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Status for NAG-CITY group Hans de Beer

Status for NAG-CITY group Hans de Beer. NAG Business meeting Hurtigruten , May 2, 2013. Outline. NAG-CITY activities workshop hydrogeology Odense budget and plans partner initiatives COST SUB-URBAN status parties organisation work plan and budget .

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Status for NAG-CITY group Hans de Beer

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  1. Status for NAG-CITY group Hans de Beer NAG Business meeting Hurtigruten, May 2, 2013

  2. Outline • NAG-CITY activities • workshop hydrogeology Odense • budget and plans • partner initiatives • COST SUB-URBAN • status • parties • organisation • work plan and budget

  3. Workshop Urban GroundwaterInformation Management City of Odense, January 15-16, 2013 Purpose: to get a better understanding of the city-partners’ present handling of hydrogeological information and to discuss wishes and possibilities for future handling.

  4. Main workshopconclusions and recommendations • Challenges for City Managers: • new activities affect ecosystems; assessment and monitoring; • digital availability and storage of information and models in standard formats; • responsibility for systematic data collection; • climate adaptation requires improved subsurface information. • Needs for green/blue solutions: • urban design affects and is dependent on subsurface variability; • systematic (sub)surface information collection; • systematic groundwater mapping and monitoring, potential contaminants.

  5. Main workshop conclusions and recommendations • Needs for heat storage and cooling: • improved legislation and data collection (many countries “Wild West”) • Why urban groundwater monitoring: • Water Framework Directive, ground stability, protection of infrastructure and heritage require new approaches • Status geological and hydrogeological modelling: • progress varies per country • shallow subsurface information essential and not collected before • surface geophysics and new guidelines required • Poster presentation from NAG-City partners at seminar “Groundwater and Cultural Heritage”, May 14-15, Trondheim.

  6. Conclusions Water relatedproblems are very important for the cities. High unforeseen costs due to unknown (hydro)geology. Knowledge about cityneeds and challenges is essential. • Solutions require not only knowledge of the subsurface, but also how the subsurface and the processes within are influenced by human activities. • Proper data management requires improved legislation, drilling authorisation, local administration and systematic data collection.

  7. Plans and budgets Activities will be linked to COST Action Sub-Urban. Core group remains. Aim to new project proposal Horizon 2020. Specific NAG-CITY budgets currently €10-15k (2013) per partner.

  8. Partner initiatives Local projects strengthen the work of NAG-CITY and COST Action SUB-URBAN. • Pretty much all partners have (funded) projects that underpin NAG-CITY. • Examples: Odense project: 2 year fully funded (GEUS, Odense municipality, Water Company), 2013-14. Oslo subsurface project: 4 year multidisciplinary project initiative to improve subsurface data management, availability and use (Oslo municipality, Ingelöv Eriksson), 2013-2017. Clyde-Urban Super-Project (CUSP)

  9. SUB-URBAN A European network to improve understanding and use of the ground beneath our cities Networking and learning opportunities offered by a unique consortium of geological survey organisations (which provide subsurface data, information and knowledge), city representatives (which both provide and require knowledge and information), and the academia (providing science). Geological surveys work in a specific country or region, city representatives work in a specific city. Knowledge sharing with sister organisations is important, and is strengthened by an incentive such as this project.

  10. SUB-URBAN Key dates and numbers COST Action TU1206. Kick-off meeting April 9, 2013. Approved Grant work plan and budget at April 22, 2013. First financial period June 1, 2013- May 31, 2014 Allocated budget year 1: € 129.000,- • COST:http://www.cost.eu/domains_actions/tud/Actions/TU1206

  11. SUB-URBAN Members (MC) Croatia Slovakia Spain Finland Poland Sweden St. Petersburg April 2013 (11)

  12. SUB-URBAN organisation Grant holder: British Geological Survey, NERC Management Committee Chair: Diarmad Campbell, BGS Management Committee Vice-Chair: Johannes de Beer, NGU • WG 1:Inventory of existing methods, practices and case-studies • Chair: Michiel vanderMeulen, TNO • Vice-chair: Ingelöv Eriksson, City of Oslo • WG 2: Evaluation of techniques • Chair: Susie Mielby, GEUS • Vice-chair:Ingelöv Eriksson, City of Oslo • WG 3: Preparation of Guidelines and Toolbox • Chair and vice-chair to be determined • WG 4: Dissemination and training • Chair:Diarmad Campbell, BGS • Vice-chair: Alex Donald, GSNI

  13. Implementationofscientificwork plan Task 1 Review and collate the existing research Task 2 Evaluate research and produce good practice workflows and tools Task 3 Prepare and test Toolbox. Make proposals for legislative guidelines Task 4 Communication and dissemination of the Toolbox and findings Year 4 Year 2 Year 3 Year 1

  14. Implementationofscientificwork plan Task 1 Review and collate the existing research • WG1 Compile inventories of existing methods, practices and case studies Milestones Task 2 Evaluate research and produce good practice workflows and tools • WG2 Evaluation and integration of techniques Task 3 Prepare and test Toolbox. Make proposals for legislative guidelines • WG3 Preparation of guidelines and a Toolbox Task 4 Communication and dissemination of the Toolbox and findings • WG4 Dissemination and training Year 4 Year 2 Year 3 Year 1

  15. Deliveryofscientificwork plan ‘State of the Art’ report • WG1 Milestones ‘Evaluation’ report Integrated model • WG2 Trial toolbox available Launch of toolbox and guidelines • WG3 Launch website Final conference • WG4 Year 4 Year 2 Year 3 Year 1

  16. Integratewithindividual partner task plans (e.g. Odense, GEUS)

  17. Implementation time table ‘Kick off’ meeting MC meetings WG meetings Workshops STSMs Seminars/training Member contribution to external workshops/conferences Final conference Website Year 4 Year 2 Year 3 Year 1

  18. June 2013 - Detailed planning MC Meeting and Working Groups Location: Rotterdam

  19. November 2013 ‘City Needs’ workshop MC Meeting and Working Groups Location: Hamburg (prob.)

  20. May 2014 ‘Glasgow 2014’ A major conference on urban geoscience already planned by Glasgow City Council, Royal Society of Edinburgh and BGS. MC Meeting and Working Groups and release of ‘state of the art’ report attached to the conference

  21. Series of Short Term Scientific Missions for exchange of staff and ideas

  22. SUB-URBAN Summary budget Request for financial support to STSMs between NAG-CITY partners to cover staff time and additional costs not covered by COST. Emphasis on young researchers. Suggestion € 10k per GSO.

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