FRIAR 2020 is the seventh conference of this successful series. The conference started at the Institution of Civil Engineers in London 2008 and was reconvened in Milan in 2010, Dubrovnik in 2012, Poznan in 2014, Venice in 2016 and A Coruna 2018. Since 2012 a parallel seminar on the Design, Construction, Maintenance, Monitoring and Control of Urban Water has taken place which is now an integral part of the conference. The meeting aims 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 and other more indirect losses are often overlooked. These indirect and intangible impacts are generally associated with disruption to normal life and longer term health issues. 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.

The following list covers some of the topics to be presented at the conference. Papers on other subjects related to the objectives of the meeting are also welcome.

Floods

• Flood risk management
• Flood warning and forecasting
• Flood response and recovery
• Flood protection
• Flood modelling
• Flood mitigation
• Flood vulnerability
• Climate change impact
• Flood damage assessment
• Socio and economic impact
• Community engagement
• Emergency planning
• Blue-green infrastructure
• Resilient approaches
• Catchment-based approaches
• Natural flood management
• Remote sensing in flood applications

Urban Water Systems

• Water supply networks
• Leakage and losses
• Modelling and experimentation
• Safety and security of water systems
• Water quality
• Water savings and reuse
• Wastewater treatment and reuse
• Urban drainage systems
• Stormwater management
• Watershed management
• Structural works and infrastructure
• Maintenance and repairs
• Sustainable urban drainage systems (SuDs)
• Greywater
• Rainwater harvesting
• Water and sewage systems in urban areas
• Water retention

Case studies