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Due to the nature of flooding, notwithstanding the enumeration of elements to take into account, much flexibility on objectives and measures are left to the Member States in view of subsidiarity. Not only must FRMP be made available to the public, as for the PFRA, APSFR and the flood hazard maps and flood risk maps) but an active involvement of interested parties shall be encouraged.

After 2015 a new 6 year cycle starts consisting of the same 3 steps. A central element in effective flood risk management is the identification of measures, e.g. as categorised in Table 5.1.

Table5.1 Potential measures for flood risk management

Functional group	Type of measure	Measure (Examples)	Underlying instrument
Structural Measures
Flood control	Flood water storage	Dam	Flood protection standard; investment programme
		Flood polder
	River training	By-pass channel
		Channelization
	Flood protection	Dike
		Mobile wall
	Drainage and pumping	Urban sewer system
		Pumping system
Non-structural measures
Flood control	Adapted land use in source area (catchment of the headwater)	Conservation tillage	Restriction of land use in source areas; priority area Flood control “flood prevention”
		Afforestation
	River management	Dredging of sediments	Investment/maintenance programme
Use and retreat	Land use in flood-prone area	Avoiding land use in flood prone areas	Restriction of land use in flood zones; building ban; hazard and risk map; insurance premium according to flood zone
		Relocation of buildings from flood prone areas
	Flood proofing	Adapted construction	Flood forecasting and warning system; civil defence or disaster protection act
		Relocation of susceptible infrastructure
	Evacuation	Evacuation of human life
		Evacuation of assets
Regulation	Water management	Restriction of land uses in floodplains and source areas
		Flood protection standards
	Civil protection	Civil protection and disaster protection act
	Spatial planning	Priority area “flood prevention”
		Building ban
Financial stimulation	Financial incentives	Investment programmes (e.g. for river works)
		Subsidies for relocation or adaptation
	Financial disincentives	Insurance premium according to flood zone
Information	Communication/Dissemination	Information event
		Brochure
	Instruction, warning	Hazard and risk map
		Forecasting and warning system
Compensation	Loss compensation	Insurance payments

Source: Flood-ERA / Schanze et al. (2008)

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ernst.ueberreiter@lebensministerium.at (invited by Wouter Vanneuville) 24 Aug 2012 14:20:55

For reasons of consistency with implementation of Floods Directive the list in Table 5.1 on potential measures for flood risk management should be streamlined with the "List of types of measures" developed under the WG F – Drafting Group on Reporting.

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