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    The document discusses urban flood disaster management. It notes that floods have significant impacts and are one of the leading natural disasters worldwide, causing losses of life and property damage. Causes of floods include both natural factors like heavy rainfall as well as human factors such as urbanization and blocking of water channels. Effective flood management requires preparedness before floods through activities like flood forecasting, readiness when floods arrive, emergency responses during floods, and recovery after floods. A proactive rather than reactive approach is needed involving government agencies, non-government organizations, private groups, and public participation to minimize flood losses.

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    Meeting 8

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    Unit 8

    Before reading the text, complete the following table of flood disaster. Then,
    answer the following questions.

    Flood Types Causes Preventions


    It occurs when a river
    overflows its bank.
    …. ….
    ….
    ….
    Inland/Urban Flood ….
    …. ….
    It is caused by higher than
    average high tide and
    …. ….
    worsened by heavy
    rainfall and onshore
    winds.
    Flash flood ….
    …. ….

    1. What will happen when there is a flood?


    2. What can you do to prepare for a flood and minimize the possible damage?

    Let’s read.

    URBAN FLOOD DISASTER MANAGEMENT*

    Flood impact is one of the most significant disasters in the world. More than
    half of global flood damages occur in Asia. Causes of floods are due to natural
    factors such as heavy rainfall, high floods and high tides, etc., and human factors
    such as blocking of channels, improper land use, deforestation in headwater
    regions, etc. Floods result in losses of life and damage properties. Population
    increase results in more urbanization, more water-resistant area and greater flood
    overflow.
    Problems become more critical due to more severe and frequent flooding
    likely caused by climate change, socio-economic damage, population affected
    public outcry and limited funds. Flood loss prevention and mitigation includes
    structural flood control measures such as construction of dams or river dikes and
    non-structural measures such as flood forecasting and warning, flood hazard and
    risk management, public participation and institutional arrangement, etc.
    In most developing countries, flood disaster management activities are
    handled by government. It is mostly reactive responding to prevailing disaster
    situations. Moreover, reactive response should be changed to proactive response to
    increase effectiveness of management and reduce losses of life and properties.
    Proactive disaster management requires more participation from various
    governments, non-governmental and private agencies and public participation. It
    involves more effort and time, more budget, equipment, facilities and human
    resources. Strategic framework on integrated flood disaster management includes
    four cyclic steps namely: 1) preparedness before flood impact such as flood
    forecasting and warning; 2) readiness upon flood arrival; 3) emergency responses
    during flood impact and; 4) recovery and rehabilitation after flood impact.

    *Adapted from Tingsanchali, T. 2017. Urban Flood Disaster Management.


    Retrieved from htt://www.sciencedirect.com

    Vocabulary list in context:


    Dikes (n) : long walls or banks built to prevent flooding from the sea
    Framework (n) : agenda
    Hazard (n) : damage
    Impact (n) : effect
    Improper (adj) : inappropriate
    Mitigation (n) : the effort to reduce loss of life and property by lessening the effect
    of disasters
    To occur (v) : to happen
    Outcry (n) : protest
    Prevailing (adj) : main
    Significant (adj) : important

    Task 1
    Find the words in the text which have the closest meaning to the words in
    column A. Then, write down the words you find in column B. One has been done
    for you.
    No. A B
    1. Worldwide, over-all global
    2. Canal, waterway ….
    3. Area, district ….
    4. Serious, life-threatening ….
    5. Predicting, foretelling ….
    6. Altered, reformed ….
    7. Catastrophe, calamity ….
    8. Impermeable, waterproof ….

    Task 2
    Answer the following questions based on the text and discuss the answers with
    your classmates.
    1. What causes floods?
    2. What is the damage caused by floods?
    3. Why should a reactive response be changed to a proactive response in flood
    disaster management?
    4. How is proactive disaster management?
    5. What does the word “it” found in the sixth line of the last paragraph refer to?
    6. What can you do to prevent floods?

    Task 3
    Write down the tips how to build a safe house or other construction in flood
    prone areas.
    1. ___________________________________________________________________
    2. ___________________________________________________________________
    3. ___________________________________________________________________
    4. ___________________________________________________________________
    5. ____________________________________________________________________

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