Goals and areas of expertise
The Center for Interdisciplinary Disaster Research is an association of research groups in the field of disaster research at 海角直播 Kaiserslautern-Landau. The aim is to utilize the potential of interdisciplinary research between technology, economics and education. Our specific expertise covers the following areas:
Education in civil protection
disaster management
Resilience in flood risk management
Latest news
New publication & expert feedback: Focus on the book "Operational flood protection"
We are pleased to announce the publication of the new textbook "Operativer Hochwasserschutz" by SpringerVieweg-Verlag - and at the same time to draw your attention to the review already published in the journal Hydrologie und Wasserbewirtschaftung.
The book was written by Prof. Dr. Robert J眉pner and Dr.-Ing. Alexandra Sch眉ller, who completed her doctorate on this topic at the TU Kaiserslautern in 2022. It combines decades of experience in water management and disaster prevention with scientific expertise. In addition to sound basic principles, it contains an extensive chapter in which real flood events are analyzed and practical solutions are presented.
The book has already been picked up by experts:
Prof. Thomas Hartmann (TU Dortmund University) and Georg Johann (HochwasserKompetenzCentrum e. V.) praise the book in their review (HyWa 5/2025) as a valuable contribution to the professional handling of flood risks).
About the book
- approx. 300 pages, Druckausgabe
- Price: 鈧� (D) 89.99 | 鈧� (A) 92.51 | CHF 99.50
- ISBN: 978-3-658-46759-3
Cooperations
Science
- Erasmus University Rotterdam (Netherlands)
- Free University of Berlin
- Geo Research Center Potsdam
- Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, (United States)
- Leuphana University of L眉neburg
- Medical School Hamburg
- Free University of Berlin
- Berlin University of Technology
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Norway)
- Mines Tech, Paris (France)
- RWTH Aachen University
- Berlin University of Technology
- Braunschweig University of Technology
- Dortmund University of Technology
- Dresden University of Technology
- Munich University of Technology
- Ume氓 University (Sweden)
- Environmental Research Center Leipzig
- University of Hamburg
- Universitae Politehnica Timisoara (Romania)
- Universidad Nacional de Educaci贸n a Distancia (Spain)
- Universit茅 de Lorraine (France)
- University College London (Great Britain)
- University of Namibia (Namibia)
- University of Queensland (Australia)
- University of Tokyo (Japan)
- Warwick Business School (Great Britain)
- et al.
Practice
- Professional fire departments Kaiserslautern, Magdeburg, Neuwied and others
- Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance
- Deutsche Bahn InfraGO
- German Association for Water, Wastewater and Waste (DWA)
- Emschergenossenschaft/Lippeverband
- D眉sseldorf Fire Brigade
- Hamburg Fire Brigade
- Flood Competence Center Cologne
- Saxony-Anhalt State Office for Flood Protection and Water Management (LHW)
- Technical Relief Organization, SEEBA, local associations Sinzig, Euskirchen, Achim and others
- West Palatinate Clinic Kaiserslautern
- and others