Objective Natural disasters are typical examples of people living in conflict with the environment. Vulnerability of populated areas to natural disaster is partly a consequence of spatial planning policies that failed to take account of hazards and risks in land use zoning/development decisions. Thus it is important to combine knowledge, technology and actors in the field of risk assessment and land use zoning to achieve effective natural disaster prevention and mitigation. The overall aim of ARMONIA is to provide the EU with a set of harmonised methodologies for producing integrated risk maps to achieve effective spatial planning procedures in areas prone to natural disasters in Europe. Objectives to be achieved by ARMONIA are: - integration/optimisation of methodologies for hazard/risk assessment for different types of potentially disastrous events; - harmonisation of different risk mapping processes for standardizing data collection/analysis, monitoring, outputs and terminology for end users (multi-hazard risk assessment); - design of and proposal for a harmonised decision-making tool structure for applying hazard and risk mitigation in spatial planning and of a guideline on natural hazard mitigation in the context of the EU Environmental Assessment Directive (2001/42/EC). ARMONIA seeks to achieve outcomes that can mitigate the adverse effects of natural phenomena through joint effort of the scientific community, technology experts and users. The target is not only a scientific output, but a measurable impact on policies/practices for disaster mitigation initiated within the period of the project. ARMONIA fits with Europe's goals regarding sustainable development in supporting environmental and security policies by facilitating and fostering the timely provision of quality data, information and knowledge, developing tools and improving management practices. Fields of science natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencessoil sciencesland-based treatmentnatural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesphysical geographynatural disasterssocial scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and management Keywords Climate change EU guidelines/standards Risk Maps Harmonisation Spatial planning Vulnerability Programme(s) FP6-SUSTDEV - Sustainable Development, Global Change and Ecosystems: thematic priority 6 under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006. Topic(s) SUSTDEV-2004-3.IV.2.c - Natural disasters Call for proposal FP6-2003-GLOBAL-2 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme STIP - Specific Targeted Innovation Project Coordinator T6 SOCIETÀ COOPERATIVA EU contribution No data Address Via Genova, 30 ROME Italy See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (12) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Beaconside Campus STAFFORD See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA, NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA Canada EU contribution No data Address 601 Booth Street OTTAWA, ONTARIO See on map Total cost No data CESKE CENTRUM PRO VEDU A SPOLECNOST Czechia EU contribution No data Address Radlicka, 28 PRAHA 5 See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data GEOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS Finland EU contribution No data Address Betonimiehenkuja 4 ESPOO See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data HR WALLINGFORD LTD United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Howbery Park WALLINGFORD, OXFORD See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data EUROPEAN COMMISSION - DG JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE Belgium EU contribution No data Address 200 rue de la Loi BRUXELLES See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data POTSDAM INSTITUT FUER KLIMAFOLGENFORSCHUNG Germany EU contribution No data Address Telegraphenberg A31 601203 POTSDAM See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data POLITECNICO DI MILANO Italy EU contribution No data Address Piazza Leonardo da Vinci, 32 MILANO See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data ALGOSYSTEMS Greece EU contribution No data Address 206, Syggrou Avenue KALITHEA See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data LANCASTER UNIVERSITY United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Bailrigg LANCASTER See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI NAPOLI FEDERICO II Italy EU contribution No data Address Corso Umberto I, 40 NAPOLI See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITÄT DORTMUND Germany EU contribution No data Address August Schmidt Strasse. 4 DORTMUND See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data