The Past and the Future of Flood Management in the Eastern ... - INBO
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supply, agriculture, etc.) are <strong>in</strong>dispensable. In this way, flood mitigation <strong>and</strong> response is<br />
largely a jo<strong>in</strong>t effort <strong>in</strong>volv<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> community, <strong>the</strong> government <strong>and</strong> NGOs.<br />
Examples <strong>of</strong> flood Damage:<br />
For most rural communities, <strong>the</strong> impacts <strong>of</strong> floods are not limited to property damage <strong>and</strong><br />
immediate danger to life. Apart from property damage <strong>and</strong> disruption to productive<br />
activity, serious effects <strong>of</strong> flood<strong>in</strong>g that dem<strong>and</strong> attention also <strong>in</strong>clude epidemics <strong>of</strong><br />
water-related diseases, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g but not limited to surges <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>in</strong>cidence <strong>of</strong> malaria;<br />
loss <strong>of</strong> property <strong>and</strong> productive l<strong>and</strong> by river bank erosion (haddam). Bank erosion <strong>and</strong><br />
flood-<strong>in</strong>duced disease are generally <strong>of</strong> greater concern to <strong>the</strong> riparian communities than<br />
<strong>the</strong> <strong>in</strong>undation <strong>of</strong> l<strong>and</strong> when <strong>the</strong> river level exceeds bank height. Table (5) represents<br />
flood damages <strong>in</strong> Sudanese rural riparian villages. Table (6) represents flood damages <strong>in</strong><br />
Fogera <strong>and</strong> Dembiya Pla<strong>in</strong>s, Ethiopia.<br />
Table (5): <strong>Flood</strong> Damages: Sudanese Rural Riparian Villages<br />
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