English information about this project
This page is provided by the NAJU (Naturschutzjugend) Germany and part of its educational programme. The NAJU is a non-gouvernmental youth organisation, involves a total of about 80.000 members in all federal countries of Germany and is one of the most important environmental youth organisations in Germany.
Topics of this project:
- floodings and catastrophal floodings (mostly non-coastal floodings)
- factors of a flood
- floods and their processes and human impacts
- the historical view on floodings since the year 813
- the risks of floods, damages caused by them and the costs of floods
- a response to them by private actors, politics and public
- `public psychology´ of catastrophal flooding
- preventive methods to stop flood-intensifying factors
- ecological impacts of levees, dams, channels or power-plants on rivers
- flooding simulation
- architects and their solutions to flood hazard
- river ecology including the variety of species (plants, fishes, birds, mammals and other)
- specific physical processes of rivers
- relationship between man and rivers from the antique to the medieval time and the modern times
- interpretation of water by art, philosophy and literature
- history of hydrotechnical interventions by human beeings in the past 300 years from the simple aquaeduct of the romans to the latest flood-barrier-systems
- catalogue of ideas for young people and working samples/media for teachers for primary level and secondary level classes (eco-action, information-campaigns, etc.)
- a guide for children to check rivers on both their water-quality and their morphological character
We
do regret that we cannot (yet) provide more information in English or other foreign
language.
Since we are very interested in sharing our experiences and having
exchanges with international partners please do not hesitate to contact the Federal
Office of the NAJU for more information- if you have any suggestion or question:
23.03.2004 9:55 updated by Bene
