The 41st World Congress of IAHR (International Association of Hydro-Environmental Engineering and Research) was held in Singapore from 22 to 27 June, 2025.

The Organisers of the Congress have been IAHR, PUB (Singapore´s National Water Agency), NUS (National University of Singapore) and Nanyang Technological University . 

Committees

The International Scientific Committee (ISC) and the Advisory Board provide counsel and support to the Local Organizing Commmittee for the scientific and technical coordination of the congress.

Revision process

The papers included in this volume were part of the 41st IAHR World Congress which took place in Singapore, from 22 to 27 June, 2025. Papers were selected and subjected to review by the Editor and the International Scientific Committee and followed a revision process with the following steps: (1) The committees involved in the organisation of the Congress established a set of technical criteria for the committee in charge of the revision. (2) Submitted papers were sent to two experts in the field. (3) Authors were asked to include the necessary amendments and follow the reviewers´ comments, and (4) Their work was reviewed until the final version was approved by the Editor.

Publications Ethics and Malpractice Statement

The monitoring of publishing ethics is a major aspect of editorial and peer-review publications. IAHR is a well-established and long-standing organization whose primary mission is to foster knowledge exchange amongst its community and stakeholder base. Accordingly, IAHR takes its policies on ethics seriously.
The Proceedings of the the 40th IAHR World Congress has been published under the IAHR Publications Ethics and Malpractice Statement.

The 40th IAHR World Congress proceedings are long-term preserved following the IAHR Policy of digital preservation archives. 

Content

Cover 

Front matter 

Preface 

Table of contents:
A: Water Engineering and Technological Innovations
A.1 Climate Change Mitigation
A.2 Improving Resilience against Water Hazards and Natural Disasters
A.3 Water Engineering and Society
A.4 Water Engineering for Energy Transition and Food Security
A.5 Digital Transformation
A.6 Experimental and Field Methods

B: Water Engineering and Socio-Economic Considerations
B.1 Climate Change Adaptation
B.2 Water and Nature
B.3 Hydro-Environment Engineering Culture

Author Index

Publication Date

October 15, 2025