The Fourth International Symposium on Flash Floods in Wadi Why you should attend
Systems

Urban Flood Risk Management: Mitigation andAdaptation Measures in the MENA Region

4th – 6th December, 2018
Hassan II University of Casablanca, Moroccowww.isff2018.com

In the last two decades, many Arab cities suchas Riyadh (2016), Casablanca (2016), Doha (2015)
and Guelmim (2014) have experienced flash floods
despite their highly arid and semi-arid climate. Theseevents have caused live losses and importantdamages. Such causalities are usually due to theRiyadh, 2016 (alarabiya.net) combination of many factors such as extreme
precipitations, weak or insufficient urban stormwater infrastructure and drainage system,
urban stream bursting their banks, uncontrolled urban sprawl, groundwater table high rise ortides generated backwater effects on drainage systems outlets in coastal cities. Thesephenomena are still not well studied. Besides, mitigation and adaptation measures are veryrare in such countries and regions because of the prevailing arid or semi- arid climate andgrowing urbanization.
Tackling these problems requires a good analysis ofclimate change and meteorological data, particularly
precipitation, and good knowledge of the cityvulnerability to floods in such territories. Finding
solutions to these challenging problems requires close
collaboration between scientists, practitioners, andDoha, 2015 (aljazeera.com) stakeholders from local, regional, national andinternational organizations whether they are public or private. So we encourage you tocontribute to the development of future solutions for urban floods in the MENA countries.
This event is the fourth in a new series of annualinternational symposia on flash floods in wadisystems.
Furthermore
thissymposium
issupported by the Water Resources Research Center(WRRC) and the Global Alliance of Disaster ResearchInstitutes (GARDI) of the Disaster Prevention
Guelmim, 2014 (huffpostmaghreb.com) Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University, Japan.
The first International Symposium on Flash Floods inWadi Systems held in October 2015 in Kyoto, Japan, was attended by about one hundred
scientists, practitioners and stakeholders from 11 countries (Japan, Arab Region, Europe; see
http://ecohyd.dpri.kyotou.ac.jp/en/index/1.html). The second Symposium was held at
Technische Universität Berlin, Campus El Gouna, Egypt (http://www.campus-elgouna.tuberlin.de/home/international_symposium_on_flash_floods/).
ThethirdInternational
Symposium
onFlashFloods
inWadi
SystemswasheldinOman(http://isff2017.gutech.edu.om/) and the fourth edition of this international symposium will beheld in Casablanca, Morocco (http://isff2018.fstm.ac.ma/).

Symposium themes

Location: Casablanca, Morocco- River/Wadi basin management and flood protection- Storm water infrastructures and urban drainage systems- Urban planning, green infrastructure and flood mitigation- Climate change impacts, weather forecasting and flood warning systems- Rainfall-runoff data monitoring and analysis- Hydrology and hydraulic modeling of urban floods- Groundwater flooding and impacts on urbanized plains- Sediment management, water harvesting and flood control- Flood vulnerability and risk assessment- Flood damage assessment: environmental, social and economical tools- Flood adaptation: structural and non-structural measures•

Important deadlines
Abstract submission: June 30th, 2018
Acceptance of abstract: July 15th, 2018

Organizing committee
Prof. Dalila Loudyi,UH2C-FSTM, dalila.loudyi@univh2c.maProf. Sameh Kantoush, Kyoto-U, kantoush.samehahmed.2n@kyoto-u.ac.jp
Dr. Ahmed Hadidi, GUTech, Ahmed.Hadidi@gutech.edu.om
Prof. Mohamed Chagdali, UH2C-FSB, chagdalimohamed@gmail.com
Prof. Meryem Tanarhte, UH2C-FSTM, meryem_t@yahoo.com
Prof. Abdeslam Taleb, UH2C-FSTM, talebabdeslam1@gmail.com
Dr. Mohamed Saber, Kyoto-U, mohamedmd.saber.3u@kyoto-u.ac.jp
Dr. Mohammed Abdel-Fattah, Kyoto-U, soliman.mohammed.7x@kyoto-u.ac.jp

International scientific committee
Prof. Ekkehard Holzbecher, German University of Technology, OmanProf. Sameh Kantoush, WRRC, DPRI, Kyoto University, Japan
Prof. Uwe Tröger, TU Berlin Campus El Gouna, Germany
Prof. Reinhard Hinkelmann, TU Berlin, Germany
Dr. Riadh Ata, EDF, France
Prof. Tetsuya Sumi, WRRC, DPRI, Kyoto University, Japan
Prof. Hirokazu Tatano, Secretary-General GADRI, Kyoto University, Japan
Prof. Emad Habib, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA
Prof. Mathias Kondolf, University of California Berkeley, USA
Prof. Anton Schleiss, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
Prof. Ali Al-Maktoumi, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
Prof. Mohamed Elhag, King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia
Prof. Latifa Mouhir, Hassan II University of Casablanca, MoroccoProf. Mohamed Sinan, Hassania School of Public Works, Casablanca, Morocco
Dr. Kamal El Kadi Abderrezzak, EDF, France
Dr. Mohammed Amin Hafnaoui, CRSTRA, Algeria
Dr. Taleb Odeh, The Hashemite University, Jordan
Prof. Mohamed El- Manadely, King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia
Dr. Marian Muste, IIHR, University of IOWA, USA
Prof. Aminuddin Ab Ghani, REDAC, Universiti Sains, Malaysia
Dr. Alastair G. Barnett, Hydra Software, New Zealand•••Casablanca is the economic capital city of Morocco with usually warm to cold
weather during November; approximately 27oC in the day and 15oC at night.
Moroccan Dirhams and credit cards are acceptable in Casablanca. The exchange
rate is approximately 1 MDH to 0.1 USD or 0.09 Euro as of November 2017.
For more information on Morocco, visit the website http://www.maroc.ma/en, or
http://www.visitmorocco.com/en
For more information on Casablanca city visit http://www.casablancacity.ma/

Registration••••

Regular participants: 1500 MDH ~ 150 USD (including lunch, coffee breaks, digital
symposium material)
IAHR members: 1200 MDH ~ 120 USD
Students off campus: 500 MDH ~ 50 USD (including coffee breaks, digital
symposium material)
A planned excursion is included.

Contact
4th ISFF
Prof. Dalila Loudyi
Hassan II University of Casablanca, Faculty of Sciences and Techniques
BP 146 Mohammedia, 20650 MoroccoTel: +212 661474839 / +212 523314708
Email: 4th.isff2018@gmail.com
www.isff2018.com
www.isff2018.fstm.ac.ma

Roadmap for future Wadi flash floods’ activities