Press Conference.

The Chairman of the Slovenian National Commission for UNESCO Prof. S. Pejovnik.

During the Press Conference.

The Rector of the University of Ljubljana Prof. I. Svetlik.

During the Press Conference.

The Chairman of the Slovenian Committee for UNESCO IHP Prof. M. Brilly.
Damages caused by water-related disasters, such as floods or rainfall-induced landslides, continue to increase all over the world, while available water resources are becoming increasingly scarce, causing damages, such as those due to droughts. The research activities undertaken by the newly established UNESCO Chair on Water-related Disaster Risk Reduction (WRDRR) will be an intricate part of joint worldwide efforts to reduce disaster risks and to mitigate their unavoidable consequences.

The planned activities relate to risk reduction of water-related disasters due to floods and accompanying erosion phenomena. The problem has contemporary relevance in Slovenia and elsewhere in the world. Today, we mostly encounter the impacts of: climate change and anthropogenic actions as a response to hazards and the changed way of our life, subject to cultural and developmental diversity related to the society’s sensitivity, and development of new technologies and risk reduction actions.

Through an integrated approach to research and doctoral study programmes we will develop new solutions suitable for local natural and cultural conditions.