FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT

Training Course on Factoring Hydro-Climatic Disasters in IWRM

GOAL

Explain the occurrence, impact and assessment of floods as a natural phenomenon. Outlines the risk reduction measures and practices that can be used to build the resilience of the local communities for coping with Floods at the catchment level.

Learning Objectives: To understand types, factors and indicators of floods To understand severity and risks associated with floods To establish a basis for flood management as a

INTRODUCTION

Flood is a general and temporary condition of partial or complete inundation of normally dry land areas from:
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the overflow of inland waters, and the unusual and rapid accumulation of runoff of surface waters from any source.

FLOOD MANAGEMENT

Flood management is a broad concept that focuses on reducing flood hazards through a combination of policy, institutional, regulatory and physical measures, while recognizing that floods can never be fully controlled This takes into account the beneficial uses of floods, which are difficult to quantify in human and economic terms but which sustain natural systems that also have economic, social, cultural and ecosystem values and functions.

FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT

A change to proactive management of natural disasters requires an identification of the risk, the development of strategies to reduce that risk, and the creation of policies and programmes to put these strategies into effect Risk management is a fundamental activity geared to the evaluation of schemes for reducing but not necessarily eliminating the overall risk, as in many cases risk cannot be entirely eliminated

FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT

Steps associated with risk assessment and management includes Assessing the potential for a hazard to occur Vulnerability analysis to provide an understanding of the consequences should an event of a certain magnitude and frequency occur. Based on this initial work, various mitigation measures evaluated to assess their ability for reducing risk exposure Disaster management plans and specific mitigation measures can be identified Efforts then be undertaken to implement the selected mitigation measures

FLOOD RISK AND VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT

A basin flood management plan has to start with assessing the present and future flood risks. Flood risks are function of;

magnitude of the hazard, degree of exposure to the hazard and vulnerability of society against damage due to the hazard.

UNDERSTANDING FLOOD HAZARD AND FLOODING

This may require; hydro meteorological analysis; hydrologic and hydraulic simulation of surface runoffs, floods and inundations; mechanism of flooding; simulation and analysis projected conditions of land use change, future developments (e.g., urbanization, infrastructure development etc; future trends of hydro-meteorological phenomenon due to climate variability or change.

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INTEGRATED FLOOD MANAGEMENT- A NEW APPROACH

Integrated Flood Management (IFM) is a process that promotes an integrated, rather than fragmented, approach to flood management.

It integrates land and water resources development in a river basin, within the context of integrated water resources management (IWRM), and aims to maximize the net benefit from floodplains and to minimize loss to life from flooding.

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INTEGRATION

Integrated flood management recognizes Interconnection of flood management actions within broader water resources management Value of coordinating across geographic and agency boundaries Need to evaluate opportunities and potential impacts from a system perspective Importance of environmental stewardship and sustainability

IFM PERSPECTIVE
Principles
Economic Efficiency Endurance Environmental Sustainability
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Structure

Enabling Environment

Institutional Frameworks

Management Instruments

Balance flood for livelihoods and flood as a resource

SUPPORTIVE TECHNOLOGIES

A number of tools are available to array and display information for

the use of technical experts, to explain programmes of flood damage reduction to the decision-makers, and to communicate real time forecasts and warnings to the public. These include;

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Mapping Visualization techniques

APPROACHES TO FLOOD CONTROL

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