  The
UFZ (Centre for Environmental Research) is one of the founder members
of the Dresden Flood Research Center (D-FRC). It was established in
1991 as the first and only establishment in the Helmholtz Community
of German Research Centres (HGF) to be exclusively devoted to interdisciplinary
environmental research. It currently employs around 650 staff in total.
UFZ research combines fundamental and applied research. Fundamental
research is organised in disciplinary departments. Among others, in
the twelve departments many water-related researchers work on Inland
Water Research, Hydrogeology, Applied Landscape Ecology, Community
Ecology, Ecological Modelling, Chemical Ecotoxicology and also on
River Basin Management from a socio-economic and legal perspective.
Applied research is organised in integrated projects through interdisciplinary
departments. With regard to water and flood research the Department
of Riverine and Lacustrine Landscapes co-ordinates problem-oriented
research activities. This applied research focuses both on integrated
river basin management using the River Saale as an example and on
remediation and restoration of opencast mining lakes in the coalfields
of central Germany and Lusatia. The long-term goal is the development
of integrated approaches for the complex ecological and economic assessment
of strategies to achieve a sustainable development of riverine and
lacustrine landscapes in terms of flood risk management, protection
of natural resources, and a sustainable use of water resources in
society as a whole.
For further information visit the Centre of Environmental Research
website on: www.ufz.de
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