Research Agenda

AGENCIES CURRENTLY INVOLVED

SHORT-TERM PRODUCTS

1. Risk assessment methodologies, risk management tools and risk communication (for objective and subjective risks)

IAHR, UNU, IAHS, WMO, ISDR, ICHARM

2. Enhanced understanding, forecasting and management of flash floods in urban areas and arid zones as well as those resulting from dam breaks and dike breaks

IAHR, IAHS, WMO, ISDR, ICHARM, UNU

3. Improved methodologies for estimating flood benefits and flood damages for various land uses (agriculture, urban, peri-urban, industrial)

IAHR, UNU

4. Establishment of flood susceptibility indicators based on community vulnerability and resiliency

UNU

5. Comparative assessment of institutional models for flood management

WMO

MEDIuM-TERM PRODUCTS

1. Methodologies for reliable inundation mapping

IAHR, IAHS, WMO, UNESCO, ICHARM

2. Probabilistic laws for non-stationary extreme events under changing environment (climate variability and change, land use and population change)

(IAHR), IAHS, UNESCO

3. Understanding trade-offs between structural and non-structural flood management measures under different socio-economic conditions

UNESCO

4. Improvement of combined physical and stochastic distributed hydrologic models for more reliable real-time runoff forecasting

IAHR, IAHS, UNESCO

5. Improved methodologies for estimating flood benefits and flood damages for various land uses (agriculture, urban, peri-urban, industrial)

UNESCO, UNU

6. Tools for group-based multi-objective decision-making with multiple stakeholders

IAHR

7. Comparative analysis of socio-economic incentives and instruments in flood management

8. Understanding flood anthropology for the description of traditional technologies (nature for nature) in flood management

UNESCO

9. Improved communication strategies for effective flood warning and forecasting

(UNU), IAHR, WMO, (ISDR), ICHARM

10. Enhanced understanding of psycho-social impacts of flooding on individual and family responses

11. Strategies for effective flood mitigation investment scheduling

LONG-TERM PRODuCTS

1. Improved medium-term flood forecasting incorporating medium- and long-term weather prediction

IAHR, IAHS, WMO, UNESCO

2. Understanding trade-offs between structural and non-structural flood management measures under different socio-economic conditions

3. Tools (data assimilation, downscaling, remote sensing) for warning and forecasting of ungauged basins

UNU, (IAHR), IAHS, UNESCO, ICHARM

4. Tools for hydro-meteorology triggered land-slide prediction

WMO

5. Improved management of floods caused by ice jams

WMO

6. Procedures for ecologically-sound flood management

7. New design criteria for non-stationary flood computation

IAHS

8. Strategies for effective flood mitigation investment scheduling

EDUCATION AND TRAINING AGENDA

AGENCIES CURRENTLY INVOLVED

SHORT-TERM PRODUCTS

1. Synthesized flood preparedness guidelines on flood emergency for communities (countryspecific)

WMO, ISDR

2. Training courses and manuals for community leaders, decision makers, technical persons on various aspects of flooding, such as preparedness planning, flood fighting and flood recovery

UNU, (IAHR), WMO, UNESCO-IHP-IHE, ISDR, ICHARM

3. Post-evaluation conferences/lessons learned of case studies highlighting best practices on all aspects of flood issues

UNU, IAHS, ISDR

4. International network of flood-related institutions to cooperate on producing training materials for various user groups

UNU, UNESCO-IHE, ICHARM

MEDIUM-TERM  PRODUCTS

1. Production of teaching material for training courses at various levels

IAHS, UNESCO-IHE, ICHARM, UNU

2. Training courses and manuals for community leaders, decision makers, technical persons on various aspects of flooding, such as preparedness planning, flood fighting and flood recovery

UNU, WMO, UNESCO-IHE, ICHARM

3. Post evaluation conferences/lessons learned of case studies highlighting best practices on all aspects of flood issues

UNU, IAHS

4. International network of flood-related institutions to cooperate on producing training materials for various user groups

(UNU), (IAHR), ICHARM

5. Popularized publications, books, videos and public education programs dealing with different aspects of flood preparedness, flood fighting and flood recovery in different cultural and socioeconomic settings

WMO, UNESCO-IHP, ISDR

LONG-TERM PRODUCTS

1. Introducing the concept of living with floods in school programs through text books and teaching materials

WMO, UNESCO-IHP, ISDR

2. Curricula for undergraduate disciplinary programs and integrated curricula for inter-disciplinary graduate programs promoting inter-disciplinary thinking

WMO, UNESCO-IHE, ICHARM

3. Enhanced public awareness through various international events on various aspects of flood management (campaign, media, web)

(UNU), WMO, UNESCO, ISDR, (ICHARM)

INFORMATION NETWORKING AGENDA 

AGENCIES CURRENTLY INVOLVED

SHORT-TERM PRODUCTS

1. Global hydrological database on extreme flood events

IAHS, ICHARM, UNU

2. Database for the description of the various aspects of floods (physical, economic and social)

IAHS, ICHARM, UNU

3. Open access multi-lingual CDS/ISIS-based international bibliographical database on flood literature and reports (published and informal)

IAHS, ISDR

4. Open access and reviewed depository of proven methodologies and tools for flood prediction, analyses and management

IAHS, WMO, ISDR

5. Network between IFI and relief and humanitarian agencies

ISDR

MEDIUM-TERM PRODUCTS

1. Database of data-type relevant to the various aspects flood management

IAHS

2. Compilation of available DEM data and other spatial datasets (land use) in the appropriate resolution for flood management

(IAHS), UNU

3. Open access international depository of flood-related legal instruments, policies and comparative studies

WMO

4. Cooperative network between IFI and the insurance industry

UNU

5. Network between IFI and relief and humanitarian agencies

ISDR

LONG-TERM PRODUCTS

1. Global hydrological database on extreme flood events

IAHS, ICHARM

2. Compilation of available DEM data and other spatial datasets (land use) in the appropriate resolution for flood management

(IAHS)

3. Cooperative network between IFI and the insurance industry

UNU, ISDR

TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE 

AGENCIES CURRENTLY INVOLVED

SHORT-TERM PRODUCTS

MEDIUM-TERM PRODUCTS

1. Help design cooperative agreements for flood-related activities in transboundary watersheds

WMO

2. Flood emergency management manuals and procedures

3. Flood relief and recovery manuals and procedures

1. Facilitation of jointly coordinated flood fighting in transboundary watersheds

2. Design and construction of appropriate methodologies for flood mitigation measures at local scale

3. Assessment of individual and community flood vulnerability exposure 4. Provide assistance to governments in designing national strategies for flood reduction

WMO, ISDR ISDR WMO WMO UNU (case by case) UNU (case by case), WMO

LONG-TERM PRODUCTS

1. Provide assistance to governments in designing national strategies for flood reduction

UNU (case by case), WMO