At each level of flood emergency planning, all stakeholder groups concerned must come together to develop an emergency plan. Risk and vulnerability assessments, distribution of
A basin flood management plan starts with setting goals that are largely guided by regional development objectives and driven by the need to reduce flood
Environmental impact assessment (EIA) is used to identify the environmental and social impacts of a proposed project prior to decision-making in order to predict environmental
There are various constraints in any decision-making process in flood management, which can be broadly categorized into: physical, financial, social, political, legal and environmental. Physical
Cost-effectiveness analysis is one of the most common forms of analysis used by governments, especially for small projects. There are occasions when a decision to
Economic analysis provides a set of fairly reliable tools for an objective evaluation of the benefits and costs of specific flood management projects in monetary
Factors that can contribute to conflicts within a river basin are: Population pressures leading to urbanization, thereby contributing to increased flood hazards downstream; Transfer of
Professionals and institutions responsible for managing conflicts first have to understand the underlying issues, perceptions and the values associated with a given perspective to be
Representatives of other development agencies dealing with water resources, hydropower, drinking water, agriculture, irrigation, transport and communications and financial and land use planners could make