IAHS Scientific Assembly 2017
10–14 July 2017
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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Oral programme W7

W7

Extreme events: links between science and practice
Convener: Ennio Ferrari  | Co-Conveners: David Hannah , Maria-Carmen Llasat , Enrica Caporali , Radu Drobot , Yves Tramblay , Elena Volpi , Abou Amani , Anil Mishra 
Oral programme
 / Tue, 11 Jul, 08:30–17:10  / Room Woodrooms
Poster programme
 / Attendance Tue, 11 Jul, 15:50–17:30  / Room B2

Tuesday, 11 July 2017
Room Woodrooms
Chairperson: Ennio Ferrari
08:30–08:40
Introduction to the session

Analysis of impacts of climate and land-use change on extreme events

08:40–09:00
IAHS2017-283
Limits to apply new scientific tools for flood design in practice
Andreas Schumann and Svenja Fischer
09:00–09:20
IAHS2017-91
Hydrological response and impact pathways of the 2015/16 El Niño in eastern and southern Africa
Christian Siderius et al.
09:20–09:40
IAHS2017-100
Climate change impacts on extreme rainfalls, discharges and floods in Mediterranean mesoscale catchments
Antoine Colmet-Daage et al.
09:40–10:00
IAHS2017-140
Modeling monetary damages due to floods and the impact of hydrologic uncertainty
Lucy Marshall et al.
Coffee/tea break
Integrated approaches for coping with water-related risks

10:40–11:00
IAHS2017-330
RAMSES: a multiscale system for railway hazard mitigation. First results and perspectives.
Salvatore Gabriele et al.
11:00–11:20
IAHS2017-354
How sustainable is reactive gravel management following floods? New data from the UK Cumbria Floods of 2015 suggests not.
George Heritage et al.
11:20–11:40 IAHS2017-365
Closing the gap between flood wave forecasting and damage prediction in support to decision. (withdrawn)
Fabio Castelli et al.
11:40–12:00
IAHS2017-71
Optimal investment and location decisions of a firm in a flood risk area using Impulse Control Theory
Johanna Grames et al.
12:00–12:20
IAHS2017-152
An integrated system for monitoring and early warning of rainfall-triggered landslides
Pasquale Versace et al.
Lunch break
Advances in statistical and stochastic analysis of extreme events

13:40–14:00
IAHS2017-61
Causes and consequences of catastrophic torrential floods in West Serbia in May 2014- a case study of Krupanj municipality
Ratko Ristic et al.
14:00–14:20
IAHS2017-86
Design of drainage systems for extreme rainfalls using a CDS - IUH approach
Dan Rosbjerg and Henrik Madsen
14:20–14:40
IAHS2017-335
Flood frequency estimation by national-scale continuous hydrological simulations: an application in Great Britain.
Giuseppe Formetta et al.
14:40–15:00 IAHS2017-338
Investigation of the flood safety in the Savinja River catchment in Slovenia, Europe (withdrawn)
Nejc Bezak et al.
15:00–15:20
IAHS2017-221
Estimation of rainfall area-intensity-duration-frequency curves from weather radar data
Uwe Haberlandt and Christian Berndt
Coffee/tea break
Knowledge building strategies for improving local resilience

15:50–16:10 IAHS2017-212
Urban flash floods modelling in Mzuzu City, Malawi (withdrawn)
Chikumbutso Liwonde and Webster Gumindoga
16:10–16:30
IAHS2017-231
Developing local level resilience through experimental knowledge building: an interdisciplinary approach to coping with drought in rural Southern Africa
Eugine Makaya et al.
16:30–16:50
IAHS2017-258
Assessing the current capacity of water institutions in rural Rumphi to deal with floods and drought
Esther Nia Gondwe et al.
16:50–17:10
Final discussion