flood management
Preventing water disasters
Flood management is the set of strategies and practices used to reduce the damage caused by flooding.
It includes structural approaches like dams, levees, and drainage systems, as well as non-structural measures like zoning restrictions, early warning systems, and floodplain restoration.
The city invested heavily in flood management after the 2015 disaster.
- rising watersIncreasing water levels
- channelizationStraightening natural waterways
- leveesEarthen flood barriers
- water qualityCondition of H2O supply
- wetlandsWater-saturated terrain
floodplain · high water mark · afforestation · watershed · sandbagging · sandbag wall · early warning systems · storm surge · drainage systems · evacuation plans · floodgates · dams · spillways · hydrology · building codes · rescue operations · disaster relief · diversion
- ecologyhabitat, ecosystem, balance, niche, food webs
- Water Engineeringdams, levees, canals, aqueducts, spillways
- green policycarbon tax, carbon neutrality, emissions targets, net zero, Clean Air Act
- watershed restorationstream restoration, river cleanup, watershed protection, habitat restoration, fish habitat
- water supplydrinking water, potable water, tap water, municipal water, water tanks
- hydrologyrivers, streamflow, aquifers, aquifer, lakes
flood managementdrought management
Responding to prolonged dryness
water conservation · water rationing · xeriscaping · desalination