| Location | Valencia, Spain |
| Date | 11 - 13 May 2020 |
| Contact | Irene Moreno Millan |
| Keywords | waste management,water,Flood, |
| Website | https://www.wessex.ac.uk/conferences/2020/friar-2020 |
| Description | The meeting is aimed to attract researchers, academics and practitioners actively involved in improving our understanding of urban water systems and flood events. Flooding is a global phenomenon that claims numerous lives worldwide each year. Apart from the physical damage to buildings, contents and loss of life, which are the most obvious, impacts of floods upon households, other more indirect losses are often overlooked. These indirect and intangible impacts are generally associated with disruption to normal life as well as longer term health issues including community displacements and stress related illnesses. Flooding represents a major barrier to the alleviation of poverty in many parts of the developing world, where vulnerable communities are often exposed to sudden and life threatening events. |