Flood Disaster Management

‘Flood Disaster Management’ has been written to serve as a valuable guide for effective disaster management in case of flooding events. It provides a schematic of the steps associated with risk assessment and management of floods. For flooding events, there is a need to calculate the probability or likelihood that an extreme event will occur, and to establish and estimate the social, economic and environmental implications should the event occur under existing conditions. This book takes into account such a factor, assessing the potential for a flood to occur, and a vulnerability analysis to provide an understanding of the consequences should an flood of a certain magnitude occur. Various mitigation strategies have been evaluated to assess their ability for reducing risk exposure. Based on a through risk assessment, numerous management plans and specific mitigation measures have been identified, which can be then undertaken to implement the selected mitigation measures