Flood disaster risk management

The Flood Disaster Risk Mitigation Course is a regional flagship core course with an integrated approach to development of flood risk reduction strategies that involves engineering, settlement, development, public administration, community-based strategies and land use planning (with environmental considerations). This multi-disciplinary treatment of the flood problem and of the requirements of flood risk management is expected to enable a holistic view of the situation and the needed preparedness measures. Cases of response at national and local level are presented to give the mitigation measures concrete applications.

The four modules impart the information and skills in flood problem analysis, understanding and appreciation of the various approaches to flood risk reduction, determination of appropriateness of the strategies and/or measures to achieve the desired goal of flood risk/damage reduction.

The course is linked to a number of current ADPC flood-related initiatives, including the Flood Preparedness Information Network (FINE) in South Asia; the Extreme Climate Events (ECE) program; and the cooperation between ADPC and Mekong River Commission. Participants will be exposed to these endeavors, to learn from their experience and to establish linkages with them.