FLOOD MANAGEMENTLesson Outcomes

To have an overview of different flood management strategies used in different parts of the world.

To understand the purposes of flood management. To evaluate some of the strategies used.

KEY IDEAS What are the aims of flood management?

Protection of people & property from the damaging impacts of floods

Alleviation (reduction) of the flood riskMonitoring, research, forecasting & warning

There are 2 main groups of strategies: -Hard engineering (structural) methods: e.g. water

storage dams, river channel modifications, embankments (levees)

Soft engineering (river basin management): e.g flood abatement, flood plain zoning (managed retreat), river restoration