Natural flood management for disaster risk reduction

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Introduction

Ecosystem-based approaches can provide effective solutions for flood risk management.

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Nature-based solutions for disaster risk reduction
Hazards
Flood
Themes
Disaster risk management
Environment and ecosystems

Knowledge base

Documents and publications

Democratic Republic of the Congo: Applying ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction in integrated water resource management

Between 2013 and 2016, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the European Commission (EC) supported a pilot demonstration project on Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction (Eco-DRR) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). This

Documents and publications

Urban coastal resilience: Valuing nature’s role

This report considers the use of natural infrastructure to address flood and other climate change–induced risks in an urban area, New York City community of Howard Beach, Queens.

The report evaluates:

  • the relative merits of various approaches to

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