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| Option name
| option is applicable to |
| Drought
| Flooding
| Heat wave
| Sea level rise
|
| Awareness rising
| x
| x
| x
| x
|
| Best management practices, efficient use of irrigation systems
| x
| x
|
|
|
| Buy-out land and property located in floodplains
|
| x
|
|
|
| Changing planting dates and cultivars, crop substitution, changing cropping patterns
|
| x
| x
|
|
| Conservation tillage, terracing, contour ploughing, irrigation management
| x
| x
|
|
|
| Constraints on development
|
| x
|
| x
|
| Detention areas
|
| x
|
|
|
| Developing electronic database for communicating with water use permit holders
| x
|
|
|
|
| Development of flood hazard areas control
|
| x
|
|
|
| Encouraging voluntary water conservation
| x
|
|
|
|
| Establishment of flood attenuation system
|
| x
|
|
|
| Financial aid (loans, tax reduction, debt reduction)
| x
| x
| x
| x
|
| Flood insurance
|
| x
|
|
|
| Flood warning and forecasting systems
|
| x
|
|
|
| Flood-proofing: building guidance and construction adjustments
|
| x
|
|
|
| Floodplain charges
|
| x
|
|
|
| IM - Forspace
| x
|
|
|
|
| IM - grazing restrictions
| x
|
|
|
|
| IM5 - ecological emigration
| x
|
|
|
|
| Implementing early warning systems
| x
|
|
|
|
| Improving irrigation systems by information collection and delivery
| x
|
|
|
|
| Insurance of agricultural production
| x
| x
| x
| x
|
| Introduction of changes in land-use planning and management
|
| x
|
|
|
| Introduction of planning disaster contingency
| x
| x
| x
| x
|
| Introduction of zoning
|
| x
|
|
|
| Managing realignment of sea defenses in estuaries
|
|
|
| x
|
| Managing vegetation in order to balance hydrological processes
| x
| x
|
|
|
| Monitoring stream flow, precipitation, and water quality parameters at selected locations on critical streams
| x
| x
|
|
|
| Portable, demountable technical devices protecting buildings, cars etc.
|
| x
|
|
|
| Preparation of evacuation
| x
| x
| x
| x
|
| Programs of accepting higher risk of loss
|
| x
|
|
|
| Reducing exposure by relocation
|
| x
|
|
|
| Relief by-pass channels or diverse flood flows away from vulnerable areas
|
| x
|
|
|
| Research and analysis of flooding pathways in urban environments
|
| x
|
|
|
| Reservoirs
| x
| x
|
|
|
| River rehabilitation and restoration
|
| x
|
|
|
| Runoff reduction by agronomic practices
| x
| x
|
|
|
| Small-scale dams
|
| x
|
|
|
| Structural flood defence infrastructure
|
| x
|
|
|
| Terracing and contour ploughing
|
| x
|
|
|
| Water wise plants (Australia)
| x
|
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|
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