ICFM5: Parallel Sessions on 28 and 29 September 
Updated Technical Program (25
September)
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For the detail of the Special Sessions
including Outline & Agenda:
Special Sessions, PDF
Topic 1: Flood Risk Management (Prevention, Mitigation and
Adaptation)
1.1 Structural measures (design, construction, operation and
maintenance)
1.2 Non-structural
measures
1.3 Flood risk management
policy and strategic planning
1.4 Land use control
measures
1.5 Climate change
adaptation
1.6 Environmental and
ecological consideration
1.7 Flood management in the
context of Integrated Water Resources Management
1.8 Maximizing flood
benefits
Topic 2: Flood Disaster Management (Preparedness, Emergency Response and
Recovery)
2.1 Flood disaster
preparedness
2.2 Flood hazard
mapping
2.3 Emergency management and
recovery
2.4 Risk communication and
damage assessment
2.5 Social capital and
community defense
Topic 3: Flood Forecasting and Early Warning
Systems
3.1 Observation, monitoring
and forecasting of precipitation and discharge
3.2 Hydro-meteorological
processes
3.3 Rainfall-runoff modeling,
flood routing and inundation modeling
3.4 Prediction in ungauged
basins
3.5 Flood warning visualization and
dissemination
Topic 4: Flood Management in Different Climate Conditions and Geographic
Zones
4.1 Urban floods, flash
floods, riverine floods, storm surges
4.2 Landslides and debris
flow
4.3 Floods in deltas and
estuaries
4.4 Floods in arid areas and
seasonal rivers,
4.5 Floods in cold
regions
4.6 Trans-boundary rivers
floods
4.7 Glacial lake outburst
floods (GLOFs)
4.8 Dam malfunction flood,
dam break and natural dams after earthquake, etc.
4.9 Reports on recent floods (lesson learned and the best
practices)
Topic 5: Cross-cutting and other topics
5.1 Flood risk index
(assessment and indicators of exposure, vulnerability and capacity)
5.2 Integrated flood
management approaches
5.3 Uncertainty analysis and
management
5.4 Role of training,
information networking and public awareness
5.5 International cooperation
and assistance
5.6 Indigenous flood
management knowledge
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