Water resilient cities: short courses
The short course will address data requirements, tools, approaches, relevant planning policy frameworks, decision making and implementation experiences needed to build and foster water resilient cities.
Learning objectives:
• Understand the different approaches to flood and drought resilience, together with their key aspects
• Develop and analyse water and flood risk management strategies for the context of urban areas
• Understand the role of emerging approaches/technologies in urban water and flood risk management
• Understand the need for and the place of adaptive management and governance in delivering increased flood and drought resilience