Hosted by the CIWEM West Midlands branch
Event description
Please note that this webinar will take place at 7:00pm Malaysia Time | 12:00 noon BST.
Malaysia is an extremely lucky land, having never experienced any significant natural disasters including typhoons and earthquakes. However, over the last few decades, flooding has become a major risk. It has caused the loss of lives and destruction of properties. In general, the cause of these floods can be attributed to changes in climate and land use, overgrowth of cities, and human intervention activities such as deforestation, urbanisation, economic activities, and infrastructure development. Stormwater management plays a very important role in flood control and protection.
Since the new millennium, the Malaysian Government has adopted the Integrated Water Resources Management approach for its flood and stormwater management programme. This initiative has provided a balanced approach between structural and non-structural measures. The Government has also introduced the Urban Stormwater Management Manual for Malaysia which highlighted the natural and storage-oriented approach. This approach is very similar to the Sustainable Urban Drainage system (SUDs) in the UK, which uses an approach that mimics nature’s ways in storing the surface runoff or infiltrating into the groundwater.
Currently, many research activities and several innovative technologies have been applied in managing flood and stormwater in the country. For example: adoption of nature-based solutions concept, bio-retention and detention approaches, engineering waterways and constructed wetlands, etc. In this webinar, we look at the opportunities and challenges due to flooding and the best possible management practices for stormwater management in Malaysia. The discussion will also highlight future directions to address the flooding problems in the country, including changes likely to occur in the face of a changing climate..
Part of the CIWEM Flood Resilience digital series.
Register for 10 August 2021