ADB have been supporting the Asia and Pacific region address flood risks by project/program investments and technical assistance, by creating knowledge and by building the capacity of local governments and institutions managing flood risk. Click on the resources below to learn more.
Knowledge under TA-9634 Strengthening Integrated Flood Risk Management
- Integrated Flood Risk Management: Practitioner’s Guide
- A Practical Guide to Integrated Flood Risk Management
- A Guide to Integrated Flood Risk Management Economics
- Economic Analysis of Flood Forecasting and Early Warning Systems
- Safeguard Considerations in ADB Flood Risk Management Projects
- Managing Uncertainty in Integrated Flood Risk Management Using Dynamic Adaptive Pathways Planning
- Gender and Social Inclusion Dimensions of Vulnerability
- Guide to Insurance for IFRM
Selected ADB Nature-based Solutions Knowledge
- Guidelines for Mainstreaming Natural River Management in Water Sector Investments
- Integrating Nature-Based Solutions for Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Management: A Practitioner’s Guide
- Nature-Based Solutions for Cities in Viet Nam: Water Sensitive Urban Design
- RISE Reports: Water-Sensitive Informal Settlement Upgrading
- Sponge Cities: Integrating Green and Gray Infrastructure to Build Climate Change Resilience in the People’s Republic of China
- Nature-Based Solutions for Flood Risk Management: Revitalizing Philippine Rivers to Boost Climate Resilience and Enhance Environmental Stability (Feb 2022)
Recent ADB IFRM Projects/Programs/Technical Assistance
- PRC: Piloting Innovative Flash Flood Early Warning Systems in Selected River Basins (2018)
- REG: Strengthening Integrated Flood Risk Management (2018)
- REG: Building Coastal Resilience through Nature-Based and Integrated Solutions
- REG: Mainstreaming Water Resilience in Asia and the Pacific Subproject 2: Improving Water Security and Resilience through Digitalization (2021)
- REG: Mainstreaming Water Resilience in Asia and the Pacific Subproject 3: Digitalization of Water Management for Improved Resilience (2021)
- REG: Applying Remote Sensing Technology in River Basin Management (2012)
- CAM: GMS-CAM Flood and Drought Risk Management and Mitigation (2013)
- IND: Operational Research to Support Mainstreaming of Integrated Flood Management under Climate Change (2012)
- BAN: Flood and Riverbank Erosion Risk Management Investment Program - Project 1 (2014)
- BAN: Flood and Riverbank Erosion Risk Management Investment Program - Tranche 2 (2021)
- THA: Community-Based Flood Risk Management and Disaster Response in the Chao Phraya Basin (2014)
- INO: Flood Management in Selected River Basins Sector (2016)
- IND: Assam Integrated Flood and Riverbank Erosion Management Investment Program - Tranche 2 (2018)
- NEP: Priority River Basins Flood Risk Management (2020)
- IND: Integrated Urban Flood Management for the Chennai-Kosasthalaiyar Basin (2021)
- CAM: Flood Damage Emergency Reconstruction (2012)
- PRC: Jiangxi Xinyu Kongmu River Watershed Flood Control and Environmental Improvement (2017)
- CAM: Advance Actions for the Flood Damage Emergency Reconstruction Project (FDERP) (2012)
- CAM: Advance Actions for the Proposed Flood Damage Emergency Reconstruction Project - Additional Financing (2014)
- SOL: Transport Sector Flood Recovery (2014)
- AFG: Northern Flood-Damaged Infrastructure Emergency Rehabilitation (2014)
- PAK: Flood Emergency Reconstruction and Resilience Project (2015)
- PAK: Post-flood National Highways Rehabilitation Project (2016)
- BHU: Phuentsholing Township Development Project ( formerly Amochhu Land Development & Township Project (Phase 1)) (2018)
- PRC: Hunan Miluo River Disaster Risk Management and Comprehensive Environment Improvement (2021)
- BAN: Coastal Towns Climate Resilience Project (2022)
- VIE: Climate Adaptive Integrated Flood Risk Management Project (2022)
- PRC: Chongqing Longxi River Basin Integrated Flood and Environmental Risk Management Project (2022)
Relevant ADB Publications
- Sea-Level Change in the Pacific Islands Region: A Review of Evidence to Inform Asian Development Bank Guidance on Selecting Sea-Level Projections for Climate Risk and Adaptation Assessments
- A Region at Risk: The Human Dimensions of Climate Change in Asia and the Pacific
- Disaster Displacement in Asia and the Pacific: A Business Case for Investment in Prevention and Solutions
- Technology and Tradition Save Lives from Flash Flood Disasters in the People’s Republic of China (June 2022)
- ADB Develops Innovative Flash Flood Early Warning Systems in the People’s Republic of China (May 2022)
- Institutional and Governance Dimensions of Flood Risk Management: A Flood Footprint and Accountability Mechanism (December 2019)
- Evidence from Measuring Community Flood Resilience in Asia (October 2019)
- Reconnecting Solomon Islands After the Cyclone Ita Floods (December 2019)
- Pakistan: Responding to Disaster with Partnership (November 2018)
- In Pakistan, a Devastating Flood has Helped People Prepare for Climate Change (December 2015)
Other ADB Publications
- Transforming urban–rural water linkages into high-quality investments. ADB’s Technical Paper
- Addressing water security in the People’s Republic of China: The 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-2020) and beyond. ADB’s Technical Paper
- Managing water resources for sustainable socioeconomic development: A country water assessment for the People’s Republic of China. ADB’s Technical Paper
- Strengthening flood risk management policy and practice in the People’s Republic of China: Lessons learned from the 2016 Yangtze River floods. ADB working paper series
- Embedding community-based flood risk management in investment: a part-to-whole approach, ADB working paper series
- Integrating Flood and Environmental Risk Management: Principles and Practices, ADB working paper series
- Institutional and governance dimensions of flood risk management: a flood footprint and accountability mechanism, ADB working paper series
- Innovative flash flood early warning system can save lives and property
- Technology and Tradition Save Lives from Flash Flood Disasters in the People’s Republic of China
- How the Growing Use of Geographic Information Systems Can Benefit Society
- Flash Flood Forecasting and Early Warning Saves Lives and Combats Poverty
- Here’s How Governments Can Reduce the Impacts of Asia’s Devastating Flash Floods
- Strengthening a City's Water Resources and Flood Management Capacity. Case Study-Development Asia
- Flood risk and public health: An unlikely partnership in the fight against COVID-19. ADB Blog-coauthored
- The health of Asia’s rivers lies both in the cities and on the farms. ADB Blog
- Exploring new ways to manage the devastation caused by floods. ADB Blog
- Rabindra Osti’s Blog
- Strengthening a City's Water Resources and Flood Management Capacity