Environmental Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
Table 19.2
Possible ways of communicating risk to the public based on tools used in the UK (adapted fromTapsell et al. Communications Audit 2006)
Flood risk
management
activities/options
Flood asset
management
Spatial planning
Warning and emergency response
Insurance
Awareness raising,
preparedness and
emergency planning
Flood warning and
response
CFMPs, strategies,
schemes
Risk communication
Development plans
Planning applications
Time period
(relationship to
hazard cycle)
Long timescale
year
Over weeks or
months; year round
(unrelated to
hazard cycle)
Year round or focused
in campaign periods
Over a short time
period: days or
hours prior to,
during and after
an event
Yearly renewal; claim
activity in the
aftermath and the
recovery period
Over a period of
years; may be
accelerated
or initiated by
-
(unrelated to
hazard cycle)
ood event
Flood maps and
modelling
EA
uvial and
coastal
EA
ood maps.
Developers' site-
speci
EA
uvial and coastal
Some insurers have
developed their own
modelling maps
Flood maps and
modelling:key
element in CFMPs,
strategies and
schemes
-
ood maps.
LAs' area Strategic
Flood Risk
Assessments may
involve additional
modelling
ood maps available
on the internet
c Flood Risk
Assessments may
involve site-speci
c
modelling
Developers may
produce lea
ets for
major sites
EA/LA lea
ets on
ood warning
system, and what to
do before, during and
after a
ood,
ood
protection
Lea
ets/newsletters
describing
strategy/scheme
proposals
Lea
ets and
brochures
-
-
Newsletters, with
response slips,
questionnaires
For major
developments
Emergency plans; local
risk registers
on LA websites
CFMP, Strategy,
Scheme documents
Documents, reports
without/with
consultation
response
opportunities
-
-
Inviting comments
from stakeholders
Letters, of
cial
noti
Letters on opting
out/in to telephone
warning system
Letters on groundwater
Correspondence on
renewal, premiums
and claims after
Letters to directly
affected residents/
businesses
Letters, notices
cation
requirement for
neighbours
ooding
ooding
Unstaffed/staffed
exhibitions/
displays
By developers for major
developments
Displays in libraries,
supermarkets, shows,
etc.
Exhibitions in
libraries,
supermarkets, etc.
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