Natural flood management
Overview of actions based on analysis pilot activities
- Linked to MLS layers
- Linked to area context to apply actions: coastal, fluvial, pluvial
- Linked to Diversification of Governance context to apply actions (or adaptation of FGRA required): low, medium, high
Table 3: examples of some pilots on how the diversification of the governance context applies to action.
| MLS actions | Layers | Area context
Coastal/ Fluvial/Pluvial |
Governance context'Low/Medium/High diversification | Pilots |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Improving zoning of developments in flood prone areas | 1, 2 | C / F/ P | L / M / H | Denderleeuw, pilots in Denmark, Kent and Reimerswaal |
| Reducing surface flood risk from extreme rainfall via increasing storage capacity in private and public space | 2, 3 | P | M / H | Great Yarmouth |
| Lowering flood risk for communities via nature based solutions upstream | 2, 3 | F / P | H | Medway, Lustrum Beck, Southwell |
| Realizing a flood proof critical infrastructure | 1, 2 | C / F/ P | L / M / H | Reimerswaal, Electricity Grid |
| Limit cascade-effects of critical infrastructure failure | 4 | C / F/ P | H | Reimerswaal |
| Integrate emergency response planning in flood risk management (and vice versa) | 1, 2, 3 | C / F/ P | M / H | Wesermarsch, Kent, Sloe |
| Improve strategies for preventive evacuation | 1, 2, 3 | C / F | L / M / H | Alblasserwaard, Reimerswaal, Sloe |
| Develop alternative evacuation strategies (safe haven, shelters, vertical evacuation) | 3, 4 | C / F/ P | M / H | Sloe, Alblasserwaard, Dender, Wesermarsch |
| Raising awareness for flood resilience measures | 3 | C / F/ P | L / M / H | Pilots in the UK, Dender, Wesermarsch, Sloe, Alblasserwaard |
| Involving communities in flood resilience measures | 3 | C / F/ P | M / H | Sloe |
| Empower communities, including households an
d businesses to take measures themselves (self-reliance) |
3, 4 | C / F/ P | H | Wesermarsch, pilots in the UK, Dender |
| Apply adaptive planning to define pathways for diversified flood risk management strategies | 1, 2, 3, 4 | C / F/ P | L / M / H | Pilots in Denmark, Kent, Dender, Alblasserwaard |