Management of Catastrophic Risks in the Marine and Continental Water Environment

Feb 17, 2021

Management of catastrophic risks in the marine and continental water environment

IAHR-SPAIN WATER WORKSHOP
Management of catastrophic risks in the marine and continental water environment

Wednesday, 17 March 2021 (11:30 - 14:40 h CET). Online

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Introduction

Recent water related catastrophic events, both in the continental and marine water environment, have highlighted the importance to hold a conference on this subject. The event is organised in the framework of the agreement between the IAHR and SPAIN WATER - General Directorate for Water, General Directorate for the Coast and the Sea and CEDEX -, and provides continuity to the series of Spain Water events that have been regularly organised in collaboration with IAHR since the establishment of the aforementioned agreement.

The purpose of this conference is to present the proposals and studies of both General Directorates and CEDEX for managing the risk of catastrophic events, present the measures and plans for their control and mitigation whilst taking into account the potential effects of climate change.

Leading figures from Spain Water will participate along with three IAHR experts to provide a vision of situations around the world and also in Spain, such as the floods and damage to the coastline of Huelva and Cádiz in 2018, the DANA of 2019 that affected the Mar Menor in Murcia and other areas of the southeast, the Gloria storm in 2020 that caused flooding in the east and in the Ebro delta and previously the floods in the Canary Islands in 2012 or the storms of the Cantabrian coast in 2014 with damage to ports and beaches.

The day will conclude with a dialogue including debate, questions and a discussion with the speakers. The entire event, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, will take place online.

Programme

Opening (11:30 – 11:50)

Dña. Áurea Perucho Martínez. Director of CEDEX.
D. Teodoro Estrela Monreal. General Directorate for Water.
Dña. Ana María Oñoro Valenciano. General Directorate for the Coast and the Sea.
Mr. Tom Soo. IAHR Executive Director.

Presentations (11:50 – 13:50)

Impact of anthropic and climatic factors on hydrological extremes in the Italian Alps (11:50-12:10) (PDF in English)

Roberto Ranzi. Chair IAHR Technical Committee on Climate Change Adaptation. University of Brescia (Italy).

Challenges in managing hydrological risks in Spain (12:10 – 12:30) (PDF in Spanish)

Francisco Javier Sánchez Martínez. Deputy Director General of Water Protection and Risk Management. General Directorate for Water (Spain).

Floods Directive Implementation in the Po River District: first results of the implementation of state of art modelling tools (12:30 – 12:50) (PDF in English)

Daniela Molinari and Francesco Ballio. Members of the IAHR Technical Committee on Flood Risk Management. Politecnico di Milano (Italia).

Challenges in risk management for the Spanish coast (12:50 – 13:10) (PDF in Spanish)

Ángel Muñoz Cubillo. Deputy Director General for the Protection of the Coast. General Directorate for the Coast and the Sea.

Monitoring and Simulation of Post-fire Debris Flood Flow (13:10 – 13:30) (video in English)

Jennifer G. Duan. Member of the IAHR Technical Committee on Flood Risk Management. Professor of Hydraulics and Water Resource Engineering. Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Science and Department of Biosystems Engineering. University of Arizona (EEUU).

Impacts of the Gloria and Filomena storms on the Mediterranean coast of the peninsula (13:30 – 13:50) (PDF in Spanish)

José Francisco Sánchez. Coastal Engineering Director. Centre for Harbours and Coastal Studies of CEDEX.

Dialogue (13:50 – 14:20)

Moderator: José María Grassa Garrido. Director Centre for Harbours and Coastal Studies of CEDEX.

Presentation of the 39th IAHR World Congress in Granada (14:20 – 14:25)

Miguel Ortega. Director of the Congress Organising Team. University of Granada. [PDF]

Closure (14:25 – 14:40)

Francisco Javier Sánchez Martínez. Deputy Director General of Water Protection and Risk Management. General Directorate for Water (Spain).
Ángel Muñoz Cubillo. Deputy Director General for the Protection of the Coast. General Directorate for the Coast and the Sea.
Federico Estrada Lorenzo. Director Centre for Hydrographic Studies of CEDEX.

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