Introduction about the objectives, the contents and the context of the subject, explanation of the type of activities and evaluation criteria.

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Definitions of key concepts (flood hazard, exposure, vulnerability, flood risk), Legislative framework, Flood risk management framework (FRMF), classification of flood impacts.

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Introduction about urban hydrology and drainage systems, key concepts in the field of sewer systems, network classification, design criteria, IDF curves and project rainfalls, estimation of hydrological losses in urban areas, models of rainfall-runoff transformation in urban catchments.

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Hydrological and hydraulic modelling of urban drainage systems, surface drainage systems and design criteria, tangible and intangible flood damages, flood depth damage curves, expected annual damage, environmental impacts, grey and blue-green infrastructures.

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Legal framework regarding water quality of the receiving water bodies, common pollutants in water quality, stormwater (SSO) and combined sewers overflows (CSO), first flush, retention tanks and other measures to reduce impacts produced by sewers overflows.

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Description of the most common devices and sensors to measures hydrologic / hydraulic variables (rainfall, flow depth, flow velocity, discharge) and water quality parameters.

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Basic concepts of fluvial geomorphology and sediment transport. Flood propagation and flood defences.

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Basic concepts of fluvial restoration principles and sediment management, e.g. dyke and dam removal, gravel replenishment

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Individual exam on the theoretical and practical modules of the subject syllabus.

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Reminder of 1D steady flow modelling, unsteady 1D and 2D modelling (equations and solvers).

Related Activities

Flood modelling practice

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