Time: May 27, 2016

Lecturer: Hong Wang (Professor, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research)

Report: Urban Development in the Context of Flood Risk and Reflections to China's Sponge City Construction

Contents:
    - Urban development in the context of flood risk in the United States
    - Integrated urban development approach
        * Flood risk assessment
        * Land use planning
        * Control: reducing the risk
        * Mitigation: minimizing the consequences
        * Re-assessment of impact
    - China's sponge city construction