ABSTRACT
Floods occur when land that is normally above water becomes temporarily submerged. When they occur in areas inhabited or utilized by people they lead to losses. Flood risk management aims to analyse, assess and reduce risk of suffering these losses through implementing a variety of structural and non-structural measures. It is important to bear in mind that flood risk can never be completely eliminated, and unknown future changes, such climate or land use changes, need to be considered. One way to do this is by employing a range of approaches that perform well under a variety of possible scenarios and do not limit future options.
