Why Asia and the Pacific Need Disaster Risk Financing
Over recent decades the concept of flood risk management has been cultivated across the globe. Implementation however remains stubbornly difficult to achieve. In part this reflects the perception that a risk management paradigm is more complex than a more traditional standard-based approach as it involves "whole systems" and "whole life" thinking; yet this is its main strength and a prerequisite for more integrated and informed decision making.
This book is the result of a collaborative effort between the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), the General Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Planning and Design (GIWP), Ministry of Water Resources, People’s Republic of China, UNESCO, the Asian Development Bank (ADB), and a number of leading international experts from the United Kingdom, South Africa, Australia, and the United States.
It was originally conceived to review and disseminate modern approaches to water management in challenging environments, providing new insights into good strategic planning and risk management of water resources. This book provides a focus on strategic flood risk management and is one in series of six books, which together consider three fundamental water resources management issues: river basin planning (Pegram et al., 2013), basin water allocation (Speed et al., 2013), and strategic flood risk management.
The book focuses on strategic flood risk management policy and practice, and provides an overview of
the historical developments and emerging trends in flood management;
the purpose and characteristics of modern flood risk management;
the goals, objectives and outcomes sought;
the ongoing challenges in developing and implementing flood risk management in practice together with some of the common pitfalls and misconceptions; and
a summary of some specific tools and techniques and how they support good decision making.
Contents
Executive Summary
Glossary of Terms
Introduction
Historical Developments and Emerging Trends
Historical Developments and Emerging Trends
The Philosophy and Process of Flood Risk Management
Modern Flood Risk Management
Goals, Objectives and Outcomes
Governance Frameworks of Flood Risk Management
The Adaptive Process of Flood Risk Management
Safeguarding and Promoting Ecosystem Services through FRM
Implementing Flood Risk Management – Barriers and Enablers
Supporting Tools and Techniques for Flood Risk Management
Risk and Uncertainty: Principles and Analysis
Spatial Planning in Support of Managing Flood Risk
