MITCH Mitigation of floods, droughts and landslides risks



 

Bringing together researchers, end users and beneficiaries with a leading involvement in the mitigation and management of floods, droughts and landslides.

3rd MITCH Workshop - November 24th - 26th 2002

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Day 1 - Sunday 24th November 2002
Field Excursion to Dresden and Welsenstein (Müglitz)
Day 2 - Monday 25th November 2002
Welcome and Opening  
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09:00 Jochen Zschau Welcome and Opening
 
09:30 Bruno Merz Statement of the problem
 
10:00 Coffee  
 
10:30 David Ramsbottom Catchment flood management: Tools for identification of flood risk and planning of flood mitigation measures
11:00 Fausto Guzzetti Landslide hazard assessment and risk evaluation: Overview, limits and perspective
 
11:30 Joaguin Andreu Use of decision support system for the estimation of risk of operational draughts    
12:00 Matthias Wegmann Natural hazard risk management - A transdisciplinary approach    
Afternoon Session II: Long Term Apatial Planning
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13:30 Frans Klijn Resiliance strategies for sustainable flood risk management, exemplified for the Lower Rhine River    
14:00 Albert Böll Landslides and rockfall  
14:30 Hege Hisdal A method for estimation of regional meteorological and hydrological drought characteristics
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Introduction Poster Session
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15:00 S. Demuth Studying drought at a European Scale
   
15:15 Posters and Coffee
   
16:30 - 17:30 Discussion Groups
   
18:30 - 20:00 Visit to Krongut Bornstedt  
   
20:00 Dinner
   
   
Day 3- Tuesday November 26, 2002    
Session III: Emergency Planning Abstract Paper Presentation
09:00 António Betamo de Almeida Dam-Break Flood Risk Management. An Integrated Project  
9:30 Nanette Kingma The ITC SLARIM project: "Strengthening local authorities in risk management"    
10:00 Glenn Watts, James Dent Managing drought in England and Wales
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10:30 K. Peter Holz Operational solutions for the management of inundation risk in the information society    
11:00 Coffee  
   
11:30 Reporting on discussion groups      
12:30 - 14:00 Posters and Lunch
   
   
Session IV: Insurance, Public Awareness and Resilience Abstract Paper Presentation
14:00 Thomas Thumerer Water-related disasters: Loss trends and possible countermeasures from a (re-) insurers viewpoint  
14:30 Jonathon Gascoigne Flood risk: strategic options for insurance and government    
15:00 Joanne Linneroth-Bayer Who pays for flood losses? An integrated study of loss sharing systems in Hungary    
15:30 Liz Cook Building a flood resilient culture - turning public awareness into action  
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16:00 - 16:30 James Dent Conclusions and Closure      

 

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