Land Use Planning for Urban Flood Risk Management

April 2017

By: Glenn Oroz

https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/26654
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Hazard Mitigation

This report discusses the principles of land use planning for the mitigation of urban flooding. It focuses on the regulatory and planning tools and measures available, the steps to integrating flood risk in the land-use planning process, and challenges of integration. The report concludes by offering recommendations for using land-use planning as a flood management tool.