Flood Adaptation & Resilience Guide

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We’ve created a decision tree that helps you prepare for, respond to, and recover from flood risks.

• Community-led Flood Decision Tree:

You can learn more about each step in the Flood Adaptation & Resilience guide or by selecting a topic below.

• Create trust and solidarity among the community
• Organize community groups
• Hold regular meetings to discuss all hazards (flooding, heat, etc)
• Is the flood risk imminent?
• Identify areas at risk
• Can residents receive advance flood warnings?
• Residents with advance warning
• Create a buddy-system to ensure all residents evacuate
• Encourage residents to move to safe areas
• Discourage new residents from occupying flood-prone areas
• Safe rallying point for evacuees
• Inform Neighbours of safe locations
• Collaborate with government, NGOs and private sector to strengthen reception area
• Future flood risk by area
• Improve informal settlements
• Participate in drainage clean-ups
• Pool resources
• Micro-financing
• Share knowledge on risks
• Nature Based-Solutions (NBS)
• Repurpose land for flood mitigation and adaptation
• Advocate and volunteer for NBS projects

Learn more

• View the official South African government Floods response