From 2006-03-13 to 2006-03-24

Venue: Silsoe, U.K.

Summary:

This short course considers techniques for estimating flood probability, engineering and non-structural measures to reduce flood probability, economic techniques for evaluating flood consequences and current approaches to managing flood risk.

Some of the topics of this course are as follows:
• roles and responsibilities for flood defence in the U.K.
• flood probability
• flood impact in urban and rural areas
• engineered solutions
• land management and runoff control
• flood risk mapping and Catchment Flood Management Plans (CFMPs)
• climate change and flood risk.

Organizers: Cranfield University at Silsoe, U.K.
Contact Name: Secretariat
E-mail: silsoecpd@cranfield.ac.uk
URL: http://www.silsoe.cranfield.ac.uk/short_courses/floodrisk.htm