Projets
SENSOR²
Supporting Early-warning systems and nature-based solutions using opportunistic rainfall monitoring in Rwanda
Flash floods and landslides in Rwanda claimed 135 lives and cost €400 million between 2nd and 3rd May 2023 alone. A lack of accurate and sufficient rainfall data hampers the ability to issue timely warnings and prevent these increasingly frequent disasters. SENSOR² will establish a multi-stakeholder, multi-institutional partnership to introduce an innovative and cost-effective rainfall monitoring system using mobile phone network antennas. These unprecedented, nationwide rainfall data will be integrated in updated, accessible early warning systems and will be used to support research on nature-based prevention measures in the rapidly expanding city of Musanze. SENSOR² will bring together academia, government bodies and the private sector to design targeted solutions towards the most vulnerable communities in rural and urban areas of Rwanda. The project will support 3 “sandwich-style” Ph.D. candidates, hired from Meteo Rwanda, University of Rwanda-College of Agriculture Animal Sciences and Veterinary Medicine – UR-CAVM and the Institute for Applied Science – INES Ruhengeri.
Investigateur principal:
Dates:
2024 2029Collaborateurs:
Partenaires externes:
• Kwinten VAN WEVERBERG (project coordinator North), UGent and KMMIEmmanuel RUKUNDO (project coordinator South), INES Ruhengeri• Judith UWIHIRWE, University of Rwanda
• Ricardo REINOSO-RONDINEL, KU Leuven
• Amaury FRANKL, UGent
• Remko UIJLENHOET, TU Delft
• Thom BOGAARD, TU Delft
• Jean d’Amour DUSABIMANA (PhD Student), INES-Ruhengeri
• Jean de Dieu NDAYISENGA(PhD student), INES-Ruhengeri
• Germain MUVUNYI(PhD student), INES-Ruhengeri