Academic experts available to provide context or comment on the following topic:
It's all related: Freezing rain, climate change and risk of flooding
It's all related: Freezing rain, climate change and risk of flooding
Members of the media may directly contact the following expert:
Hossein Bonakdari (English and French)
Associate professor, Faculty of Engineering, Civil Engineering
[email protected]
With our climate changing so quickly, are severe ice storms such as the one we experienced yesterday something we should be prepared for, going forward ? And what about their impact on potential flood risks?
Areas of research:
- Climate change
- Flooding
- Risk assessment
- Water-related risks
- Design of climate change resilient water infrastructures
- Optimizing water resources operation
- Infrastructure real time modeling/management
- Sustainable water resources management