Flood Risk Management
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Integrated flood risk management aims to reduce the human and socio-economic losses caused by flooding while at the same time taking into account the 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. Existing Masters programmes on floods offered within the EU cover many technical aspects but lack integration. The proposed EMJMD on Flood risk management (FLOODRisk) follows the holistic approach and is explicitly designed to cover a wide range of topics – from drivers and natural processes to models, decisions and socio-economic consequences and institutional environment, and is therefore an important advance in water education for Europe. FLOODRisk is offered by a consortium consisting of IHE Delft, Technical University of Dresden, UPC Barcelona and University of Ljubljana. The associated partners include European hydraulics laboratories, namely, Danish Hydraulic Institute (Denmark), Deltares (the Netherlands) and HR Wallingford (UK), key national organisations responsible for flood management, including Rijkswaterstaat, Rijnland Waterboard (the Netherlands) and National Research and Development Institute for Marine Geology and Geoecology (Romania). Other associated partners include ICHARM (Japan), Institute of Water and Flood Management (Bangladesh), HydroLogic (the Netherlands), Center for Environmental Studies (USA) and International Association of Hydrological Sciences. All these partners bring their specific complementary expertise in flood risk management to the EMJMD, which will educate flood risk professionals with a broad vision of the processes occurring in river basins and in coastal zones at different spatial and temporal scales, and who will be able to master the links between systems, processes and natural and socio-economic constraints for all the aspects of the water cycle. During the 2-year programme students start at TU Dresden, where they complete their 1st semester with 30 ECTS with courses on hydro-meteorological processes and global change and its impact. Then the students move to IHE for their 2nd semester with 30 ECTS where they receive courses on modelling and computer-based tools for planning, forecasting and decision support. Subsequently, the students move to UPC Barcelona to follow part of their 3rd semester with 20 ECTS with courses on hazards due to flash floods, debris flow and coastal flooding. The last part of the 3rd semester is hosted by the University of Ljubljana where students follow courses on spatial planning, and socio-economic and institutional framework of flood risk management to earn 10 ECTS. Each semester provides a number of electives, and there are international fieldtrips. Finally, the students carry out their thesis work (30 ECTS) at one of HEIs or with an industrial partner. Successful candidates receive a joint MSc degree
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Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Geosciences, Environmental Sciences, Limnology, Oceanography, Geography, Geology, Natural Resources, or equivalentGPA of at least 3.0/4.0English proficiencyAdmissions Deadline: 31 May, but the scholarship deadline is 15 January
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Barcelona
Spain
8001
Spain
- 2 years
- Full Time
- On Campus Learning
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