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Flood Risk Management

Cranfield University

Short course

In Bedfordshire ()

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Description

  • Type

    Short course

The ‘risk’ of flooding can be considered as the product of the probability of a flood occurring and the consequences of the flood. This module considers the techniques for estimating flood probability, engineering and non-structural measures to reduce flood probability, economic techniques for evaluating flood consequences and current approaches to managing flood risk.

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Subjects

  • Risk
  • Risk Management
  • IT risk
  • Probability

Course programme

What you will learn

On successful completion of this course you will be able to:

  • Select the appropriate method to determine the likelihood of a flow of a given magnitude for ungauged catchments and for catchments with some historical data
  • Critically use the Flood Estimation Handbook (FEH) method to estimate the likelihood of peak flows in ungauged catchments in the UK
  • Evaluate the impacts of alternative channel designs for flood alleviation
  • Understand the technical and non-technical approaches to flood risk management at the catchment scale
  • Understand the current policy for flood risk management in the UK and elsewhere.

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