Water risks and security are a major global hazard in the 21st century and it is essential that water professionals have a solid grounding in the principles of

Real risk management is predicated on the eventuality of human erraticism and therefore necessitates the design of resilient systems, such as control measures,

Each year more than 200 million people are affected by floods, tropical storms, droughts, earthquakes, and also operational failures, wars, terrorism, vandalism

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