Citation
(2002), "Floods", Disaster Prevention and Management, Vol. 11 No. 3. https://doi.org/10.1108/dpm.2002.07311cag.005
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2002, MCB UP Limited
Floods
Floods
UNESCOwww.engga.uwo.ca/research/iclr/Post-ws/default.htm
Nonstructural flood reduction measures can be an attractive alternative and/or addition to flood control structures to reduce loss of life and property. A recent international workshop sponsored by UNESCO and others and held in Ontario, Canada, provided a forum for discussion and information sharing on these measures. A new Web site at the URL above has been set up to document the meeting, "Non-structural Measures for Water Management Problems". Notes and summaries from the discussion groups, panels, and presentations are posted there. The full presentations of over a dozen speakers can be viewed at the site as well. Their subjects include the use of non-structural flood measures in Japan; the link between non-structural measures and sustainability; using flood predictionin planning in Canada; different private insurance approaches to flood risk world-wide; floodplain residents' preferences for non-structural measures in the Red River Valley of Canada; and a watershed-based approach for coping with floods in Brazil.
Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Flood Insurance Program (FEMA/NFIP)www.fema.gov/nfip
The Web site of the Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Flood Insurance Program (FEMA/NFIP) has been remodelled. Major improvements include alphabetizing the site index and including links to each Web page throughout the site, posting all publications in a "Publications" section of the "Library," streamlining the home page by reducing initial links and features and putting the links for specific audiences on that page, reorganizing the "Policies and Claims Statistics" section so more NFIP stakeholders can take advantage of these data, and combining related topics in individual links. The site managers also plan to offer a subscription service that will provide e-mail notices of updates and new information.