1. FLOOD MANAGEMENT
Lesson 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.

14. KEY IDEAS
 What are the aims of flood management?
 Protection of people & property from the damaging
impacts of floods
 Alleviation (reduction) of the flood risk
 Monitoring, 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