Environmental Aspects of Integrated Flood Management – Associated Programme on Flood Management

Flood Management Policy Series (2006), APFM Technical Document No. 3, WMO No. 1009

This document contains information relevant to flood management in the following topics:

- - - - Setting the Scene: Environment and Sustainable Development
      - Understanding the Basic Concepts of the Morphology and Ecology or Rivers and their Flood Plans
      - Flood Processes and Ecosystem Services: Interrelationships
      - Flood Management Interventions and Ecosystems
      - Factoring Environmental Considerations in Decision-making Processes

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- - - - English (PDF 3.5MB),
      - French (PDF 1.3 MB),
      - Spanish (PDF 1.4 MB),
      - Japanese (PDF 1.5MB, translated by JICE)

Case studies on Environmental Aspects of Integrated Flood Management

This document contains case studies from:

- - - - Trinity River Restoration Program, USA
      - Channel-widening and open check dam in the Upper Drau River, Austria
      - Integrated sediment management in the Mimikawa River, Japan
      - Creating a secondary channel in the Waal River under the Room for River concept, Netherlands

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