Bruno Beullac

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Closure of Dutch storm surge barriers

On the 3rd of January 2018, all Dutch storm surge barriers had to close. For details, see the news item https://www.i-storm.org/news.html on the site of I-storm, the International Network for Storm Surge Barriers. The closed Maeslant storm surge barrier (archive photo)

Prague WG Meeting and Workshop

A meeting and a workshop of our Working Group on Levees and Flood Defences will take place during the ICOLD meeting in Prague on July 7, 2017 (see details in the agenda). WG members are all invited to attend the meeting. ICOLD National Committees have been informed of the event and are invited to send …

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FLOODRISK2016-Lyon – More than just a conference

Marcel Bottema, 8 Nov 2016   Short report from FLOODrisk 2016 Conference From 18-20 October the 3rd European Conference on Flood Risk Management took place in Lyon, together with some side events (FLOODrisk 2016, www.floodrisk2016.net ). Over 200 papers were presented covering a wide range of Flood Risk Management issues. The number of participants was …

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