The course introduces the participants to the state-of-the-art concepts and practices of flood modelling for management. The course covers modelling used for planning and design as well as for forecasting floods so that mitigating measures can be taken in time.

Learning objectives

Upon completion of the course, the participants will be able to:

understand and explain the main principles of flood modelling;
understand the Hydroinformatics tools available for flood modelling for management;
understand and explain the governing processes of flood generation and propagation;
identify the proper modelling methodology for a given problem;
utilise their hands-on experience in the step-by-step modelling procedure to build flood inundation models;
know how the river flood model can be used for structural and non-structural measures for flood mitigation.

Target group

The course is designed for current and future water professionals (engineers and scientists), decision-makers and others involved in flood modelling and flood management, particularly those who would like to be familiarised with the latest tools and techniques in flood modelling management. Pre-requisites are knowledge about hydrology and hydraulics. Some experience with flood modelling/management is desirable but not a must.

Course content

The course will introduce the basic concepts of flood risk management and the latest tools and techniques available in managing flood risk. Specific contents are:

Application domains of Hydroinformatics: floods and urban systems environment
Climate change and its impacts on hydrology
Introduction to uncertainty analysis and their role in modelling
Introduction to 1D2D modelling
Nature and characteristics of floods
Modelling flood propagation - flood routing
Hydrological methods for flood routing
Hydraulic methods for flood routing/ modelling in rivers
Introduction to tools (such as Mike 11, HEC-RAS) used for flood routing
Discussion on sustainable flood alleviation methods

Examination

It is possible to take part in the examination of this short course. If you obtain a passing mark for this examination and return to UNESCO-IHE within four years after completion of the short course to follow a full MSc programme, you will receive exemption for this short course/module. The costs for this exam are €250 extra and should be borne by yourself. Taking part in the examination is not compulsory.