4. Floods and water hazards

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Work your way through these overheads (4-10) spending more time on those disaster types of special concern to the group. As an exercise you may want to choose one of the types to focus on and add to the list of mitigation options by polling the group.

If time allows, call for examples of mitigation programs that the participants have been involved in or are familiar with.

Warning! Discussions can stray far from the material at hand if allowed. Try to keep on track and on schedule.

ELEMENTS AT RISK	MAIN MITIGATION STRATEGIES
Everything in the floodplain	Land use control
Earthen or solvable structures	Engineering of structures
Buried services and utilities	Elevation of structures
Food stores	Flood control structures
Crops and livestock	Reforestation projects (watershed management)