In the winter of 2015/16, the UK recorded its highest ever 24-hour and 48-hour rainfalls, mainly across Northern England and much of Scotland, resulting in catastrophic flooding. The resulting impacts across the UK were devastating, with hundreds of homes evacuated, roads and bridges swept away and total damage estimated by the UK insurance industry at £1.3 billion (Association of British Insurers, 2016). In Scotland, severe impacts were suffered in Aberdeenshire, the Scottish Borders, and Dumfries and Galloway. The Rivers Dee, Ythan and Don in Aberdeenshire all recorded their largest ever flows, in each case with a probability exceeding once in 200 years (Marsh et al., 2016). Triggered in part by these extreme floods, the Royal Society of Edinburgh held a oneday conference on 15 March 2017 entitled ‘How can we learn to live with floods? Challenges for science and management’. The meeting addressed the following key questions:

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“我们怎样才能学会与洪水共存？科学与管理的挑战》：客座社论介绍

2015/16 年冬季，英国录得有史以来最高的 24 小时和 48 小时降雨量，主要分布在英格兰北部和苏格兰大部分地区，导致灾难性洪水。由此在英国造成的影响是毁灭性的，数百所房屋被疏散，道路和桥梁被冲走，英国保险业估计总损失为 13 亿英镑（英国保险公司协会，2016 年）。在苏格兰，阿伯丁郡、苏格兰边境、邓弗里斯和加洛韦受到严重影响。阿伯丁郡的迪伊河、伊桑河和唐河都记录了有史以来最大的流量，在每种情况下，都有可能超过 200 年一次（Marsh 等人，2016 年）。部分由这些极端洪水引发，爱丁堡皇家学会于 2017 年 3 月 15 日举行了一次为期一天的会议，题为“我们如何学会与洪水共存？科学和管理的挑战”。会议讨论了以下关键问题：