scholarly journals Strengthening Flood-Risk Management Policy and Practice in the People’s Republic of China: Lessons Learned from the 2016 Yangtze River Floods

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rabindra Osti ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Flood Risk ◽  
Yangtze River ◽  
Flood Risk Management ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Management Policy ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Republic Of China ◽  
River Floods ◽  
Risk Management Policy

scholarly journals A comparison of the causes, effects and aftermaths of the coastal flooding of England in 1953 and France in 2010

2011 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 2321-2333 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. M. Lumbroso ◽  
F. Vinet
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Flood Risk ◽  
East Coast ◽  
Research Effort ◽  
Warning System ◽  
Coastal Flooding ◽  
Flood Risk Management ◽  
Management Policy ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Risk Management Policy

Abstract. This paper provides a comparison of the causes, effects and aftermaths of the coastal flooding that occurred on the east coast of England in 1953 and the west coast of France in 2010 that resulted in 307 and 47 deaths respectively. The causes of both events are strikingly similar. Both were caused by a combination of high tides, low atmospheric pressure, high winds and the failure of poorly maintained flood defences. In both cases the number of deaths was related to the vulnerability of the buildings and people. Buildings in the flood zones were often single storey bungalows and the people who died were mostly over 60 yr of age. Both tragedies were national disasters. The 1953 flood in England acted as a catalyst for an acceleration in flood risk management policy and practice. It resulted in: the development of a Storm Tide Warning System for the east coast of England; the setting of new design standards for coastal flood defences; increased investment in improving coastal defences; and a substantial new research effort into coastal processes, protection and forecasting. In France there has also been an episodic shift in flood risk management policy with the focus falling on: control of urban developments in areas at risk of flooding; improved coastal forecasting and warning; strengthening of flood defences; and developing a "culture of risk awareness". This paper outlines the lessons that can be learnt from the two events and provides recommendations concerning how future loss of life as a result of coastal flooding can be reduced.

scholarly journals Assessment of the Netherlands’ Flood Risk Management Policy Under Global Change

AMBIO ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 180-192 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frans Klijn ◽  
Karin M. de Bruijn ◽  
Joost Knoop ◽  
Jaap Kwadijk
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Global Change ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Flood Risk ◽  
Flood Risk Management ◽  
Management Policy ◽  
Risk Management Policy

scholarly journals What drives community flood risk management? Policy diffusion or free-riding

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (01) ◽  
pp. 69-80
Author(s):  
Douglas S. Noonan ◽  
Lilliard E. Richardson ◽  
Abdul-Akeem Sadiq ◽  
Jenna Tyler
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Flood Risk ◽  
Policy Diffusion ◽  
Free Riding ◽  
Flood Risk Management ◽  
Management Policy ◽  
Risk Management Policy

scholarly journals River science and flood risk management policy in England

2021 ◽  
pp. 030913332110363
Author(s):  
Malcolm Newson ◽  
John Lewin ◽  
Paul Raven
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Risk Management ◽  
Adaptive Management ◽  
Flood Risk ◽  
Natural Capital ◽  
Flood Management ◽  
Flood Risk Management ◽  
Management Policy ◽  
Catchment Scale ◽  
Risk Management Policy

We review the role of science in shaping river flood risk management policy in England, highlighting the relatively recent influence of fluvial geomorphology, river ecology, climate change and ecosystem services in evidence-based decision-making. These disciplines, together with an historical perspective, catchment-scale delivery, integrated land and water management planning, and adaptive management are crucial in managing future flood risk. A central tenet of previous land drainage policy was a professional (and public) mindset about flood ‘prevention’ solutions for river flooding. As a direct consequence, more than 8,500 km of rivers were ‘improved’ by mechanical dredging during the 1930s to 1980s; habitats were destroyed, but flooding continued. A more enlightened, long-term approach has since evolved in response to environmental imperatives and lessons learnt from several major floods during the last two ‘flood-rich’ decades. River science, local knowledge and land management incentives allow more natural processes to be restored in river catchments. The natural capital and ecosystem service benefits of river systems are now better understood and quantified, whereas the importance of sediment transport is fully recognised, with sources and sinks treated more holistically than in the past. Evaluating the outcomes of innovative runoff and river management techniques from both physical and socioeconomic perspectives will determine the success of a catchment-based approach. We highlight some of the uncertainties, nuances and assumptions associated with recent initiatives such as Natural Flood Management, Citizen Science and Flood Action Groups. Further integration between policy, strategic planning and local delivery is needed to anticipate and respond to climate and catchment land use changes. River science will play a crucial part in identifying the most effective way of improving flood management and in a way that helps to deliver the recovery of nature. It will inform adaptive management to cope with climate change.

scholarly journals Lessons learned from applying adaptation pathways in flood risk management and challenges for the further development of this approach

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (7) ◽  
pp. 1083-1108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pieter Bloemen ◽  
Tim Reeder ◽  
Chris Zevenbergen ◽  
Jeroen Rijke ◽  
Ashley Kingsborough
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Flood Risk ◽  
Flood Risk Management ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Further Development

scholarly journals Regional Flood Risk Management Modeling and Application

2018 ◽  
Vol 246 ◽  
pp. 01024
Author(s):  
Bojun Liu ◽  
Jinliang Zhang ◽  
Libin Yang ◽  
Siyu Cai ◽  
Dawei Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Flood Risk ◽  
Yangtze River ◽  
Flood Risk Management ◽  
Disaster Mitigation ◽  
Management Model ◽  
The Yangtze River ◽  
Flood Prevention ◽  
Water Resources Protection ◽  
New Situation

China is one of the countries with frequent flood disaster, and it does fall often with more precipitation especially from June to October in the Yangtze River, which would very easily cause floods thereby seriously threating to the safety of each region along the Yangtze River. How to manage regional flood risk reasonably and efficiently under the new situation of the joint effects of climatic change and human activities deserves more researches. The regional flood risk management model is built and applied in the Jingjiang section of the Yangtze River to derive regional flood processes under the condition of floodwall break and assess the effects of flood on each factor in the region. The built model is reliable and practical with reasonable results, would support some sort of technical help for regional flood risk management, water resources protection and measure-making of flood prevention and disaster mitigation.

scholarly journals Social Influences on Flood Preparedness and Mitigation Measures Adopted by People Living with Flood Risk

Water ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (21) ◽  
pp. 2972
Author(s):  
Donald Houston ◽  
Tom Ball ◽  
Alan Werritty ◽  
Andrew R. Black
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Flood Risk ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
Flood Risk Management ◽  
Management Policy ◽  
Mitigation Measures ◽  
Social Differences ◽  
Flood Impacts ◽  
Spatial Inequalities ◽  
Flood Preparedness

This paper aims to analyse evidence, based on one of the largest and most representative samples of households previously flooded or living with flood risk to date, of social patterns in a range of flood resilience traits relating to preparedness prior to a flood (e.g., property adaptations, contents insurance, etc.) and mitigations enacted during and immediately following a flood (e.g., receiving a warning, evacuation into temporary accommodation, etc.). The data were collected from a 2006 survey of 1223 households from a variety of locations across Scotland between one and twelve years after major local floods. Our analysis identifies remarkably few social differences in flood preparedness and mitigation measures, although some aspects of demography, housing and length of residence in an area, as well as personal flood history, are important. In light of this finding, we argue that social differences in vulnerability and resilience to flooding arise from deep-seated socio-economic and socio-spatial inequalities that affect exposure to flood risk and ability to recover from flood impacts. The engrained, but well-meaning, assumption in flood risk management that impoverished households and communities are lacking or deficient in flood preparedness or mitigation knowledge and capabilities is somewhat pejorative and misses fundamental, yet sometimes invisible, social stratifications play out in subtle but powerful ways to affect households’ and communities’ ability to avoid and recover from floods. We argue that general poverty and inequality alleviation measures, such as tax and welfare policy and urban and community regeneration schemes, are likely to be as, if not more, important in alleviating social inequalities in the long-term impacts of floods than social targeting of flood risk management policy.

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