Conference Program > Workshop “Non-Structural Adaptations to Flood Management” (WG CAFM ws) (12/10/2015)

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General Information

Side event title: "Non-structural Adaptations to Flood Management”

Date and time slot: Monday, 12th of October, 2015,  14h -17h30

Side event organizer: ICID Working Group on Comprehensive Aproaches to Flood Management (WG-CAFM)

Contact's name: Dr. Kamran Emami

Content of the session

Introduction: The European Union implemented, in 2007 a directive on the assessment and management of flood risks.  This directive has to be incorporated in the national laws and under this directive the member states have to prepare flood hazard maps and flood risk maps and flood risk management plans until 2015. So, all member states of the European Union have been very active in preparing flood maps/plans.  Different experiences in other regions of the world exist with different kind of flood mapping as an important tool to manage flood risks.

Other non-structural measures could help reduce the flood risk too. In nutshell, this will lead to a situation where communities would be better prepared and adapted to local flood risks. The aim of the workshop is to share these experiences and to study the different solutions adopted worldwide. 

 Themes of the workshop:

  • Flood risk management as an adaptation tool
  • Flood mapping: program and techniques
  • Public awareness and participation in flood management activities
  • Flood emergency and response activities
  • Flood Insurance: Issues and challenges
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