Flood Risk Management in Canada’s Prairie Provinces: an Analysis of Decision-Maker Priorities and Policy Preferences

Morrison, Alasdair; Noble, Bram; Westbrook, Cherie J.

doi:10.1007/s00267-019-01208-0

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“…There has been substantial research into public engagement with, and perceptions of flood risk management schemes (e.g. Myatt et al, 2003;Reed, 2008;Morrison et al 2019). For example, scholars have identified a link between beliefs about nature and support for river restoration (Connelly et al, 2002;Groot and De Groot, 2009).…”

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Values influence public perceptions of flood management schemes

D'Souza

Johnson

Ives

2021

Journal of Environmental Management

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Values influence public perceptions of flood management schemes

D'Souza

Johnson

Ives

2021

Journal of Environmental Management

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“…Over time, society has learnt that effective FRM involves anticipating, preparing for, responding to, and recovering from floods (McLuckie, n.d.). In the past, it used to be that FRM focused primarily on resistance-based mitigation measures, which only entailed investments in structural defences, but now FRM has numerous ways as it transitions to a resilience-based strategy (Morrison et al, 2019). The importance of using a mix of structural and non-structural mitigation in FRM is well documented (Driessen et al, 2016;Gersonius et al, 2016;Morrison et al, 2019;Hegger et al, 2020).…”

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Flood Risk Management and Perceptions of Responsibility for Flood Risk on Toronto Island

Akkuyu

2024

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Hazard, exposure, and vulnerability interact to produce disaster risk. To reduce flood risk, flood risk management (FRM) policies, programs, and Acts must address hazard, exposure and/or vulnerability. Flood risk management involves structural and non-structural measures. While structural measures solely address hazards, non-structural mitigation measures address human exposure and vulnerabilities to hazards. This thesis investigates how flood risk on Toronto Island is managed and how residents perceive responsibility for flood management. Policy content analysis of FRM documents (n=59) reveals that policy actions for flood reduction at Toronto Island are diverse, although hazard mitigation measures are preferred over exposure and vulnerability mitigation measures. Cross-analysis of those findings with the results of a survey of Toronto Island residents (n=109) finds that residents view responsibilities for flood reduction differently than that assigned by FRM policy. These findings show that diversifying structural and non-structural mitigation methods, and defining stakeholder roles and responsibilities can improve FRM at Toronto Island.

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“…Flood risk management should focus on avoiding new risks, increasing watershed resilience and flood awareness, and reducing flood damage and impacts (Fekete et al, 2020). Due to the uncertainty and unmanageability of flood risk, the government should strengthen comprehensive disaster management and build a disaster management framework from five aspects: prevention, defense, mitigation, response, and recovery, to reduce, avoid, regulate, and resist flood risk (Morrison et al, 2019;Guerriero et al, 2021). At the same time, a comprehensive flood forecast, early warning, dispatch, emergency disaster relief, evacuation plan, and post-disaster reconstruction system should be established to manage the entire process of flood disasters.…”

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Riverine flood risk assessment with a combined model chain in southeastern China

Cui

Wang

Tang

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Climate change and rapid urbanization have exacerbated the occurrence and impact of floods. It is essential to carry out a quantitative flood risk assessment and manage the flood risk before a disaster occurs. This article presents a combined riverine flood risk model to obtain the exceedance probability loss (EPL) curve and expected annual damage (EAD) under the current climate. This model includes a rapid flood model and a flood damage model. It aims to simulate the flood risk and evaluate the flood damage at 10-, 30-, 50-, 100-, and 200-year return period events. The results show that: (1) The total inundation areas will sharply increase when the flood return periods are over 30 years. (2) The EAD is 1,476 million dollars in the Jiulong River Basin (JRB). When the flood return period is over 30 years, the total damage increases sharply. (3) The flood risk in the lower reaches of the JRB is higher than in the upper reaches when the flood event is beyond a 20-year return period. (4) Industrial sector damage is the largest, followed by tertiary industry, transportation, construction, agriculture, and infrastructure. This study will provide actionable information for future flood risk management, and this combined model chain is also suitable for other similar river basins.

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Flood Risk Management in Canada’s Prairie Provinces: an Analysis of Decision-Maker Priorities and Policy Preferences

Cited by 13 publications

References 65 publications

Values influence public perceptions of flood management schemes

Values influence public perceptions of flood management schemes

Flood Risk Management and Perceptions of Responsibility for Flood Risk on Toronto Island

Riverine flood risk assessment with a combined model chain in southeastern China

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