JBA Consulting
"Asia and the Pacific faces increasing risks from water-related disasters such as floods, droughts, rainstorms, storm surge and landslides.
Increasingly frequent and severe floods, combined with rapid economic growth and urbanization along rivers and in coastal areas, have caused
significant loss of life and damage."
Strengthening IFRM Project Factsheet, April 2019
"In 2016 alone, Asia reported losses worth $87 billion from disasters of which many are flood-related."
ADB Project Data Sheet
The scale of flood risk in many countries is now so great that no single solution, such as erecting a flood protection wall, will provide a sustainable
level of resilience. It's increasingly recognised that piecemeal approaches are not the best flood risk management solutions since they can create
inequalities, contribute to ecological degradation, and may be inflexible. What is needed is often described as a 'many eggs in many baskets'
approach, and this is where Integrated Flood Risk Management (IFRM) comes to the forefront.
Challenge
We are working in association with Landell Mills Ltd on behalf of the Asian Development Bank to provide technical assistance to strengthen the
design and implementation of Integrated Flood Risk Management (IFRM) solutions, enhancing knowledge, and the application of IFRM strategies
in seven developing member countries (DMC): Bangladesh, Indonesia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines and Vietnam.
Strengthening Integrated Flood Risk Management
Location: Bangladesh, Indonesia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines and Vietnam
Solution
Integrated Flood Risk Management (IFRM) is the development of long-term sustainable flood risk strategies. We are working in partnership with Landell
Mills Ltd to provide technical assistance to the seven developing member countries (DMC), specifically for program and project preparation, and
promoting more holistic IFRM solutions including basin-scale and nature-based solutions. The project outcomes are as follows:
• Practical Guide to Implementing IFRM
• Extensive stakeholder engagement with each DMC to support knowledge transfer in a local context and deliver maximum benefits
• Enhanced Engagement Tool to convey the concepts of IFRM, and to facilitate innovative workshops and collaborative thinking
• Sector analysis reports to examine the flooding vulnerability and exposure in the eight DMC areas, and to evaluate the effectiveness of current flood
risk management strategies and government policies
• Optioneering analysis to determine long lists of potential IFRM solutions that could improve flood resilience in each DMC areas, while achieving
social and environmental benefits
• Provision of support to future ADB investment projects through the integration of IFRM into concept papers.
Date: 2019 - 2021
Client/ Partner: Contracting authority: Asian Development Bank
Consultant in association with JBA Consulting: Landell Mills Ltd
In February 2020 delegates from the seven DMCs took part in a stakeholder engagement workshop hosted by the Asian Development Bank in Manila,
and run by JBA Consulting and Landell Mills Ltd.
This was the first event to bring together representatives from all seven participating countries. The aims were to discuss the challenges and
opportunities associated with IFRM, using real-life in-country experiences and projects. Also, to address the challenges of capacity building, training and
up-skilling in the areas of flood risk management.
Extensive Stakeholder Engagement