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How Can Municipalities in British Columbia and Québec Contribute to Flood Risk Reduction?

Bernard DeschampsMichael Bourdeau-BrienMathieu Boudreault

出版	Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance, 2023
ISBN	07727109969780772710994
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=ErC3zwEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋

As flood risks increase, federal and provincial governments are questioning the sustainability of using taxpayers' money to finance losses, leaving municipalities with significant residual risk. The growing number of people and assets occupying flood-prone areas, including public infrastructure, has contributed to the sharp increase in flood damage costs. Based on a literature review and discussions with experts, this paper describes the municipal role in flood-risk management, and shows how provincial and federal financial assistance to municipalities for flood damage in British Columbia and Québec may be counterproductive in fostering flood-risk management at the municipal level. We conclude that municipalities can play a more proactive role in incorporating risk reduction as the key objective of disaster financial assistance and propose 3 specific policy instruments to reduce the growing number of people living in flood zones: flood mapping, land-use planning, and the relocation.