Program of the 4th International Symposium on Flash Floods in Wadi Systems(4th ISFF2018)“Urban Flood Risk Management: Mitigation and Adaptation Measures in the MENA Region”
December 4th - 6th December, 2018, Hotel Palace d’Anfa, Casablanca

Programme du 4ème Symposium International sur les Inondations Rapides dans les
Bassins des Oueds (4th ISFF2018)"Gestion du risque d’inondations urbaines: Mesures d'atténuation et d'adaptation
dans la région MENA"
4-6 Décembre, Hotel Palace d’Anfa, Casablanca, Maroc

www.isff2018.com

Ice Breaker Party: Monday December 3rd, 2018
Réception de Bienvenue: Lundi 3 Décembre 2018
19:00-21:00

Hotel Palace d’Anfa, Casablanca

All sessions will be held in the Hotel conference hallToutes les sessions du Symposium auront lieu dans la salle de Conférence de l'Hôtel

1st Symposium Day: Tuesday December 4th, 2018
1er Jour du Symposium: Mardi 4 Décembre 201808:00- 09:00

Registration-Enregistrement: Conference Hall - Le Hall de la salle de Conférence

09:00-10:00

Opening session - Session d'ouverture
Sous l'égide du Ministère de l'Aménagement du Territoire National, de l'Urbanisme, del'Habitat et de la Politique de la Ville
Sous l'égide du Ministère l’Equipement, du Transport, de la Logistique et de l’Eau

1Under the auspices of the Ministry of Land use, Urban Planning, Housing and City Policy
Under the auspices of the Ministry of Equipment, Transport, Logistics and Water
Chair: Prof. Dalila Loudyi, Hassan II University of Casablanca, Morocco
09:10-09:15
09:15-09:20

09:20-09:25
09:25-09:30
09:30-09:40
09:40-09:50

10:00-11:20

Mot du Ministère l’Equipement, duTransport, de la Logistique et de l’Eau
Mot du Ministère de l'Aménagement duTerritoire National, de l'Urbanisme, del'Habitat et de la Politique de la Ville
Mot du Président du Conseil de la
Région de Casablanca Settat
Mot du DG de LYDEC (Suez-Casablanca)
Mot de bienvenue
Université Hassan II de Casablanca
Présentation de l'ISFF, ses objectifs et
ses perspectives

Ministère l’Equipement, du Transport, de la
Logistique et de l’Eau, Morocco
Ministère de l'Aménagement du Territoire
National, de l'Urbanisme, de l'Habitat et de laPolitique de la Ville, MoroccoConseil de la Région de Casablanca-Settat,
Morocco
LYDEC (Suez-Casablanca)
MoroccoUniversité Hassan II de Casablanca
MoroccoKyoto University, Japan

Session 1-1

Climate change and hydrometeorological data analysis
Changement climatique et analyse des données hydrométéorologiques
Chair: Prof. Sameh Kantoush, Kyoto University, Japan

10:00-10:20 Keynote:Prof. Taha Ouarda

On the change, variability andpredictability of hydrological extremes
in a desert environment
Changement climatique observé etprojeté au Maroc
10:20-10:35

10:35 –10:50

Observed and future climate change in
MoroccoRainfall-runoff analysis of the Wadi Bilicatchment in the Red Sea Governorateof Egypt2Chaire de recherche du Canada en hydroclimatologie statistique,
Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique,
Québec, Canada
Khalid El Rhaz, S. Moutia and R. Sebbari
Direction de la Météorologie Nationale,
Casablanca, Morocco

Franziska Tügel, A. Abdelrahman, A. Hadidi and
R. Hinkelmann
Technical University, TU Berlin, Germany10:50-11:05

11:05-11:20

Rainfall and Wadi Flow Data Monitoringand Analysis in Oman

Ayisha Al Khatri

Climate change and water resourcesmanagement in the coastal El JadidaSafi subasin, Morocco

Mounia El Azhari and D. Loudyi

11:20-11:35

Coffee break - Pause Café

11:35-13:15

Session 1-2

Ministry of Regional Municipalities and Water
Resources, Muscat, Oman

Faculty of Sciences and Technics, Mohammedia,
MoroccoFlood vulnerability and risk assessment
Vulnérabilité et évaluation du risque des inondations
Chair: Dr. Kamal El Kadi, EDF, France
KeynoteProf. Emad Habib
Flood Prediction in Low-Gradient
Urbanized Coastal Watersheds: Sharing
Lessons-Learned and Challenges fromSouth Louisiana, USA

University of Louisiana at Lafayette,
Louisiana, USA

Reinsurance company tools forassessing flood economic losses in
MoroccoDr. Issam Mouyan
Société Centrale de Réassurance, Centre
Africain des Risques Catastrophiques
Casablanca, Morocco
Omaima Al Manji

12:10-12:25

Impacts of Floods on the Sultanate of
Oman

Mohammed Abdel-Fattah, S. Kantoush, M.
Saber and T. Sumi

12:25-12:40

Flash flood hazard assessment andmitigation strategies in the arid wadi
systems of Egypt

Database model structured by Merise
conception for processing flood hazard
in Morocco

Meriam Lahsaini and H. Tabyaoui

11:35-11:55

11:55-12:10

12:40-12:55

Ministry of Regional Municipalities and Water
Resources, Muscat, Oman

Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI),
Kyoto University, Japan3

Faculty of Sciences and Technics,
Fez, Morocco
12:55-13:15

Plenary discussion - Discussion

13:15-14:30

Lunch and Poster session 1- Déjeuner et Session posters 1

14:00-14:30

1st Poster session – 1ère Session Posters

Chair: Dr. Mohammed Amin Hafnaoui, CRSTRA-Algeria and Dr. Ahmed Hadidi, Gutech-Oman
14:30-16:05

Session 1-3

Hydrologic and hydraulic modelling of flood
Modélisation hydrologique et hydraulique des inondations
Chair: Prof. Taha Ouarda, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Canada
KeynoteDr. Riadh Ata and Dr. Kamal El Kadi
Abderrezzak
Next Generation of coastal and urban
14:30-14:50
flood modelling
EDF, France
Reconstitution de la crue du 25 octobre
2016 sur le bassin Saquia Al Hamra àtravers la modélisation hydrologiqueHydraulique

Dr. Moulay Driss Hasnaoui
Water Department, Ministry of Equipment,
Transport, Logistics and Water, Morocco

14:50-15:05
Reconstitution of October 25th, 2016
flood in the Saquia al Hamra basinthrough hydrological-hydraulicmodelling

15:05-15:20

Modélisation hydraulique del’inondation d'octobre 2011 de la villed’El Bayad en Algérie
Hydraulic modelling of Octobre 2011
floods in El Bayad city, Algeria

15:20-15:35

Delineation of catchment boundary inwadis’ downstream in south Batina,
Oman

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Mohammed Amin Hafnaoui, A. Hachemi, M.
Madi and Y. Farhi
Centre de Recherche Scientifique et Technique
sur les Régions Arides - CRSTRA , Algeria
Ahmed Hadidi and E. Holzbecher
German University of Technology in Oman
GUtech, Oman

15:35-15:50

Hydrological modeling of stormwater:
Possibilities and applications - Case of
STORM software

Nour el Houda EL HAMOUMI
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale
Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Morocco

Composite modelling approach to study
compound flooding in coastal areas

Dorina Dragancheva, J. Pan, V. Penchev, J.
Zhang, S. Shukrieva, M. Xiong, D. Ting Wang, P.
Penchev and J. Wang

15:50-16:05
Bulgarian Ship Hydrodynamics Centre, Bulgaria
Nanjing Hydraulic Research Institute, China

16:05-16:20

Coffee break - Pause Café

16:20-18:00

Session 1-4

Hydrologic and hydraulic modelling of flood
Modélisation hydrologique et hydraulique des inondations
Chair: Prof. Ekkehard Holzbeche, Gutech, Oman.
Aménagement hydrologique du bassin
Addelfattah Naouri
versant de l’Oued el Malleh pour lutter
Direction régionale des Eaux et Forêts,contre l’érosion hydrique et les
DREFLCD, Casablanca, Morocco
inondations des centres urbains
16:20-16:35

16:35-16:50

16:50-17:05

17:05-17:20

Contribution to hydrologicalmanagement of Wadi Maleh watershedfor erosion and flood control
downstream for urban centers and cities
protection
Floodplain modelling for 1D steady unsteady flow: case study of Sidi Ifni
Wadi, Morocco

Saad Aicha, A. Milewski and L. Benaabidate

Risk of coastal flood in the Azemmour
site

Event modelling and simulation of theextreme hydrological contributions of theZat watershed , High Atlas, Morocco
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Polydisciplinary Faculty
Taroudant, Morocco
Hassan Ayad, D. Loudyi and M. Chagdali
Faculty of Sciences Ben Msik,
Casablanca, Morocco
Myriam Benkirane, M. Saidi, N. Laftouhi, B. El
Mansouri and I. Salik
Faculty of Sciences, Marrakech, Morocco17:20-17:35

Application of modeling tools forassessment of flood risk andestablishment non structural mitigation:
Case study of Malleh dam failure locatedupstream of Mohammedia city

17:35-18:00

Plenary discussion - Discussion

Ali El Bilali and A. Taleb
Hydraulic Basin Agency of Bouregreg andChaouia & Faculty of Sciences and Techniqueof Mohammedia,
Morocco2nd Day of Symposium : Wednesday December 5th, 20182ème Jour du Symposium: Mercredi 5 Décembre 2018
09:00-10:35

Session 2-1

Flood adaptation and mitigation measures
Mesures d’adaptation et d’atténuation au risque des inondations
Chair: Prof. Tetsuya Sumi, Kyoto University, Japan
Keynote:Dr. Abdelaziz Zaki

09:00-09:20

09:20-09:35

09:35-09:50

09:50-10:05

Science-community interface: capacity
building for managing natural disastersof flash floods in Egypt, Jordan, Sudan
and Yemen

Science National Professional Officer, UNESCO,
Cairo, Egypt

De l’Annonce à la Prévision des crues :Préparation et Gestion de crise

Salah Belmatrik, Ayoub Nafii

From Announcement to flood
forecasting: Preparation and crisis
Management

Hydraulic Basin Agency of Bouregreg andChaouia, Benslimane, Morocco

Flash floods mitigation and adaptationin OmanAhmed Al Barawani

Identification of potential dam sites
using GIS and remote sensing
techniques.

Fatima Ezzahra El Ghazali and N. Laftouhi

Ministry of Regional Municipalities and Water
Resources, Muscat, Oman

Faculty of Sciences, Marrakech, Morocco6Floods mitigation fo Al Kharj city,
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Mohamed El Manadely

Elhadi Adam, B. Barsi and Y. Mohamed

10:20-10:35

Development of flood early warning
system for flashy wadies: Gash wadi asa case study; Sudan

10:35-10:50

Coffee Break - Pause café

10:50-13:00

Session 2-2

10:05-10:20

King Abdul Aziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

University of Kassala, Sudan

Urban planning and green infrastructure
Urbanisme et infrastructure verte
Chair: Dr. Riadh Ata, EDF, France
KeynoteMme. Lamia Guerouani

10:50– 11:10

Planification urbaine et prévention durisque d’inondation au Maroc
Urban planning and flood risk control
in Morocco

11:10-11-25

Traitement de la problématique del’assainissement pluvial par le Schéma
Directeur de l’Aménagement Urbain(SDAU) de la région du Grand
Casablanca

Department of Urban Planning- Ministry ofLand use, Urban Planning, Housing and City
Policy (MATNUHPV),
MoroccoMr. Mohamed Najib Derrak
Casablanca Urban Agency,
MoroccoStormwater management throughUrban Planning Master Plan (SDAU) of
the Great Casablanca region

11:25-11:40

Intégration de la gestion de l'eau
pluviale dans l'aménagement duterritoire

Saad Azzaoui
LYDEC, Casablanca, Morocco

Integration of rainwater management
into land use planning
11:40-11:55

Interdisciplinary and interlocked spatialtemporal studies to enhance efficiency
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Laurent Schmitt, P. Namour, P. Breil, M.
Lafont, L. Grospretre, N. Jacob-Rousseau, O.

and sustainability of environmental
management of streams impacted byurbanization (Yzeron catchment, city ofLyon, France)

Navratil, H. Delile, D. Eschbach and B.
Cournoyer

Les documents d’urbanisme à l’épreuvede la gestion des risques d’inondations,
cas de la ville de Kénitra au Maroc

Khadija Karibi and O. Messous

11:55-12:10

University of Strasbourg, France

National School of Architecture,
Rabat, Morocco

Urban planning documents in the testof flood risk management: Case of thecity of Kenitra, Morocco

12:10-12:25

12:25-12:40

Evaluation of Shoreline Change: A Case
Study from the Wadi Al Maawil
Watershed

Amna Al Ruheili

Climate change adaptation strategyTaipei’s Wenshan flood prevention anddrainage plan as a case study

Cheng-Sheng Pong, Shih-Bin Lin and YungChia Hsu

College of Agricultural and Marine Sciences,
Sultan Qaboos University, Oman

Public Works Department, Taipei City
Government, Taiwan

12:40-13:00

Plenary discussion -Discussion

13:00-14:15

Lunch and Poster session 2- Déjeuner et Session posters 2

13:45-14:15

2nd Posters session - 2èm Session Posters

Chair: Dr. Mohammed Amin Hafnaoui, CRSTRA-Algeria and Dr. Ahmed Hadidi, Gutech-Oman8

14:15-16:20

Session 2-3

Sediment management and flood control structures
Gestion des sédiments et structures de protection contre les inondations
Chair: Prof. Mohamed El Manadely, King Abdulaziz University,Saudi Arabia
KeynoteProf. Tetsuya Sumi
14:15-14:35

14:35-14:50

14:50-15:05

15:05-15:20

Integrated reservoir sedimentation
management in arid and semi-arid
countries under climate change

Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI),
Kyoto University, Japan

Optimization bias in dam sedimentation
management

Tobias Landwehr, M. Irie and C. Pahl-Wostl

Integrated management of flash floods
in Wadi basins considering
sedimentation and climate change

Mohamed Saber, T. Al Harrasi, S. Kantoush, M.
Abdel-Fattah and T. Sumi

The characteristic of sediment transportof flash floods in arid regions

Yusuke Ogiso, T. Sumi, S. Kantoush and M.
Saber

Osnabrück University, Germany

Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI),
Kyoto University

Kyoto University, JapanAli Kerdad, L. Mouhir, A. Zakaria and K. Zahidi

15:20-15:35

Mechanical behavior of concretes basedof sediment of dam reservoirs in
Morocco case study: Dam Mohamed
Ben Abdelkrim El Khattabi

Mitsuteru Irie, M. Tafu, M. Fuji and J. Tarhouni

15:35-15:50

Resource potential of reservoir
sediment for functional material for
purifying drinking water
Coupled Flow and Sediment Transportin Shallow Water

Ekkehard Holzbecher and A. Hadidi

Modelling daily suspended sedimentload by using Artificial Neural Network
and Wavelet

Samir Bengherifa, Abdelouahab Lefkir and
Abdemalek Bermad
National School of Public Works (ENSTP) &National Polytechnic School (ENP), Algeria

15:50-16:05

16:05-16:20

Faculty of Sciences and Technics,
Mohammedia, Morocco

Miyazaki University, Japan

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German University of Technology in Oman,
GUtech, Oman

16:20-16:35

Coffee Break – Pause café

16:35-17:50

Session 2-4

Groundwater management
Gestion des eaux souterraines
Chair: Prof. Emad Habib, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA
KeynoteProf. Abdalla Osman
16:35-16:55

16:55-17:10

17:10-17:25

Water table rise in Muscat urban
areas: Causes and impacts

Sultan Qaboos University
Muscat, Oman

Floods control dams surface water
recovery for groundwater artificial
recharge : Case of Settat plain dams andBerrechid aquifer, Morocco

Mohamed Sinan, M. Dchieche and N. Naser

Ingenuity of traditional management of
surface water and groundwater in
Morocco: Case of the Medina of Fez

Mouhcine Ayacine, A. Taleb, M. El Bouchikhi
and K. Obda
Faculty of Humanities of Fez- Saϊs,
Fez, Morocco

17:25-17:50

Plenary discussion - Discussion

17:50-18:10

Closing Session

Hassania School of Public Works (EHTP) &Hydraulic Bassin Agency of Bouregreg andChaouia, Morocco

Closing Remarks and Announcement of 5th ISFF2019
Conclusions et Annonce du 5ème ISFF2019
Chair: Prof. Tetsuya Sumi, WRRC, DPRI, Kyoto University, Japan
Closing Statement and Concluding
Prof. Dalila Loudyi
Remarks on the 4th ISFF
FSTM, Hassan II University of Casablanca
17:50-18:00
MoroccoThe Fifth International Symposium on
Prof. Sameh Kantoush
Flash Floods in Wadi Systems
18:00-18:10
WRRC, DPRI, Kyoto University, Japan10

Dinner - Diner Gala
Wednesday December 5th , 2018
Mercredi 5 Décembre 201819:15-23:00

Headquarters of Casablanca-Settat county council at Habous/ Siège du conseil de la
Région Casablanca-Settat au Habous

3rd Day of Symposium: Thursday December 6th, 20183ème Jour du Symposium: Jeudi 6 Décembre 2018
Field trip - Sortie sur le terrain
Visit to Wadi el Malleh dam and Mediouna storm water basin for flood control
Visite du Barrage de oued EL Malleh et le Bassin d’Orage de Mediouna pour laprotection contre les inondations
8:00-13:30

Field trip program- Programme de la sortie sur le terrain
Casablanca – Mohammedia - Mediouna

8:00

9:30

10:30

12:00

13:30

Departure from the hotel - Départ de l'hôtel, Casablanca
Arrival to Wadi El Malleh Dam for flood control - Arrivée au Barrage de Oued El
Malleh de protection contre les inondations
Guided visit by engineers of the River Basin Agency of Bouregreg and Chaouia Visite guidée par les ingénieurs de l'Agence de Bassin Hydraulique du Bouregreg etde la Chaouia
Departure from the dam site towards the storm water basin of Mediouna - Départ
du site du Barrage vers le Bassin d’orage à Mediouna
Arrival to Mediouna storm water basin - Arrivée au site du Bassin
Presentation of the infrastructure by engineers of LYDEC (Suez-Great Casablanca
storm water and wastewater utility)
Présentation de l’infrastructure par les ingénieurs de LYDEC (Suez- Gestionnaire del’assainissement liquide au Grand Casablanca)
Return to hotel - Retour à l’Hotel.

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