Integrated Flood Management-Concept Paper.pdf - APFM
Integrated Flood Management-Concept Paper.pdf - APFM
Integrated Flood Management-Concept Paper.pdf - APFM
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an approach wherein decisions are made as<br />
part of an ongoing science-based process.<br />
It involves planning, acting, monitoring and<br />
evaluating applied strategies, and modifying<br />
management policies, strategies and practices<br />
as new knowledge becomes available. Adaptive<br />
management explicitly defines the expected<br />
outcomes; specifies the methods to measure<br />
performance; collects and analyses information<br />
so as to compare expectations with actual<br />
outcomes; learns from the comparisons; and<br />
changes actions and plans accordingly.<br />
Water will be the primary medium through<br />
which the expected effects of climate change<br />
will materialize. Climate change and increased<br />
climate variability will affect flood processes in<br />
several ways simultaneously. Sea level rise will<br />
place coastal communities at higher flood risk.<br />
And changing precipitation patterns will lead to<br />
an increased occurrence of flash floods and, in<br />
some regions, riverine floods. <strong>Integrated</strong> <strong>Flood</strong><br />
<strong>Management</strong> takes account of those expected<br />
effects, and is therefore an autonomous adaptation<br />
strategy to climate variability and change.