When does risk become residual? A systematic review of research on flood risk management in West Africa.

ABSTRACT: Flood events in West Africa have devastating impacts on the lives of people. Additionally, developments such as climate change, settlement expansion into flood-prone areas, and modification of rivers are expected to increase flood risk in the future. Policy documents have issued calls for conducting local risk assessments and understanding disaster risk in diverse aspects, leading to an increase in such research. Similarly, in a shift from flood protection to flood risk management, the consideration of various dimensions of flood risk, the necessity of addressing flood risk through an integrated strategy containing structural and non-structural measures, and the presence of residual risk are critical perspectives raised. However, the notion of "residual risk" remains yet to be taken up in

SUBMITTER: Wagner S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8384556 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature