Advanced Technologies Applied in Flash Flood Defence and Management

Convenors: Qiang Ma, Dedi Liu and Prof Philippe Gourbesville

Over recent years, the occurrence of extreme rainfall shows a significant increasing trend in the world, especially in the mountainous area that often causes serious flash flood disasters. In order to address new challenges and to explore operational technologies and approaches of flash flood defence and prevention, this session will mainly focus on advanced hydroinformatics solutions of flash flood prevention from strategies and methods to tools and applications.