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International Levee Handbook

Levees to defend against flooding remain a critical part of flood risk management. The effects of ongoing climate and socio-economic change have been exemplified by the serious disasters in recent years in USA (Hurricanes Katrina and Rita) and France (Tempête Xynthia) where extensive loss of life and property damage occurred following levee failures or overflows. An international team from France, USA and UK/Ireland supported by Netherlands and Germany have identified the need for a new comprehensive guidance handbook, this 1000 page expert and practitioner written handbook will enable mutual lesson-learning between the participating countries in the project consortium.

The International Levee Handbook will be a compendium of good practice, offering comprehensive guidance on the design, construction, maintenance and improvement of levees and describing the international state of the art on these matters. Also, it will offer a decision support framework for competent engineers, rather than a prescriptive decision making code of practice looking at specific challenges during the life cycle of levees.

The work is expected to take three years to publication and be completed in 2013.

The International Levee Handbook is coordinated by CIRIA