INTEGRATED RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT IN ENGLAND AND WALES : A POLICY PERSPECTIVE

Development of integrated and strategic approach and planning to a river basin management taking into account risk assessment such as floods and droughts with severe social, economic and environmental consequences, cross-linked with scientific, technical and civil engineering disciplines. Practical solutions implemented in Great-Britain, a country rich with a majority of lowlands rivers. Definition of competencies and skills in hydrology, hydraulics and modelling for river managers.