APFM Newsletter – May 2013. No. 30 Case Study on the Effectiveness of Flood Management Measures – England This case study is part of wider scope Tool “Effectiveness of Flood Management Measures”. The study summarizes flood management approaches and policies adopted in England. The study introduces the national framework of flood management policies and the roles of flood related organizations. For better and efficient management, England has been taking a risk based approach to flood management for years, including systematic cost-benefit analyses, investment planning and project appraisal. An adaptive approach to cope with emerging climate change issues is also becoming a mainstream management strategy. Complementary to the development of the Tool on the “Effectiveness of Flood Management Measures”, it builds the framework for a collection of selected case studies. Furthermore, the Tool will consist of (1) a guiding document on the theoretical overview of auditing and evaluation methods; and (2) a practical oriented document presenting case studies from different countries that adopt these methods. APFM Flood Management News Associated Programme on Flood Management - Newsletter No. 30 Case Study on the Effectiveness of Flood Management Measures – England Regional Training Workshop in Antalya, Turkey New Support Base Partners of the IFM HelpDesk National Workshop on IFM in Mexico New APFM Website Outreach & networking Activities to managing flood and coastal erosion risks (Environmental Agency)
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APFM Newsletter – May 2013. No. 30
Case Study on the Effectiveness of Flood Management Measures – England
This case study is part of wider scope Tool “Effectiveness
of Flood Management Measures”. The study summarizes
flood management approaches and policies adopted in
England. The study introduces the national framework of
flood management policies and the roles of flood related
organizations. For better and efficient management,
England has been taking a risk based approach to flood
management for years, including systematic cost-benefit
analyses, investment planning and project appraisal. An
adaptive approach to cope with emerging climate change
issues is also becoming a mainstream management
strategy.
Complementary to the development of the Tool on the “Effectiveness of Flood Management Measures”, it builds the framework for a
collection of selected case studies. Furthermore, the Tool will consist of (1) a guiding document on the theoretical overview of auditing
and evaluation methods; and (2) a practical oriented document presenting case studies from different countries that adopt these
methods.
APFM
Flood Management News
Associated Programme on Flood Management - Newsletter No. 30
Case Study on the Effectiveness of Flood Management Measures – England
Regional Training Workshop in Antalya, Turkey
New Support Base Partners of the IFM HelpDesk
National Workshop on IFM in Mexico
New APFM Website
Outreach & networking
Activities to managing flood and coastal erosion risks
(Environmental Agency)
APFM Newsletter – May 2013. No. 30
Regional Training Workshop in Antalya, Turkey
A “Training Workshop on Integrated Flood Management, Flood Forecasting and
Early Warning was organized by WMO through APFM and its Regional Office for
Europe. The five-day workshop was held from 8 to 12 April 2013 in Antalya,
Turkey. As part of the wider project framework of “Building Resilience to Disasters
in Western Balkans and Turkey” – the joint project between WMO and UNISDR –
the workshop was specifically tailored to the task of “Enhancing IPA beneficiaries’
capacity to forecast hazardous meteorological and hydrological phenomena and
deliver timely warnings to support disaster risk reduction”.
Hosted by the Turkish State Meteorological Service, 31 participants from 10
European countries attended the workshop representing a many sectors including