Notwithstanding past achievements, flood damage continues to rise throughout the world as the magnitudes of floods increase, partly as a result of poor land management and partly by climate change, growing populations and continuing development in flood-prone areas, and the aging and deterioration of flood defences.
One of the major goals of water management is the protection of society from floods. That issue is addressed here in terms of such broad issues as flood analysis, flood impact, non-structural and structural flood management measures. Non-structural measures focus on flood plain management, flood insurance, flood forecasting and warning, and emergency measures during floods. Structural measures focus on catchment management, embankments and flood reservoirs. Post-flood measures are also discussed.
Future planning of flood management should be based on a clear understanding of the effectiveness interventions and their impacts on river catchment ecosystems.

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1 Review of Source Controls.- Review of Stormwater Source Controls in Urban Drainage.- Review of Stormwater Source Controls in Agricultural Catchments.- 2 General Strategies for Stormwater Management.- Objectives of Stormwater Management a General Comparison of Different Measures.- Balancing Flood Control and Ecological Preservation/Restoration of Urban Watersheds.- Strategies for Management of Polluted Stormwater From an Urban Highway in Göteborg, Sweden.- Risk Assessment of Stormwater Contaminants Following Discharge To Soil, Groundwater Or Surface Water.- 3 Source Control Measure Studies.- Case Studies of Local Strategies for Control of Non-Point Source Pollution in Colorado (USA).- Gis-Supported Stormwater Source Control Implementation and Urban Flood Risk Mitigation.- Protocols and Methods for Evaluating The Performance of Stormwater Source Controls.- Variability of Rainwater infiltration Through Different Urban Surfaces: From Waterproof Top Layers To Reservoir Structures.- Field-investigations of Pollutants in Stormwater Runoff, Seepage Water and Topsoil of Stormwater infiltration Sites.- Considerations for The First Application of Source Control Measures for Stormwater Runoff in The Athens Metropolitan Area.- The Use of Continuous Long Term Simulations for the Design and Impact Assessment of Source Control Measures.- The Role of Stormwater Source Control in the Conversion of the National Hospital of Norway into an Ecological Residential Complex.- Copper Removal in I1nfiltration Facilities for Stormwater Runoff.- 4 Urban Flood Management Studies and Modelling.- Evaluation of Impacts of Control Measures, Applied in the Source Catchments, By Mathematical Models.- Source Identification Concept Within a Framework of Urban Drainage Master Plans.- The Role of aSystem Hydrological Memory in Source Control Strategy Evaluation in Urban Areas.- Application of 3 D Complex Modelling in Simulation of Extreme Discharges in Urban Areas.- Flood and Source Control Studies in Slovakia.- Genetic Algorithm Techniques for Stormwater Runoff Source Control Planning and Design.- 5 Source Controls in Rural Catchments.- Developments in Agriculture and the Loss of Natural Stormwater Runoff Control in Central Europe.- Influences of Land Use and Land Cover Conditions on Flood Generation: a Simulation Study.- Source Control Measures for Stormwater Runoff in Urban Areas: Investigation of Impacts on Floods in The S Aar Catchment.- Conservation Tillage A New Strategy in Flood Control.- 6 Source Control Implementation.- Stormwater Source Control and Public Acceptance.- A United Kingdom Perspective on institutional Constraints Limiting Advances in Stormwater Management.