4th ISFF2018: Fourth International Symposium on Flash Floods in Wadi Systems - Urban Flood Risk Management: Mitigation and Adaptation Measures in the MENA Region Casablanca, Morocco, December 4-6, 2018 |
Conference website | http://www.isff2018.com |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=isff2018 |
Abstract registration deadline | July 15, 2018 |
Submission deadline | July 15, 2018 |
Abstract acceptance | July 30, 2018 |
In the last two decades, many arab cities such as Riyadh (2016), Casabanca (2016), Doha (2015), Guelmim (2014), have experienced flash floods despite their highly arid and semi-arid climate. These events have caused live losses and important damages. Such causalities are usually due to the combination of many factors such as extreme precipitations, weak or insufficient urban stormwater infrastructure and drainage system, urban stream bursting their banks, uncontrolled urban sprawl, groundwater table high rise or tides generated backwater effects on drainage systems outlets in coastal cities. These phenomena are still not well studied. Besides mitigation and adaptation measures are very rare in such countries and regions because of the prevailing arid or semi- arid climate and growing urbanization.
Tackling these problems requires a good analysis of climate change data, particularly precipitation, and good knoweldge of the city vulnerability to floods in such territotries. Finding solutions to these challenging problems requires close collaboration between scientists, practitioners, and stakeholders from local, regional, national and international organizations whether they are public or private. So we encourage you to contribute to the development of future solutions for urban floods in the MENA countries.
This event is the fourth in a new series of annual international Symposia on Flash Floods in Wadi Systems. Furthermore this symposium is supported by the Water Resources Research Center (WRRC) and the Global Alliance of Disaster Research Institutes (GARDI) of the Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University, Japan. The first International Symposium on Flash Floods in Wadi Systems held in October 2015 in Kyoto, Japan, was attended by about one hundred scientists, practitioners and stakeholders from 11 countries (Japan, Arab Region, Europe; see http://ecohyd.dpri.kyotou.ac.jp/en/index/1.html). The second Symposium was held at Technische Universität Berlin, Campus El Gouna, Egypt (http://www.campus-elgouna.tu-Berlin.de/home/international_symposium_on_flash_floods/). The third International Symposium on Flash Floods in Wadi Systems was held in Oman (http://isff2017.gutech.edu.om/), and the fourth edition of this international symposium will be held in Casablanca, Morocco (www.isff2018.com).
Submission Guidelines
All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. The following paper categories are welcome:
- Full papers
- Posters
List of Topics
- River/Wadi basin management and flood protection
- Storm water infrastructures and urban drainage systems
- Urban planning, green infrastructure and flood mitigation
- Climate change impacts, weather forecasting and flood warning systems
- Rainfall-runoff data monitoring and analysis
- Hydrology and hydraulic modeling of urban floods
- Groundwater flooding and impacts on urbanized plains
- Sediment management, water harvesting and flood control
- Flood vulnerability and risk assessment
- Flood damage assessment: environmental, social and economical tools
- Flood adaptation: structural and non-structural measures
Organizing committee
- Prof. Dalila Loudyi,UH2C- FSTM, dalila.loudyi@univh2c.ma
- Prof. Sameh Kantoush, Kyoto-U, kantoush.samehahmed.2n@kyoto-u.ac.jp
- Dr. Ahmed Hadidi, GUTech, Ahmed.Hadidi@gutech.edu.om
- Prof. Mohamed Chagdali, UH2C- FSB, chagdalimohamed@gmail.com
- Prof. Meryem Tanarhte, UH2C- FSTM, meryem_t@yahoo.com
- Prof. Abdeslam Taleb, UH2C- FSTM, talebabdeslam1@gmail.com
- Dr. Mohamed Saber, Kyoto-U, mohamedmd.saber.3u@kyoto-u.ac.jp
- Dr. Mohammed Abdel-Fattah, Kyoto-U, soliman.mohammed.7x@kyoto-u.ac.jp
Venue
The conference will be held in Casablanca, Morocco
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to 4th.isff2018@gmail.com