Impact of climate change on flooding and sustainable river management

An international workshop on "The impact of climate change on flooding and sustainable river management" will be held in Wallingford, UK, on 26-27 February 1998. The workshop is the last in a series of four events organized as part of the RIBAMOD (River basin modelling, management and flood mitigation) project, a concerted action funded by the European Commission as part of the Environment and Climate research programme.

Organized by HR Wallingford, in partnership with the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (Germany) and with support from the European Commission, this workshop covers important issues for the future management of European rivers and response to continuing environmental change.

The specific topics to be addressed by the workshop will include:

- Impacts of climate change on flood generation and flood regime;
- Impacts of river restoration on flood mitigation;
- Catchment management planning, impact on flooding of changes in land use in river basins, policy development and option assessment.

The workshop will also include:

- A review of other RIBAMOD events and activities;
- A review of projects funded under the Fourth Framework Programme;
- Latest news on the Fifth Framework Programme;
- Identification of future EU RTD needs.
For further information, please contact:

HR Wallingford Ltd.
Ms. Jacqueline Watts
Conference Organizer
Howbery Park
Wallingford
Oxfordshire OX10 8BA
United Kingdom
Tel. +44-1491-835381; Fax +44-1491-832233
E-mail: jhw@hrwallingford.co.uk