Preventing/mitigating water and mudflows and floods in urbanized mountainous hydrological catchments through avoidance of deforestation of critical tree covered locations and afforestation of critical tree-less locations KU Leuven
Reducing the risks and alleviating the impacts of extreme meteorological events in urban contexts have become increasingly important. Trees and forests have proven to have protective effects when their locations and species are determined based on sensible technical and multi-dimensional scientific evidence. This project will further elaborate methods and tools that have been developed in the past, to contribute to appropriate urban forest ...