The students should be able to apply the strategies and methods to arbitrary engineering problems in the given fields. To fix the theoretical background the student has to apply the methods independently at given tasks during several projects.Flood Hazard and Vulnerability AssessmentFlood Management; Fundamentals of flood defence; Management of low-lying areas; Design of river dikes, channels and dams; Design concepts for the defence of structural objects and buildings; Forecasting, management and maintenance in flood defence; Hydrology, hydraulic calculations, flood routing; Characteristics of tsunami action, forces and loads on structures; Structural damage and loss prediction, damage scenarios; Re-interpretation of recent events.