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Each society makes its own flood risk management (FRM) policy choices. Flood risk management is about reducing damages and fatalities. Some large damages, which the population cannot cover through insurance or savings, can threaten livelihoods. Choices in flood risk management are made based on levels of flood risk and national, regional and local policy, available funding and tradition. This chapter is about the intended and unintended consequences of flood risk management policy. Effective flood risk management, reduction of damages and fatalities, can be realized when individual wishes and choices match the national or regional choices. What these choices look like depends on the individual, the region and the area, and on how phenomena develop over time, how the area develops over time and which safety net is available during (emergency services) and after an event. The recovery is aided by organizations, such as FEMA in the USA, or mostly only in the form of an insurance or disaster fund. |
