Project duration: April 2026 to March 2029

KAHR 2.0 directly builds on the results of the BMFTR-funded KAHR project (2021-2024). The joint project provides scientific support for reconstruction processes after the 2021 flood disaster in Rhineland-Palatinate and North Rhine-Westphalia and develops impulses for climate-resilient reconstruction and improved flood risk reduction.
The project focuses on differentiated protection targets, the analysis of new legal frameworks, the assessment of natural and technical protection measures, and the transfer of knowledge to other regions. A digital online tool will bundle findings, best-practice examples, and recommendations for stakeholders in water management, spatial planning, and civil protection.
The Chair of Regional Development and Risk Management (RER) is primarily responsible, within the framework of the project, for the work package entitled “Evaluation of the impact of reconstruction funding to date”. This work package examines the extent to which reconstruction funding to date has actually contributed to reducing flood risks – for example, through relocation, damage-mitigation measures and recommendations for more effective and efficient funding programmes.
 

• Chair and Institute of Hydraulic Engineering and Water Resources Management (IWW), RWTH Aachen University
• Institute of Spatial and Regional Planning (IREUS), University of Stuttgart
• Koblenz University of Applied Sciences (HS-Ko)
• Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Section Hydrology (GFZ)
• Eifel-Rur Water Association (WVER)
• TU Dortmund University (RER)
• District of Ahrweiler (L-Ahr)
• Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development (IÖR)
• Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ)
• indblik.io (subcontractor)