Don River Technical Tour

A bus tour of the Don River area will be followed by a presentation and discussion.

Early On-site Registration

 Registration

 Opening Session 1

Welcome:  Paul Kovacs, Executive Director, ICLR
Welcome:  Honourable Donna Cansfield, Minister of Natural Resource
Welcome:  Honourable John Paul Woodley, Jr., Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works)
Welcome:  Dr. Salvano Briceno, UN ISDR - Presentation (pps, 1.53MB)
Welcome:  Slobodan P. Simonovic - Presentation (pps, 3.13MB)

Coffee Break

Plenary: Red River Flood of the Century – 10 Years Later

Session Leaders: Michael Ryan, US Bureau of Reclamation and Co-Chair of the International RedRiver Board and Wayne Dybvig, Saskatchewan Water Authority and Co-Chair of the IRRB

Panelists:

• Murray Clamen – International Joint Commission (IJC)
• Daniel Luna – U.S. National Weather Service
                    
• Doug McNeil – Manitoba Floodway Authority
                    
• Judith DesHarnais – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
                    
• Dale Frink – North Dakota State Water Commission
                    
• Kent Lokkesmoe – Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Presentations:

• Introduction - Overview Presentation (pps, 4.52MB)
• Introduction - Living with the Red Presentation pps (10.23MB) | pdf (1.60MB)
• Accomplishments - Flood Forecasting Presentation (pps,1.04MB)
• Mitigation - Manitoba Presentation pps (14.73MB) | pdf (2.49MB)
• Mitigation - US Federal Presentation pps (29.88MB) | pdf (2.79MB)
• Mitigation - US State - NorthDakota Presentation pps (14.66MB) | pdf (1.30MB)
• Mitigation - US State - Minnesota Presentation pps (14.38MB) | pdf (1.09MB)
• Summary - Whats Next Presentation (pps, 1.48MB)

 Lunch

Parallel Sessions

Room A 
Mitigation – Vulnerability
Chair: J. van Alphen

• 1. Development of an integrated and interdisciplinary flood risk assessment instrument
  Presentation pps (6.94MB) | pdf (2.23MB)
  (Germany)  M. Pahlow, J. Dietrich, D. Nijssen, Y. Hundecha, B. Klein, C. Gattke, A. Schumann, M. Kufeld, C. Reuter, J. Köngeter, H. Schüttrumpf, J. Hirschfeld and U. Petschow
  
• 2. Development of flood vulnerability index estimation system
  Presentation (pps, 12.47MB)
  (Korea)  Jang, D.W., Kim, B.S., Kim, B.K., Seoh, B.H. and S.Y. Yoon
• 3. Assessing social vulnerability to floods on a sub-national scale
  Presentation pps (1.95MB) | pdf (2.01MB)
  (Germany)  Fekete, A., and Birkmann, J.
• 4. Characterization of agricultural vulnerability for economic appraisal of flood management policies
  Presentation (pps, 295KB)
  (France)  Bremond, P. Bauduceau, N., Grelot, F.

Room B 
Analytical and Distributive Methodologies – Modeling
Chair: K.D. W. Nandalal

• 5. Use of a hydrodynamic model to forecast floods of Kalu River in Sri Lanka
  Presentation (pps, 2.11MB)
  (Sri Lanka)  Nandalal, K.D.W.
• 6. Rapid flood simulation software for personal computer with dynamic domain defining method
  (Japan)  Yamaguchi, S., Ikeda, T., Iwamura, K.
• 7. Reliability analysis of river embankments using analytical methods and finite-elements
  Presentation (pdf, 4.8MB)
  (Germany)  Moellmann, A.F.D., Vermeer, P.A., Westrich, B
• 8. The Floris-2 project
  Presentation pps (17.35MB) | pdf (1.62MB)
  (The Netherlands)  Hazenoot, E.C., Havinga, F.J., Kooij, A.F., and Stefess, H.

Room C 
Preparedness, Response and Recovery – Early Warning
Chair: M. Karamouz  

• 9. Why flood warnings fail too often: An Australian view
  Presentation (pps, 101KB)
  (Australia) Keys, C., Cawood, M.
• 10. Long lead flood forecast application to benefit society: Experience of 2007 Bangladesh floods
  Presentation pps (10.60MB) | pdf (3.60MB)
  (Thailand)  Fakhruddin, S.H.M.
  
• 11. Can ensemble forecasts improve the reliability of extreme flood warnings?
  Presentation (pps, 5.56MB)
  (Germany)  Flood Forecasting Dietrich, J., Wang, Y., Denhard, M., Schumann, A.
• 12. Developing a flood warning system: A case study
  Presentation (pps, 1.56MB)
  (Iran)  Karamouz, M., Ahmadi, A., Moridi, A., and Rassaei Kshuk, S.

Room D 
Various Perspectives – River Basin Perspectives
Chair: D. Soong  

• 13. An overview of the strategy for flood management for the Kafue River Basin, Zambia and the experiences of the Zambian 2006-2008 Floods
  Presentation (pdf, 2.15MB)
  (Zambia)  Mwelwa, E
• 14. The Red River Valley Flood of 1997: A call for worst-case scenario approaches to flood risk management
  Presentation pps (8.60MB) | pdf (1.86MB)
  (U.S.A.)  Todhunter, P.E
• 15. Tailor-made monitoring programs for hydrological extremes - case Elbe River
  Presentation pps (20.31MB) | pdf (1.33MB)
  (Germany)  Baborowski, M., Schwandt, D., Geller, W., Heininger, P
• 16. Floods in Karst Area - case study - Croatia
  Presentation (pdf, 3.80MB)
  (Croatia)  Berakovic, B., Garasic, M., Cesarec, K., Berakovic, M.

Room E  
Structural Approaches – Levees
Chair: D. Moser

• 17. Its in the eye of the inspector - overview of visual inspection methods in four countries and lessons learned
  Presentation (pps, 3.61MB)
  (United Kingdom)  Flikweert, J.J., and Moser, G.
• 18. Application of levee breach safety evaluation for overtopping
  Presentation (pps, 4.16MB)
  (Korea)  Yoon, K.S., Chu, H.J.
• 19. Dike Monitoring
  Presentation pps (19.96MB) | pdf (2.15MB)
  (Germany)  Thiele, E., Helbig, R., Erth, H., Krebber, K., Nother, N., and Wosniok, A.
• 20. Evaluation of geophysical techniques to investigate river embankments
  Presentation pps (13.96MB) | pdf (2.78MB)
  (Germany)  Niederleithinger, E., Weller, A., Lewis, R., and Stotzner, U.

Tea Break

Parallel Sessions

Room A  
Mitigation – Flood Risk Management
Chair: J-M. Stam

• 21. Flood insurance - from clients to global financial markets
  (Germany)  Kron, W.
• 22. An Integrated institutional and community engagement framework for providing flood defence for the Gold Coast City, Australia
  (Australia)  Rahman, K., and Mirfenderesk, H.
• 23. Communicating flood forecast uncertainty under operational circumstances
  (Germany)  Cullmann, J., Krausse, T., and Pilliph, A.
• 24. HORA - an Austrian platform for natural hazards as a new way in risk communication
  (Austria)  Stiefelmeyer, H., Hlatky, T.
• 25. Rational risk assessment of dikes by using a stochastic subsurface model
  (The Netherlands)  Knoeff, J.G., Vastenburg, E.W., Tromp, E.

Room B  
Analytical and Distributive Methodologies – Geo-spatial Tools
Chair: A. Ross  

• 26. Utilising ArcGIS for flood mapping using ID hydrodynamic model
  (Thailand)  Thaveevouthti, T.
• 27. Extraction of flood masks using satellite based very high resolution SAR data for flood management and modeling
  Presentation (pdf, 15.62MB)
  (Germany) Voigt, S., Martinis, S., Zwenzner, H., Hahmann, T., and  Schneiderhan, T.
• 28. Flood maps in Europe: A Comparative evaluation of methods, availability and application
  Presentation (pps, 2.02MB)
  (The Netherlands)  de Moel, H., Aerts, J.C.J.H.
• 29. Study on mapping and management system of flood risk map
  Presentation (pps, 6.67MB)
  (China)  Li, C., Huang, J., He, X., Zhang, B.
• 30. 2-D hydrodynamic modeling for evaluation of flood risk in space and time
  Presentation(pdf, 4.07MB)
  (Canada)  Ahmad, S.S., Simonovic, S.P.

Room C
Mitigation – Risk Management
Chair: A. Schumann

• 31. Risk-based design of flood defence systems – A preliminary analysis for the New Orleans metropolitan area
  Presentation (pps, 3.77MB)
  (The Netherlands)  Jonkman, S.N. , Kok, M., van Ledden, M., Vrijling, J.K
• 32. HORIX - Development of an operational expert system for flood risk management considering prediction uncertainty
  Presentation pps (25.83MB) | pdf (6.88MB)
  (Germany)  Disse, M., Pakosch, S., Yoruk, A., Bardossy, A., Bliefernicht, J., Grundmann, J., Herbst, M., Molnar, T.
• 33. Analyzing and managing uncertain futures of large-scale fluvial flood risk systems
  Presentation pps (16.50MB) | pdf (5.75MB)
  (Germany)  Schanze, J., Schwarze, R., Carstensen, D., and Deilmann
• 34. Data and predictive uncertainties in flood forecasting: How to decide under uncertain information
  Presentation (pdf, 3.20MB)
  (Germany)  Reusser, D.E., Zehe, E., Bronstert, A.
• 35. Flood risk mitigation: Does culture matter?
  Presentation (pps, 2.40MB)
  (Germany)  Shen, X.

Room D
Various Perspectives – Urban Floods
Chair: B. Holmes

• 36. Overview of urban drainage flood forecasting methods and approaches
  Presentation (pps, 2.23MB)
  (Canada)  Chen, J., Adams, B.
  
• 37. Modeling of flood inundation in urban areas including underground space
  Presentation (pps, 6.48MB)
  (Korea)  Han, K.Y., Kim, G., Lee, C.H. , Cho, W.H.
• 38. The Peterborough flood – From the inside
  Presentation(pdf, 4.43MB)
  (Canada)  Burritt, D.
• 39. Zonation of flash floods in urban areas. A case study: Darband basin in North Tehran
• Presentation (pdf, 6.08MB)
  (Iran) Ghahroudi T. M., Neta, T., and Serati, N.
• 40. Perceptions of overland flooding in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
  Presentation (pps, 4.06MB)
  (Canada)  Sandink, D., and Shrubsole, D.

Room E
Structural Approaches –Flood Hydraulics
Chair: X. Cheng

• 41. Experimental studies on the seepage control effects of suspended cutoffs in dike foundation
  Presentation (pps, 3.07MB)
  (China)  Ding, L.Q., Yao, Q.L., and Sun, D.Y.
• 42. Assessment and optimization of flood control systems: The Unstrut River case study
  Presentation (pdf, 4.63MB)
  (Germany)  Pahlow, M., Hundecha, Y., Nijssen, D., Dietrich, J., Klein, B., Gattke, B., Schumann, A., Reuter, C., Schuttrumpf, H., Hirschfeld, J., and Petschow, U.
• 44. Increasing the energy losses beyond the base of the flood spillway
  (Greece)  Demetriou, J.D.  and Dimitriou, D. 
• 45. Innovative method of greatly reducing flow resistance - Innovative method of flood control
  (China)  Weiyi, L.
• 89. The flood regimes of mid-sized and mixed land-use catchments: Can we assess theurban contribution?
  Presentation (pps, 4.97MB)
  (France)  Radojevic, B., Breil, P. , and Chocat, B.

Icebreaker

Plenary:  Hurricane Katrina - Perspectives on Risk and Reliability Session

Session Leader: Dr. Gerald E. Galloway, University of Maryland, "Flood Risk Management Implications of Katrina - The US National Perspective"

Panelists:

• Dr. L. E. Link, Director, Inter-agency Performance Evaluation Task Force (IPET). "The Challenges in Risk Determination and Communication."
• Mr. Jos Dijkman, Delft Hydraulics, "The Dutch Perspective on US Gulf Coast Protection?"
• r. John Barry, Author, Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927, and member, Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East. "Looking at Risk from the Inside"

Presentations:

• Dutch Perspective Presentation pps (10.22MB) | pdf (2.12MB)
• ISFD4 May'08 Presentation pps (9.24MB) | pdf (3.29MB)
• Toronto Risk May '08 Presentation (pdf, 4.65MB)

Coffee Break

Parallel Sessions

Room A
Mitigation – Tools and Strategies
Chair: J. Bales

• 46. The flood problem and mitigation methods in Bangladesh
  Presentation pps (16.48MB) | pdf (3.43MB)
  (Bangladesh)   Hossain, M.M., Baki, A.B.M., and Ahmad, S.S.
• 47. Flood mitigation strategies at watershed scale through dispersed structural measures
  Presentation (pps, 2.94MB)
  (France)  Chennu, S., Gresillon, J-M., Faure, J-B., Leblois, E., Poulard, C., and Dartus, D.,
• 48. Using mitigation planning to reduce disaster losses
  Presentation (pps, 2.83MB)
  (U.S.A.)  Helbrecht, K., Wissmann Smith, K.
• 49. Flood defence in Pakistan: From conventional to scientific approach
  Presentation (pdf, 14.42MB)
  (Pakistan)  Ahmad, B., J. Muhammad, M. M. Ahmadand, and Z. H. Dhari

Room B 
Analytical and Distributive Methodologies – Statistics and Optimization
Chair: M. Pahlov

• 50. Bivariate flood frequency analysis using Copula
  Presentation pps (8.30MB) | pdf (3.45MB)
  (Canada)  Karmakar, S., Simonovic, S.P.
• 51. Mixed-integer optimization of flood control measures using evolutionary algorithms
  Presentation pps (8.49MB) | pdf (378KB)
  (Germany)  Hubner, C., Muschalla, D., and Ostrowski, W.
• 52. Probabilistic analysis of hydrological loads to optimize the design of flood control systems
  Presentation (pps, 2.83MB)
  (Germany)  Klein , B., Pahlow, M., Hundecha, Y., Gattke, C., Schumann, A.
• 53. Flood risk management and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers actions for change
  Presentation (pps, 913KB)
  (U.S.A.)  Moser, D.A., Schultz, M.T., Bridges, T.S., and Harper, B.K. 

Room C  
Preparedness, Response and Recovery – Emergency Planning
Chair: K. Helbrecht  

• 54. The use of evacuation and loss of life models to improve flood incident management in the UK
  Presentation (pps, 6.45MB)
  (United Kingdom)  Lumbroso, D., Di Mauro, M., Tagg, A.
• 55. Closing breaches in earthen flood defenses, technical feasibility of emergency closure concept
  Presentation pps (5.79MB) | pdf (1.36MB)
  (The Netherlands)  van Gerven, K.A.J., Akkerman, G.J., Pool, A.D., and Jonkman, S.N.
  
• 56. Estimating the costs of emergency services during flood events
  Presentation pps (24.81MB) | pdf (2.57MB)
  (Austria)  Pfurtscheller, C., and Schwarze, R.
  
• 57. Analyses of flood defense strategy in Golidagh watershed in northern Iran
  (Iran)  Maramaei, M.G.H.

Room D  
Various Perspectives – Case Studies
Chair: D. Sandink  

• 58. The October-November 2007 floods in Tabasco, Mexico: An interim diagnosis and courses of action
  Presentation (pps, 2.64MB)
  (Mexico)  Aparicio, J., Martinez-Austria, P.F., Guitrón, A., and Ramirez, A.I. 
• 59. Storm of August 19, 2005: A catalyst for change from reactive to adaptive urban flood management in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  Presentation (pdf, 2.89MB)
  (Canada)   Farrell, L., Haley, D.,  D’Andrea, M. and Snodgrass, W.J.
• 60. The Peterborough Flood, A Case Study in Urban Flood Damage Mitigation Strategies
  Presentation pps (22.27MB) | pdf (1.75MB)
  (Canada)  Worsley, B. and Ward. D.
• 61. Great Odra/Oder flood in 1997 – Ten years after
  Presentation (pps, 3.37MB)
  (Poland)  Kundzewicz. Z.W., and Kowalczak, W.

Room E
Structural Approaches – Levees and Reservoirs
Chair: M. Kim

• 62. Levees, embankments, dikes: finding common ground between the flood risk management cultures in the USA, England and the Netherlands
  Presentation pps (10.53MB) | pdf (564KB)
  (United Kingdom)  Flikweert, J., and van Ledden, M.
• 63. A playful approach to flood defence
  Presentation pps (11.28MB) | pdf (1.44MB)
  (The Netherlands)  Harteveld, C.
• 64. A management system for optimizing operating rules of multipurpose reservoirs allowing for both extreme floods and ecological performance
  Presentation (pps, 5.34MB)
  (Germany)  Dittmann, R., Froehlich, F., Pohl, R., Ostrowski, M.
• 65. Overview of flood retaining structures in the Netherlands
  Presentation (pps, 2.36MB)
  (The Netherlands)  Stalenberg, B., and Vrijling, J.K

Lunch

Plenary:  Assessing the Flood Risk

Session Leader: Mr. Pete Rabbon, National Flood Risk Management Program, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Davis, CA, Washington DC, USA

Panelists:

• Dr. Alberto de Sousa Costa, DMS Foundation, Canada
• Mr. Katsuhito Miyake, ICHARM, PWRI, Japan
• Dr. Paul Sayers, HR Wallingford, Ltd., United Kingdom

Presentations:

• 4th International Symposium Presentation (pps, 353MB)
• ISFD - Toronto Presentation (pdf, 7.15MB)
• Assessing the risk Presentation (pdf, 10.49MB)

Tea Break

Parallel Sessions

Room B  
Analytical and Distributive Methodologies – Uncertainty Analyses
Chair: P. Todhunter

• 66. The role of building flood resilience in the flood risk management hierarchy
  Presentation (pps, 2.83MB)
  (United Kingdom)  Tagg, A.F., and  Escarameia, M.
• 67. Evaluation of effectiveness and efficiency on non structural measures
  Presentation pps (10.53MB) | pdf (564KB)
  (Germany)  Schanze, J., Hutter, G., Penning-Rowsell, E., Nachtnebel, H-P., Meyer, V., Koniger, P., Neuhold, C., Harris, T., Kuhlicke, C., and Olfert, A.
• 68. Flood security: an assessment of the strategies of compartmentalization and flood shelters
  Presentation pps (13.07MB) | pdf (1.05MB)
  (The Netherlands) J. Lansink, A.Y. Hoekstra, M.W.J. van Reedt Dortland, C.M. Steinweg
• 69. Probabilistic sensitivity analysis of dune erosion calculations
  Presentation (pps, 942KB)
  (The Netherlands)  den Heijer, C., van de Graaff, J., and van Gelder, P. H.J.M.
• 70. Use of Bayesian model averaging to determine uncertainties in river discharge and water level forecasts
  Presentation pps (7.21MB) | pdf (1.43MB)
  (The Netherlands)   Beckers, J.V.L., Sprokkereef, E., Roscoe, K.L.

Room C  
Flood Management – Planning and Information
Chair: S. Blanchard

• 71. Towards a new flood forecasting system for the lower Mekong river basin
  Presentation (pps, 3.52MB)
  (Cambodia)  Pengel, B., Malone, T., and Hartman, M.
• 72. Information content of weather predictions for flood-control in a Dutch lowland water system
  Presentation (pps, 1.83MB)
  (The Netherlands)  Weijs, S.V.
• 73. Flood control planning and evaluation with an information and decision support system
  Presentation (pps, 4.99MB)
  (Germany)  Hubner, C., Winterscheid, A., Ostrowski, M.W., Horchler, P., Rosenzweig, S., Husing, V., Fuchs, E., Belger, G., Haase, M., Hens, T., Kuch, D, Lippert, K., and Thul, M.
• 74. Damage and loss prediction model based on the vulnerability of building types
  Presentation pps (12.41MB) | pdf (2.28MB)
  (Germany)  Schwarz, J., and Maiwald, H.
• 75. A socio-ecological vulnerability assessment for Germany
  Presentation (pps, 3.43MB)
  (Germany)  Damm, M.

Room D 
Analytical and Distributive Methodologies – Spatial Modeling
Chair: P. Bourget  

• 76. Development of near-real-time and predicted flood-inundation maps for internet display and hazard mitigation planning
  Presentation (pps, 6.45MB)
  (USA)  Kim, M.H., Pavlow, S.
• 77. Application of satellite data for improved flood forecasting and mapping
  Presentation pps (22.81MB) | pdf (5.03MB)
  (The Netherlands)  Barneveld, H.J., Silander, J.T., Sane, M., and Malnes, E.
• 78. Mapping hurricane Rita inland storm tide
  Presentation (pdf, 2.70MB)
  (U.S.A.)  Berenbrock, C., Mason, R.P., and Blanchard, S.
• 79. Application of variational data assimilation method on a distributed physically based flash flood model
  (France)  Bessiere, H., and Dartus, D.
• 80. Evaluation of river flood regulation by means of model predictive control
  Presentation (pps, 2.10MB)
  (Belgium) Willems, P., Barjas-Blanco, T., Chiang, P.K., Cauwenberghs, K., Berlamont, J., and De Moor, B.  

Room E  
Structural Approaches – Modeling and Design
Chair: S. Simonovic

• 81. The Red River floodway expansion project
  Presentation (pdf, 9.28MB)
  (Canada)  Carson, R.W., McNeil, D.D.
• 82. Erosion and sediment yield estimation for flood protection
  Presentation (pdf, 1.71MB)
  (Germany)  Schoenau, S., Thapa, P., Bárdossy, A.
• 83. Modeling of 2D flood flow analysis by finite element method
  Presentation (pdf, 1.79MB)
  (Korea)  Han, K.Y., Kim, B.H., Choi, S.Y.
• 84. Stranraer flood protection scheme: A case study
  Presentation (pdf, 3.41MB)
  (United Kingdom)  Fernandez, J., McGee, S., and Fraser, A.
• 85. Evaluation or urban floods considering climate change impacts
  Presentation (pps, 816KB)
  (Iran)  Karamouz, M., Hosseinpour, A., and Nazif, S

 Banquet  in the Frontenac Ballroom - Ticket Cost $80 (CAD)

Speaker:
Gordon McBean, Professor, University of Western Ontario,  “ICSU Planning Group for an Integrated Research on Disaster Risk program”

Parallel Sessions

Room A   
Mitigation – Inundation Issues
Chair: B. Radojevic  

• 86. Flood disaster mitigation by inundation of the deep floodplain
  Presentation (pdf, 3.41MB)
  (Hungary)  Koncsos, L., Balogh, E.
• 87. Fluvial environment planning in Catalonia: Harmonizing river and floodplain restoration with human development
  Presentation pps (22.98MB) | pdf (11.07MB)
  (Spain)  Fleta, J., Garcia, E., Gode, L., Gracia, A., Moxo, D., Verdu, J.
• 88. Importance of land use management on the flood management in Chi river basin, Thailand
  Presentation (pps, 2.81KB)
  (The Netherlands)  Kuntiyawichai, K., Schultz, B., Uhlenbrook, S., Suryadi, F.X., and van Griensven, A.
• 89. The flood regimes of mid-sized and mixed land-use catchments: Can we assess the urban contribution?
  (France)  Radojevic, B., Breil, P. , and Chocat, B.
• 90. Application of tsunami modeling for escape and refuge planning in Aceh (Indonesia)
  Presentation pps (13.20MB) | pdf (1.94MB)
  (Netherlands)  Nieuwenhuis, O.E., Vatvani, D., Alberts, J., and Jansen, D.  

Room B  
Mitigation – Flood Risk Management
Chair: K. Takeuchi

• 91. New approaches for flood risk management in the Netherlands
  Presentation (pps, 5.74MB)
  (The Netherlands)  Roos, A., van de Geer, I.
• 92. Physically based modeling of extreme flood generation and assessment of flood risk
  Presentation pps (4.76MB) | pdf (3.21MB)
  (Russia)  Kuchment, L.S., Gelfan, A.N., Demidov, V.N.
• 93. Risk analysis of coastal flood defences - A Vietnam case
  Presentation (pps, 6.18MB)
  (The Netherlands)  Mai, C.V., van Gelder, P.H.A.J.M., Vrijling, J.K., and Mai, T.C.
• 94. Flood risk from dike failure
  Presentation pps (18.61MB) | pdf (3.82MB)
  (Hungary)  Nagy, L.
• 95. Exploring future flood management: A comparison of scenarios from literature and stakeholder perspectives
  Presentation (pps, 1.36MB)
  (The Netherlands)  Raadgever, G.T., and Becker, G.

Room C
Preparedness, Response and Recovery – Assessment of Losses
Chair: B. Lence  

• 97. Loss of life caused by the flooding of New Orleans after hurricane Katrina: A preliminary analysis of the relationship between flood characteristics and mortality
  Presentation pps (6.57MB) | pdf (3.38MB)
  (The Netherlands)  Jonkman, S.N., Maaskant, B., Boyd, E., and  Levitan, M. 
• 98. Impact assessment study of planned flood retention reservoirs in the Upper Tisza Basin, based on model simulations
  Presentation pps (8.28MB) | pdf (5.02MB)
  (Hungary)  Szabo, J.A., Bodis, K., Toth, S., Jakus, G.
• 99. Methods for the evaluation of direct and indirect flood losses
  Presentation pps (15.79MB) | pdf (5.90MB)
  (Germany)  Thieken, A., Ackermann, V., Elmer, F., Kreibich, H., Kuhlmann, B., Kunert, U., Maiwald, H.,  Merz, B.,  Muller, M., Piroth, K., Schwarz, J., Schwarze, R., Seifert, I., and Seifert, J.
• 100. Using the central pressure method to forecast damage length of maritime structures caused by Typhoon 9918
  Presentation (pps, 1.96MB)
  (Japan)  Hashimura, R.
• 101. Assessing the value of mitigation strategies in reducing the impacts of rapid-onset, catastrophic floods
  Presentation pps (10.76MB) | pdf (2.52MB)
  (Canada)  Johnstone, W.M., and Lence, B.J.

Room D  
Mitigation – Policy Issues
Chair: E. Plate  

• 102. The new European flood management directive and the municipal flood management systems as one realization approach
  Presentation pps (13.93MB) | pdf (5.31MB)
  (Germany)  Jupner, R., Gretzschel, M., and Luderitz, V.
• 103. British Columbia's flood management policy window - can we take advantage?
  Presentation pps (17.36MB) | pdf (2.53MB)
  (Canada)  Lyle, T., McLean, D., Mannerstrom, M.
• 104. Flood management in the Netherlands: Coping with risks
  Presentation pps (15.61MB) | pdf (3.43MB)
  (The Netherlands)  van Leussen, W.
• 105. Extreme flooding, policy development, and a society - biosphere - climate feedback model
  Presentation (pps, 1010KB)
  (Canada)  Davies, E.G.R., Simonovic, S.P.
• 106. Cost-benefit analysis to determine efficient flood protection standards for the Netherlands
  (The Netherlands)  Kind, J.

Room E   
Analytical and Distributive Methodologies – Modeling Issues
Chair: D. Burn  

• 107. Uncertainty Issues in flood inundation mapping
  (U.S.A.)  Bales, J.D.
• 108. Generation of severe flood scenarios by stochastic rainfall in combination with a rainfall runoff model
  Presentation (pps ,678KB)
  (Germany)  Petry, U.. Hundecha, Y., Pahlow, M., Schumann, A.
• 109. Methodology for evaluating hydrologic model parameters in an urban setting: Case study using transferred HSPF parameters in  Midlothian and Tinley creek watershed, Illinois
  Presentation (pps, 6.00MB)
  (U.S.A.)  Soong, D.T.W., and Su, T.Y.
• 110. Interlinked modelling of large floods by combining one and two dimensional diffusive wave approaches
  Presentation (pps, 4.64MB)
  (Germany)  Kamrath, P., Huber, N.P., Kufeld, M., Schuttrumf, H., and Kongeter, J.
• 111. PC-RIVER probabilistic reliability analysis for river dikes
  Presentation (pdf, 4.11MB)
  (Germany)  Merkel, U., Westrich, B.

Coffee Break

Parallel Sessions

Room A  
Mitigation – Participation and Insurance
Chair: P. Kovacs  

• 112. Community-Based Disaster Mitigation: Camiguin, Phillippines
  Presentation (pps,5.54MB)
  (Philippines)  Hipolito, D.
• 113. Flood insurance in the Netherlands
  Presentation pps (8.39MB) | pdf (592KB)
  Jongejan, R.B. (Netherlands), Barrieu, P.M. (United Kingdom)
• 115. Role of CommunityParticipation and Indigenous Knowledge in Flood Defence in India
  Presentation (pps, 2.91MB)
  (India)  S.Chandra
• 145. Improvement of the flood forecasting and warning system of Bangladesh by advanced technological development
  Presentation pps (9.56MB) | pdf (4.49MB)
  (Canada)  Akhtar, M.K., Simonovic, S.P.

Room B  
Environmental Considerations – Climate Change
Chair: G. McBean

• 116. Trends in extreme rain events and flood implications
  Presentation pps (5.28MB) | pdf (1.64MB)
  (Canada)  Bruce. J.P.
• 117. Flood risk in relation to climate change and adaptation in the Newtherlands
  Presentation pps (8.45MB) | pdf (2.66MB)
  (The Netherlands)  Bolwidt, L.J
• 118. Possible impacts of climate change on heavy rainfall-related flooding risks in Ontario
  Presentation (pps, 2.55MB)
  (Canada)  Cheng, C.S., Li, G., Li, Q, Auld, H.
• 119. Effects of flood control measures and climate change in the Rhine basin
  Presentation (pdf, 1.63MB)
  (The Netherlands)  te Linde, A.H., Aerts, J.C.J.H., van den Hurk, B.J.J.M.

Room C 
Mitigation – Planning
Chair: A. Tyagi  

• 120. Flood response planning in England and Wales
  Presentation pps (22.66MB) | pdf (4.24MB)
  (United Kingdom)  Evans, K., Berghouse, C.
• 121. Assessment of flood remediation with minimal historic hydrologic data:  case study for a small urban stream
  Presentation pps (8.63MB) | pdf (3.05MB)
  (U.S.A.)  Holmes, R. R. and Over T.M.
• 122. Development of a discharge prediction method based on topological case-based modeling and a distributed hydrological model
  Presentation (pps, 13.53MB)
  (Japan)  Harayama, K., Oka, T., Kojiri, T., Tanaka, K., Hamaguchi, T.
• 123. Managing flood hazard identification in Alberta
  Presentation (pdf, 5.68MB)
  (Canada)  Choles, J. , Mahabir, C., Haimila, B., and Stevenson, P.
• 124.  Flooding of underground facilities in urban regions
  (Germany)  Oertel, M., and Schlenkhoff, A.
• 157. Flooding of underground facilities in urban regions
  Presentation (pps, 4.23MB)
  (Germany)  Oertel, M., and Schlenkhoff, A.

Room D   
Various Perspectives – Regional, Historical and Health Perspectives
Chair: R. Carson  

• 125. 500 years flood stage records at Dresden Guage: Data mining and results
  Presentation pps (20.80MB) | pdf (10.52MB)
  (Germany)  Pohl, R.
• 126. Coastal and floodplain management: The U.S. and Dutch experience
  Presentation (pps, 4.96MB)
  (USA)  Bourget, P., and  Stam, J.M.T. (Netherlands)
• 127. Reconstruction and analysis of 19th century floods in SW Germany
  Presentation pps (19.59MB) | pdf (3.91MB)
  (Germany)  Dostal, P., Buerger, K., Imbery, F., and Seidel, J.
• 128. Urban flood management for centuries in the Netherlands
  Presentation (pdf, 5.68MB)
  (The Netherlands)  Waals, J.M.J., Kelder, E.
• 160. Risk assessment in a trans-boundary cooperation between the Netherlands and Germany
  Presentation pps (8.47MB) | pdf (2.16MB) Abstract: pdf (pdf, 898KB)
  (The Netherlands)  Stijnen, J.W., Vermeij, W.E.W., Kutschera, G., Silva, W., and Schuttrumpf, H.

Room E  
Mitigation - Policy, Standards and Strategic Planning
Chair: Z. Kundzewicz

• 129. Safety assessment of flood defences in the Netherlands, an ongoing concern
  Presentation pps (17.58MB) | pdf (1.91MB)
  (The Netherlands)  Wolters, J.F., and de Bake, D.P.
• 130. Development of the safety index for regional natural disaster
  (Korea)  Jang, D.W., D.M, Yang., S.M, Jeong., M.J, Park., H.S, Kim
• 131. Adaptation as a way of flood management
  Presentation (pdf, 5.68MB)
  (The Netherlands)  Schielen, R., and Roovers, G.
• 132. An optimal flood protection standard for dike-ring areas
  Presentation (pps, 1.24MB)
  (The Netherlands)  Eijgenraam, C.J.J.
• 159. NOAH, the Right Information at the Right Time at the Right Place
  Presentation (pdf, 612KB) Abstract(pdf, 612KB)
  (The Netherlands) Erik Jan Langkamp, E.J.,  Pengel, B., Wentholt, L., De Gooijer, K., Vogt, R., and Schnitzler, S.

 Lunch

 Parallel Sessions

Room A  
Analytical and Distributive Methodologies – Information and Decision Support Systems
Chair: E. Mwelwa  

• 133. A web-based flood information system
  Presentation (pps, 1.20MB)
  (Canada) Peck, A., Black, J., Karmakar, S., and Simonovic, S.P.
• 134. An online tool for real time analysis and management of flood risks of diked areas
  Presentation (pps, 4.54MB)
  (The Netherlands)  Maccabiani, J., Knoeff, J.G.
• 135. Integrating hydraulic and economic analysis for selecting flood protection measures in the context of climate change
  Presentation (pdf, 7.23MB)
  (Belgium)  Ernst, J., Dewals, B.J., Giron, E., Hecq, W., and Pirotton, M.
• 136. Assessment of vulnerability to floods at local level with a special focus onhuman-environmental systems and critical infrastructures
  Presentation (pps, 4.62MB)
  (Germany)  Birkmann, J., Krings, S., and Renaud, F.
• 137. Emblematic projects for watershed restoration and flood disaster  mitigation in Mexico
  Presentation (pdf, 3.49MB)
  (Mexico)  Baumann, J. Arvizu, I.G., Morales, S.M., Gomez, J.A.G., Priante, S.S

Room B  
Environmental Considerations – Winter Floods, Mountain Environments, Sediment 
Chair: L. Farrell  

• 138. Managing river ice flood risk in Alberta
  Presentation pps (14.42MB) | pdf (2.26MB)
  (Canada) Mahabir, C., Frieshenhan, E., Trevor, B., Jasek, M., Cline, A., and Granson, W.
• 139. Hydrological modeling in alpine catchments – sensing the critical parameters towards an efficient model calibration
  Presentation pps (9.38MB) | pdf (3.34MB)
  (Austria)  Achleitner, S., Rinderer, M., Kirnbauer, R., and Kleindienst
• 140. Sensitivity analysis of lapse rate and corresponding elevation of the snowline-limted data availability and its impact on snow and glacier melt
  Presentation (pps, 5.72MB)
  (Austria)  Rinderer, M., Achleitner, S., Asztalos, J., and Kirnbauer, R.
• 141. Management of riparian woodlands to mitigate flood risk while conserving the environment in Hokkaido, Japan
  Presentation (pps, 6.01MB)
  (Japan)  Yoshii, A., and Watanabe, Y.
• 142. Targeted retention of contaminated sediment in a green flood retention reservoir
  Presentation (pps, 6.74MB)
  (Germany)  Wurms, S., Westrich, B.

Room C 
Environmental Considerations – Climate Change
Chair: J. Bruce  

• 143. River floods in the changing climate
  Presentation (pps, 4.75MB)
  (Poland)   Kundzewicz, Z.W.
• 144. Intensity duration frequency analysis under changing climatic conditions
  Presentation (pdf, 436KB)
  (Canada)  Prodanovic, P., Simonovic, S.P.
• 145.  Field-demonstrated evidence of changing rainfall intensities in Ontario for short duration storms
  Presentation (pps, 4.16MB)
  (Canada) Vasiljevic, B., and McBean, E.
• 146. Stage discharge rating with ADCP measurements
  Presentation pps (14.42MB) | pdf (1.09MB)
  (Canada) Chen, J., Fooks, J., Goertz, H.
• 147. Improvement of the flood forecasting and warning system of Bangladesh by advanced technological development
  (Canada)  Akhtar, M.K., Simonovic, S.P.

Room D 
Various Perspectives – Urban Flooding
Chair: M. Hossain

• 148. Problems of flash flood and urban inundation in Dhaka
  (Bangladesh)  Rumi, S.R.A.
• 149. Sewer backup flooding: Homeowner perception and mitigative behaviour
  (Canada)  Sandink, D
• 150. Making coastal cities flood resilient in the era of climate change
• Presentation (pdf, 8.98MB)
  (Germany)  Goltermann, D., Ujeyl, G., and Pasche, E.
• 151. Futureproof design of flood defences
  Presentation (pps, 6.19MB)
  (The Netherlands)  terHorst, W.L.A., Vrijling, J.K., Bernardini, P.
• 152. Flood risk mapping in Europe, experience and best practices
  Presentation (pdf, 4.77MB)
  (The Netherlands) van Alphen, J., Martini, F., Loat, R., Slomp, R., Passchier, R. 

Room E  
Structural Approaches – Dikes, Reservoirs and Dams
Chair: K. Prasad

• 153. Analysis of dike breach sensitivity using a conceptual method followed by a comprehensive statistical approach to end up with failure probabilities
  Presentation (pps, 5.73MB)
  (Belgium)  Peeters, P., Van Looveren, R., Vincke, L., Vanneuville, W., and Blanckaert, J.
• 154. Cracked clay dikes investigation with geoelectrical tomography
  Presentation (pdf, 2.11MB)
  (Hungary)  Nagy, L., Kovacs, A., Varga, M.
• 155. Improvement of the general resistance of dikes against erosion during dike overflow
  Presentation (pps, 3.64MB)
  (Germany)  Kubetzek, T., Steuernagel, J., Ramm, H., Saenger, N., and Zanke, U.
• 156. Risk based procedure for design and verification of dam safety
  Presentation pps (10.67MB) | pdf (3.02MB)
  (Germany)  Anhalt, M., Meon, G.
• 158. Stabilisation of river dykes with drainage and stabilsing elements
  Presentation pps (17.74MB) | pdf (3.25MB)
  (Germany)  Riegger, T., Bieberstein, A., Hörtkorn, F., Kempfert, H.-G., Seeger, M., and Erth, H

Tea Break

Plenary: Strategy for Mainstreaming Flood Risk Reduction in Society

Session Leader: Dr. K. Takeuchi, International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk Management, Tsukuba, Japan

Panelists:

• Avinash Tyagi (WMO, Director of Division of Hydrology and Water Resources) Main-streaming climate variability and change in flood risk management
• Sálvano Briceño (ISDR Executive Director) Integrating flood risk reduction in national policies for climate adaptation and the Hyogo Framework for Action
• Andreas Schumann (UNESCO) Barriers to prevent science and technology achievements to put to practice
• Erich Plate (UNU) Examples of mainstreaming flood preparedness in local communities
• Kuniyoshi Takeuchi (ICHARM) Indicators and standards to monitor and promote the flood preparedness of society

Presentations:

• Climate Change and Variability Presentation (pps, 6.09MB)
• Barriers to Prevent Sciences and Technology Achievements to put in Practice pps (7.68MB) | pdf (1.29MB)
• Toronto Presentation pps (7.68MB) | pdf (700KB)
• Strategy for mainstreaming flood risk reduction in society Presentation (pps, 1.50MB)

 Closing

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