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Flash Flood Risk Management – A Training of Trainers Manual
Session 10 Non-Structural Measures for
Flash Flood Risk Management
Time: 60 minutes
Objectives
To introduce the various non-structural measures available for flash flood risk management, including:
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Types of flash flood risk management
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The importance of non-structural measures
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Risk acceptance methods
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Risk reduction methods
Activities
Activity 10.1: Measures for flash flood risk management and the
importance of non-structural measures
Time: 15 minutes
Step 1
Step 2
Highlight the different flash flood risk management measures that can be used. Give a PowerPoint
presentation explaining the different structural and non-structural measures that are available.
Explain that a community can use both small-scale structural measures and non-structural measures.
Emphasise that a combination of the two is the best way of achieving a good result.
Explain that there are three phases to disaster risk management: pre-flood, during the flood, and
post-flood.
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Step 3
Explain that while a combination of structural and non-structural measures is best, a community with
limited resources can achieve the greatest margin of safety by concentrating efforts on non-structural
measures.
Activity 10.2: Strategies for flash flood risk acceptance
Time: 10 minutes
Step 1
Step 2
Clarify what ‘risk acceptance’ means.
Introduce the three key risk acceptance strategies. Discuss how risk acceptance strategies are
implemented in different areas and mention in each case who responds and how they respond
during emergencies.
Note to the
trainer
Mention that emergency planning is based on government policy
and on the existing institutional arrangements for flash flood
and disaster risk management. Emergency planning usually has
national, sub-national, and local level components complete with
operational plans that assign roles and responsibilities.
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