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FLOOD & FLOOD
CONTROL
INTEGRATED FLOOD
MANAGEMENT
INTEGRATED FLOOD MANAGEMENT
DEVELOPMENT DILEMMA
Development imperatives
Poverty alleviation
Improving livelihood and human security
Need for interference in fluvial Ecosystem
Objectives of IFM:
Maximizing net benefits from flood plains
Reducing loss of life from flooding
Reducing flood vulnerability and risks
Preserving ecosystems and their associated biodiversity
CONSEQUENCES OF STRUCTURAL MEASURES
Resulting in:
Maximizing net benefits from flood plains
Reducing loss of life from flooding
Reducing flood vulnerability and risks
Preserving ecosystems and their associated biodiversity
Loss of habitat
Loss of biological diversity
Loss of ecosystem productivity
Loss of services provided by such ecosystems
UNDERSTANDING ECOSYSTEMS
4. Mitigation Measures
FLOOD MANAGEMENT INTERVENTIONS AND
THEIR IMPACT ON ECOSYSTEMS
CHANNALIZATION
Simplifies channel form and flood plain
Disconnects the channel from side channel features
Changes sediments transport and deposition process
Reduces habitat diversity
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