Session 5: Urban Flood Risk Management: Experiences of Cities

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Disaster Risk Management in East Asia and the Pacific – 2010 Distance Learning Seminar Series

December 15, 18:00-21:00 (JST)

Urban flooding poses a significant hazard and causes damage on infrastructure and the economy in cities. Urban poor populations are likely to be the hardest hit. Cities have tackled with it but there are still challenges in cities that have different characteristics.

The overall objective of this session is to disseminate good practice and approaches to flood and drainage management, and address issues and challenges of urban flooding prevention.  In this session, speakers from Senegal and Vietnam will be invited that would be a good opportunity for cross-regional knowledge exchange on urban flooding and drainage.

This session will also incorporate discussion on the effects and implications of climate change.

The 5th session of the DRM Distance Learning Seminar Series will help participants to:
• Gain better understanding on urban flooding and drainage issues
• Understand issues and challenges in reducing the impact of urban flooding
•  Discuss some of the real operational challenges

Agenda and key issues to present and discuss
• A short opening (introduce participants, program and objectives )
• A brief overview and major issues of urban flooding and drainage management
• Case studies and experiences
• Q&A and general discussion
• Conclusions

Speakers
• From Senegal
Mr. Khalifa Ababacar Sall, The Mayor of Dakar
Denis Jean-Jacques Jordy, Senior Environmental Specialist, The World Bank Senegal Office
Christian Diou, Senior Municipal Engineer, The World Bank Senegal Office
•From Vietnam
Dr. Ho Long Phi, Senior Advisor/Project Manager of the Steering Center of Flood Control in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Language
VC Session: English

Registration
Please send us your name, organization, telephone number and e-mail address by this form or FAX (03-3597-9161).

There will be live-webcasting on the day of the session. A button allowing access to the live stream of the event will appear on the main program page shortly before the event begins.
To view webcasting, participants will need a PC with internet access, Windows media Player Version 10.0.

Partners

This session is part of a larger program. For more information see Disaster Risk Management in East Asia and the Pacific - 2010 Series