Flood Risk Management Policies and Legislation in the UK

Flood Management
Policy and Legislation
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Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................4
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................4
Identification and description of a relevant policy and legislation..............................................4
Examples of implementation of policy/Legislation.....................................................................6
Critical evaluation for analysis of effectiveness of policy/legislation.........................................7
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9
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INTRODUCTION
Flood risk is a potential threat to society in flood prone region where human beings are
living and sustaining their day-to-day lives. Government bodies and other private institutes work
for keeping people safe and managing the risk and damage floods causes for this society.
Therefore flood risk management is defined as a continuous or an ongoing process of thorough
analysis, assessment and mitigation of risks due to floods. Srilanka have established and
recognised that flooding is the most serious threats for the country and for which they need to
have appropriate risk management plans as well as enough funding. Thus, the presented essay
below is developed on the flood risk management policies and legislation of United Kingdom
government in relation to manage and mitigate serious risks caused due to floods to the society
and to the economy. The essay includes description of relevant policies and legislations for
seeking and understanding about the steps taken by the government for the same. The arguments
presented in the laws and legislation are then evident some examples of implementation of the
policies and laws made for flood risk management. Lastly a critical evaluation is provided on
effectiveness of SRILANKA laws and policies that are addressing flood risk aimed to concerns
related to climate change.
MAIN BODY
Identification and description of a relevant policy and legislation.
Srilanka is famous for its long history of overcoming challenges that are famously
changeable weather and harnessing the natural resources for supporting growth and development
of the economy, society and the people of SRILANKA. There are varied type of flood which are
faced by United Kingdom like groundwater flooding, surface water flooding, coastal flooding
and fluvial flooding. In order to face the challenges of these floods there are certain measures
which is being used from past many years for instance the Thames barrier a unique flood control
structure constructed on river Thames in East London that protects London against stone surges
and rainfall swelling (Alexander and et. al., 2016).
In regards to flood risk management in United Kingdom there are several laws and policies
implemented by governmental bodies. The first recognised act is civil contingency act 2004, a
basic act which is prepared to make provisions about civil contingency and national emergencies.
The act is divided into two parts where 1 is focused over local arrangements for civil protection
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