Managing flood soft engineering

Question 1

Planting trees / Afforestation

Answer 1

Trees obstruct flow of water
water is soaked up by trees
Tree planting is environmental friendly and cheap

Question 2

wetlands and flood storage spaces

Answer 2

areas are allowed to flood and are used as flood storage
this prevents flooding further downstream

Question 3

Floodplain zoning

Answer 3

Dividing a floodplain into different zones based on the level of flood risk they face

Question 4

Flood warning and preparations

Answer 4

rivers are monitored remotely using satellites
instruments used to measure rainfall

Question 4

River restoration

Answer 4

returning river back to normal course after it had been changed artificially

Question 5

Three levels of flood warnings

Answer 5

Flood watch
flood warning
severe flood warning

Question 6

Flood watch

Answer 6

people should be prepared to watch river levels

Question 7

flood warning

Answer 7

people should move items of value to upper floors and turn of electricity and water

Question 8

severe flood warning

Answer 8

extreme danger to life
people should stay in upper areas of homes or leave property