The advisory TA programme involves three components - a review and analysis of Hunan province's existing flood warning system that optimises hydrometeorological data collection and flood preparedness; a feasibility assessment of providing flood insurance to an agreed pilot area; and an Annual Planning and Management system for all flood management interventions and activities in Hunan.
GHD's China Operating Centre Manager, Dr Jin Zhang Zou, said: 'This TA project will assist in strengthening the adoption of non-structural measures in the Hunan province to reduce the region's dependence on structural measures for flood control, and reflects the government's move from immediate flood control to a more integrated management approach.'
As part of the recently delivered National Flood Management Strategy Study for China, GHD reported on the review of structural and non-structural measures and assessed their effectiveness. In addition, the company provided a framework of flood mitigation and floodplain management, and action plans to implement integrated flood mitigation and floodplains management approaches.
