STUDY ON CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION MEASURES FOR FLOOD RISK REDUCTION BASED ON CASES IN U.S.A. U.K. NETHERLANDS AND FRANCE

Abstract

The authors propose the priority challenges to be addressed for promoting the concrete discussion on Global Climate Change Adaptation Measures for Flood Risk Reduction based on cases in U.S.A., U.K., the Netherlands, and France. The cases are studied through the interview survey in May 2018, and Jan. 2019, in addition to the literature survey through the Internet.

After briefly presenting the cases, the authors point out the necessity and pre-conditions for considering the future sea level rise and peak river flood flow change, the necessity of the adaptive approaches, importance of distinguishing the new development from the already existing houses, and assessing the evacuation possibility when regulating the land use in high flood risk areas, and the necessity of river improvement projects for promoting local consensus building on Land Use Regulation.