| FRM Act |
This is the short reference for the Flood Risk Management (Scotland) Act 2009.
|
| Floodplain |
An area of land which borders a watercourse, estuary or sea which covers with water in times of flood.
|
| Flood risk |
The combination of the probability of a flood and of the potential adverse consequences associated with a flood for communities, the environment, cultural heritage and economic activity.
|
| Flood Risk Management Strategy |
Sets out a long-term vision for the overall reduction of flood risk. They will contain a summary of flood risk in each Local Plan District, together with information on catchment characteristics and a summary of objectives and measures for Potentially Vulnerable Areas. Taken together, the Strategies will satisfy the requirement for National Flood Risk Management Plans, set out in Section 27 of the Flood Act.
|
| Local Flood Risk Management Plans |
They will contain details on the funding, timing and responsibility for actions to reduce flood risk. They will set out how the Flood risk Management Strategies will be implemented in each Local Plan District and any other locally relevant information. They satisfy the requirements set out in Section 34 of the Flood Act.
|
| Local Plan District (LPD) |
Geographical areas for which local flood risk management plans will be produced.
|
| National Flood Risk Assessment (NFRA) |
A national assessment of the impacts of flooding on communities, the economy and the environment. Taking into account catchment characteristics, climate change and long term developments.
|
| Natural flood management |
A set of flood management techniques that aim to work with natural processes (or nature) to manage flood risk.
|
| One in 200 year flood |
A flood that has a probability of being exceeded once every 200 years. Also expressed as a flood, which has a 0.5% probability of being exceeded in the space of one year.
|
| Potentially Vulnerable Areas (PVAs) |
Catchment units in which the National Flood Risk Assessment has identified significant impacts from flooding either now, or in the future as a result of climate change. They will be used as the basis for producing Flood Risk Management Strategies.
|
| Restoration strategy |
A plan to restore the natural features of a body of water or larger catchment area.
|
| River catchments |
Upstream areas of land which drain into a river.
|
| Tributary |
A small stream or body of water that flows into a larger body of water.
|