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SPECIAL SESSION
The IASTED International Conference on
ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND TECHNOLOGY
IN WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
~ESTW 2006~
September 11-13, 2006
Gaborone, Botswana
"FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT IN URBAN WATERS"
Dr. Eduardo Mario Mendiondo
University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
emm@sc.usp.br
Flood risk management (FRM) is derived from flood estimation and statutory principles of flood disaster in urban areas. FRM involves operational actions before, during and after the occurrence of floods. These actions cover early warning and scenario prediction, contingency plans and restoration.
FRM involves flood hazard assessing related to the ability to cope with floods, preparedness, infrastructure, control and disaster prevention. Experiences of FRM show that costs of early warning, contingency plans and hard control have a ratio of, respectively, 1:5:30, differing across countries and latitudes.
Only 50% of costs of water-related catastrophes in developed countries and 2% of natural catastrophes in developing countries are financially covered by insurance companies. About 1 to 21 % of gross national product (GNP) of developing countries is directly related to flood risk management because non-preventable floods are converted into social disasters as "flood-poverty-cycles" (FPCs). FPCs happen when neither actions nor consensus on flood risk management are taken by stakeholders at the decision-making level.
This special session will address flood risk preparedness and related costs of: 1) analysis and evaluation of flood disasters risks, 2) management-support information systems for urban diagnosis, 3) participatory flood disaster planning and adaptive management, 4) incorporation of flood risk management into urban management, and 5) flood disaster risk-oriented management. The session will encourage discussion on decision-making, risk transfer, insurance models, wise rehabilitation strategies and applications in developed and developing countries.
Case studies based on practical experience are welcome.
Scope
Topics to be covered may include the following:
Principles on flood disaster prevention
Urban infrastructure & logistics (diagnosis)
Flood risk preparedness (resiliency to urban flood risk)
Flood disaster control (safe urban space)
Flood disaster management (sustainable city improvement)
Guidelines on flood estimation
Flood risk (re)identification and diagnosis
Flood risk analysis
Multi-source information
Flood risk forecast
Flood risk transfer (zoning & insurance)
Topics on flood risk management
Early warning and scenario development
Contigency and Alert Protection
Restoration and Rehabilitation Guidelines
Programs and initiatives
International Flood Initiative
Prediction in Ungauged Basins
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
Global Water Partnerships
HELP - Hydrology of Ecology, Life and Policy
Dr. Eduardo Mario Mendiondo obtained his PhD in Water Resources. He was a senior researcher at the Center for Environmental Systems Research, Uni-Kassel, Germany. He is currently a lecturer at the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. He has extensive experience with international research and development groups and has been involved in the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, Prediction in Ungauged Basins and UNESCO - IHP initiatives.
Paper submissions should be made directly to the special session organizer
at emm@sc.usp.br on or before the deadline of March 15, 2006.
| IMPORTANT
DEADLINES |
| Submissions
due |
March
15 , 2006 |
| Notification
of acceptance |
May
1, 2006 |
| Camera-ready
manuscripts due |
June
1, 2006 |
| Registration
Deadline |
June
15, 2006 |
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