Evaluation for flooding

Are human impacts more significant than physical impacts?

It depends!   Where we are looking at & the extent of factors

Extent of factors:

Human:

- Deforestation

- Urbanisation

- Effectiveness of flood defences

Physical:

- Intense rainfall

- Long rainfall

- Baked ground

- Relief - Low lying land

Does prediction manage floods better than other management approaches?

Not in all cases!

Prediction is 1 of 8 management approaches:

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