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Simonovic to serve as the Associate Editor of the Journal of Flood = Risk=20 Management
By Mphatso Mlotha | February 14, 2011
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Slobodan =
P.=20
Simonovic, Civil and Environmental Engineering professor at The =
University of=20
Western Ontario and Director of Engineering Studies with the Institute =
for=20
Catastrophic Loss Reduction, has been honored with a nomination to serve =
as the=20
Associate Editor of the Journal of Flood Risk Management.
The =
journal=20
and nomination is quite timely with the recent cyclone flooding of =
Australia=20
that reported more than 20 deaths and affected an estimated 3.1 million =
people=20
due to severe property damage.
With the rise of global disasters =
related=20
to flood risk, Simonovic says, =93those who practice in this field are =
in=20
increasing demand and carry heavy workloads. They have little time to =
review=20
journals or attend conferences, yet they need to keep up to date.=94 =
Thus, the=20
journal=92s existence ensures that academics doing research in this =
field have an=20
ever-growing array or publications they may need to review. =
Simonovic=20
has contributed to the publication in the past, as a guest associate =
editor in=20
2009, with two special issues on Managing flood risk, reliability and=20
vulnerability.
After publishing a few papers in the journal, the =
symbol=20
of excellence through his research made its own statement. He was =
nominated by=20
the journal to serve as the Associate Editor for a four-year term. He =
will be=20
responsible for North America, covering geographical issues that were =
missing=20
good representation and perspective.
In accepting the =
nomination,=20
Simonovic stated, =93As the recent situation in Australia and Brazil =
demonstrate,=20
effective flood risk management is growing in importance globally. =
Academics=20
need a top quality source that they can turn to for up to date =
information and=20
leading edge knowledge. I trust the Journal of Flood Risk Management to =
be that=20
source.=94
The Journal of Flood Risk Management was launched in =
2008 as a=20
partnership with the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental =
Management=20
(CIWEM) and with the support of Arup, MWH and Royal Haskoning. =
The=20
journal provides an international platform for knowledge sharing in all =
areas=20
related to flood risk. Its explicit aim is to disseminate ideas across =
the range=20
of disciplines where flood related research is conducted and it provides =
content=20
ranging from leading edge academic papers to applied content with the=20
practitioner in mind.
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