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A global challenge
Integrated flood risk management aims to reduce the human and socio-economic losses caused by flooding while taking into account the social, economic and ecological benefits from floods and the use of flood plains or coastal zones. The need for the adoption of a holistic integrated approach to managing flood risks has been reflected in the Flood Directive of the European Parliament.
The course gives flood risk management the necessary trans-disciplinary approach and combines four outstanding European institutions to cope with an increasing challenge, both for engineers as for scientists
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