HistoRiCH: Historical river change – Planning for the future by exploring the mapped past
Summary
The project “HistoRiCH: Historical river change – Planning for the future by exploring the mapped past”, funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), aims at extracting, analyzing and utilizing information from historical maps in the context of practical river management. This interdisciplinary effort will be carried out by IKG of ETH Zurich, the geoinformatics and ecohydrology groups of the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) as well as the river restoration group of the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (EAWAG).
Kick off
01.09.2020
Researchers
- Prof. Dr. Lorenz Hurni, ETH Zurich
- Prof. Dr. Patrick Laube, ZHAW
- Prof. Dr. Michael Döring, ZHAW
- Dr. Christine Weber, EAWAG
- Dr. Magnus Heitzler, ETH Zurich
- Dr. Marta Antonelli, EAWAG,
- Sidi Wu, ETH Zurich
- Victoria Scherelis, ZHAW
Funding sources
Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
Partners
- Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW)
- Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (EAWAG)