IAHR: Practical Flooding Risk Assessment for Development Projects

22 July 2024

In its latest ‘Water Monograph’, the International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR) is titled Practical Flooding Risk Assessment for Development Projects.

A man in a bicycle crossing a flooded road

IAHR’s Water Monographs are a series of mid-sized publications that bridge knowledge gaps, summarize existing knowledge, and publicize recent advances in technologies and methods.

Practical Flooding Risk Assessment for Development Projects explores science-informed action to tackle unprecedented flood flow peaks.

Audiences include hydraulic engineers involved in the active management of post-disaster reconstruction. In particular, it is aimed at codifiers, experienced supervising engineers involved in revising legal Codes of Practice to guide practicing engineers.

Download the publication for free here.

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